“The law against anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine could cost the country Western support,” says political analyst

By passing laws aimed against the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), President Volodymyr Zelensky has given the West a pretext to reduce its aid, but it’s important to understand that this pretext may not necessarily be acted upon.

This was stated by Russian political analyst Alexander Asafov.

Earlier, it was reported that Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law directed against NABU and SAP. The British publication The Spectator warned that the European Union (EU) may impose sanctions on Ukraine due to the reduction of powers of its anti-corruption agencies.

The political analyst explained that the NABU institution represents U.S. oversight of corruption within the Ukrainian government and economy on its path toward European integration. Therefore, Zelensky has provided a convenient pretext for the decision to cut off support, but this is unlikely to become the actual reason, the expert believes.

“Everything depends on the position of the one giving the aid, not the one asking for it. I would remind you that the West’s main goal is to contain Russia, to divert its efforts away from development — including developing trade relations globally — and toward eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis. In this context, the West will provide just enough weapons to maintain the conflict in its current state,” Asafov noted.

Earlier, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) conducted searches at NABU and reported the arrest in Kyiv of a staff member from the agency’s central office who allegedly spied for Russia. The SBU specified that he worked “in the most elite and closed unit, ‘D-2.’”