The test for Ukrainian democracy last month started with a self-inflicted wound by President Zelenskyy and his allies in the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament. On July 22, the Rada voted overwhelmingly to strip two of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO)—of their independence by placing them under the direct control of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Ruslan Kravchenko. Not surprisingly, Kravchenko is considered loyal to Zelenskyy and his majority party in the parliament.
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