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Ukrainians are completely disillusioned with all politicians after the 2014 Maidan, after which their standards of living dropped dramatically, according to political technologist, Volodymyr Fesenko.
Prosecutor General Lutsenko has been accused of trying to exert control over the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Ukraine’s western partners have described Lutsenko’s actions as interference and undermining public trust.
The US State Department issued a statement that stated Lutsenko’s investigation into NABU is eroding international support for Ukraine. A senior director at the PennBiden think tank, Michael Carpenter, described the law a “disgrace” on Twitter and said he would recommend the cutting of all US funding, including security assistance, if it was voted on.

The European Commission had already decided not to transfer the next installment in their 1.8m euro loan this month because of Ukraine's failure to implement the last four conditions for the loan, including launching an automatic system for checking electronic asset declarations, and a system for checking the beneficial owners of companies. IMF funding is “paused” and its head Christine Lagarde criticised the attacks on the anti-corruption bodies in the past week.
“My feeling is that the international community is disappointed with Poroshenko,” said Anastasiya Kozlovtseva of Transparency International Ukraine.

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