Over the years of independence, Ukraine has been an outsider among the countries of the world in the Corruption Perceptions Index. It reached its peak during Yanukovych's time: Ukraine was ranked 152nd out of 180 countries. We were considered the most corrupt country in Europe. The Kremlin skillfully used this fact, labeling us as a "failed state" and questioning the feasibility of Ukrainian independence.

Corruption made a small group of people billionaires and millionaires while turning the rest of the population into beggars. A key turning point in the fight against corruption in Ukraine occurred in 2014. The situation was changed by the active civil society after the Revolution of Dignity. In this video, we will discuss whether Ukraine really cannot escape the corruption trap, whether there have been any changes, and what awaits Ukrainians in the future hopelessness or prosperity.

The "Cost of the State" thanks Artem Sytnyk, Director of the NABU from 2015 to 2022, for expert consultations. Without them, this video would not have been possible.

This video was created on order of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption with the support of the EU AntiCorruption Initiative (EUACI), financed by the European Union, cofinanced and implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The content is the sole responsibility of the author and does not necessarily reflect the positions of the EUACI, EU, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

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00:00 Introduction
02:06 Resonant cases
07:47 Perception of corruption in Ukraine
09:34 Description of the corruption problem
14:16 New legislation and creation of anticorruption bodies
16:52 National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC)
19:05 NABU and SAP
25:22 Higher AntiCorruption Court (HACC)
31:04 Punished judge Chaus
32:11 Dmytro Sus a senior official at the Prosecutor General's Office
32:43 Ihor Kolomoisky
33:03 Yuriy Grymchak, former Deputy Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories
34:17 Orest Furdichko, corruptor of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences
34:57 Gas case of former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko
36:19 Political will and institutional memory
39:03 State enterprises as a source of political corruption
43:56 Prevention of corruption
52:00 Ukraine's victories in preventing corruption
52:04 Open data
55:21 Digitalization of public services
57:55 Decentralization of power and deregulation of the economy
01:01:00 Conclusions

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