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Politico (24 July 2025)

Jamie Dettmer

After gutting two key anti-corruption agencies, Kyiv’s democratic backsliding has finally caught the world’s attention.

As a democratic state, Ukraine is under assault from two sources. Its first and most obvious adversary is Moscow, which has long wanted to return the country to the days of being a Kremlin plaything, a mere Russian satellite.

But arguably there’s another insidious and corrosive adversary from within — the country’s own semi-autocratic leadership.

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