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Maidan Revolution protesters lament enduring corruption in Ukraine, 10 years on

Ukrainian veteran and activist Oleh Symoroz is seen in Kyiv, Ukraine around the 10-year anniversary of the Maidan Revolution that toppled the country's Moscow-backed president. © France 24 screengrab

Ukraine is marking the 10th anniversary of the shooting of dozens of protesters in Kyiv during the Maidan Revolution, which toppled the country's Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych and led to Russia's annexation of Crimea and a pro-Russian separatist movement in the east. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg spoke with Denys Tarakhkotelik, a protest leader during the revolution who runs Yanukovych’s former estate as a museum, and Oleh Symoroz, an activist and war veteran, about how Ukraine is tackling corruption a decade after Maidan.

Tarakhkotelik is not impressed with Ukraine’s effort to tackle corruption. "The sums involved are not as large as during Yanukovych’s time, but to be honest, if you look at the recent case of embezzlement from the defence ministry, to me that’s an even worse crime because now we’re at war."

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