'..to eradicate “the cancer of corruption”..'<blockquote>'..Mr Biden made his fourth visit to Kiev since Ukraine’s Maidan revolution and delivered a fiery speech in parliament, imploring the country’s leaders to eradicate “the cancer of corruption”. He invoked the “Heavenly Hundred”, the protesters slain on Kiev’s icy streets in 2014. “Their sacrifice, to put it bluntly, is now your obligation,” Mr Biden roared.
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Attempts to create new anti-corruption institutions have encountered enormous resistance. “If they let big fish get caught, those people will start to speak,” says a Western diplomat. Selecting a special anti-corruption prosecutor, needed for the new National Anti-Corruption Bureau to start, dragged on till the last possible day, endangering Ukraine’s hopes of visa-free access to the European Union. Last week a seemingly independent candidate was picked, but only under the dual press of civil society and the West. “Many of us are feeling tired of patronising these guys and watching them all the time,” the diplomat adds.'
- The Economist,
Corruption in Ukraine - Making Joe Biden mad as hell, December 12, 2015</blockquote>
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(Ukraine) - '..the government still wants to enrich itself rather than tackle corruption.'</blockquote>