On Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 July, the European Commission, a delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control visiting Ukraine and a number of chancelleries underlined their concerns about the vote in the Verkhovna Rada putting an end to the independence of the two anti-corruption bodies. Only a few hours after the vote, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, promulgated the law, saying that it was necessary to “free” the organisations from Russian...