Ukraine Advances on Anti-Corruption Practices - WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather and Sports |

Ukraine Advances on Anti-Corruption Practices - WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather and Sports |

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KYIV, Ukraine, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the framework of fighting corruption, Ukraine has been taking a series of measures to prevent the spread of corrupt practices in the country. Occupying 134th position in the corruption rating of Transparency International, Ukraine now puts a lot of efforts to improve its international standing. The latest development was the Law of Ukraine On the Foundations of Prevention and Combating Corruption along with a number of other accompanying documents, which the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych signed this week.

The Law is expected to be an advanced version of anti-corruption legislation that provides working mechanisms of corruption prevention used internationally. The Law contains new principles and effective mechanisms of corruption prevention, noted President Yanukovych at the National Anti-corruption Committee meeting on Wednesday June 8, 2011. For example, the law specifies that the President, Head of the Parliament, Prime Minister, Prosecutor General, ministers and other top officials will now be eligible for prosecution for corruption.

Having been an integral part of the Soviet political system, corruption is a tough plant to root up even nowadays. Ukrainian Constitution contains principles of corruption free political system and numerous Ukrainian laws make corruption illegal. Between 1995 and 2005 Ukraine ratified 11 international anti-corruption documents including the UN Convention against Corruption.