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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will refuse to approve legislation passed by parliament on Thursday to jail officials for making false asset declarations, a statement on the presidential website said.
Passing the law was a requirement for Ukraine to obtain more foreign aid loans, but Zelenskiy said lawmakers had watered down the bill with amendments that risked undermining Ukraine s efforts to tackle corruption. This is not what Ukrainians expect, and it is not what I promised them when I submitted this bill to parliament, he said.
International Business News: After kicking their massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by Covid-19 last year, the IMF and the World Bank are now fo
After kicking massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by Covid last year, the IMF and World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from derailing the global economic recovery.