In response to mass protests across the country, Zelenskyy backtracked on corruption reforms. The U-turn marks a watershed moment for wartime Ukraine. The post Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Protests Were a Wakeup Call for Zelenskyy appeared first on World Politics Review.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law the bill reinstating previously revoked guarantees of independence for the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) less than two hours after it passed in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).