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Zelenskyy approves bill weakening anti-corruption bodies despite big protests

Zelenskyy approves bill weakening anti-corruption bodies despite big protests
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Today, 10:21

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has defended his approval of a contentious bill that weakens Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies as its passage into law triggered the first serious protests against his government.

The move on Tuesday has put the president on a collision course with civil society activists and some of Ukraine’s veterans, and is likely to dismay Ukraine’s European partners.