by Alisa Orlova aet Kyiv Post
Zelensky said the tests would be done every two years to help protect anti-corruption agencies, like NABU and SAPO, from possible Russian influence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a new draft law aimed at restoring the independence of anti-corruption agencies will require polygraph tests for officials who have relatives in Russia.
Speaking to journalists in Kyiv on Friday, Zelensky said the tests would be done every two years to help protect agencies like the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) from possible Russian influence.
Zelensky submitted the bill to parliament on July 24, just two days after he signed a separate law that strips the country’s anti-corruption agencies of their independence, placing them under the Prosecutor General’s Office authority.
That law was widely criticized by civil society groups and sparked protests in cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv…
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