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Lawfare Daily: Insider’s View of Zelensky’s Anti-Corruption Fiasco

Anastasiia Lapatina, Anastasia Radina
Thursday, August 14, 2025, 7:00 AM
Discussing the Ukrainian government’s attack on the country’s independent anti-corruption agencies.

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On today’s episode, Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina sits down with a member of the Ukrainian parliament, Anastasiia Radina, to discuss the Ukrainian government’s attack on the country’s independent anti-corruption agencies, which sparked the first country-wide protests since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

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Anastasiia Lapatina is a Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She previously worked as a national reporter at Kyiv Independent, writing about social and political issues. She also hosted and produced podcasts “This Week in Ukraine” and “Power Lines: From Ukraine to the World.” For her work, she was featured in the “25 Under 25” list of top young journalists by Ukraine’s Media Development Foundation, as well as “Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe” class of 2022 in the category Media and Marketing.
Anastasia Olehivna Radina, is the chair of Anticorruption Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament.
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