Ukrainian lawmakers approve draft on combating corruption
Ukrainian lawmakers approved draft legislation aimed at combating corruption by imposing control over the assets of senior and junior level officials and their families.
Under legislation passed on March 15th, these officials are required to file electronic asset declarations and will be held criminally responsible for inaccurate or misleading information.
The data will be available on the web for monitoring purposes.
The European Union is putting pressure on Ukraine to implement anti-corruption reforms and Kiev hopes that such a step will open the way for visa-free entry to the EU countries this year.
The visa-free regime for Ukrainians was the main goal of the Ukrainian Government who is trying to overcome economic and financial crises as well as the conflict in eastern Ukraine against separatists supported by Russia.