PACE rapporteur to visit Kyiv on Jan 19-20 to examine fight against corruption in Ukraine

Nicoletti's fact-finding visit to Kyiv is part of the preparation of his report on "Corruption as a governance regime: a barrier to institutional efficiency and progress," the report said. "This visit is part of a global fact-finding mission covering different European geographical areas and aims to examine, in particular, best practices in fighting corruption as well as the role of anti-corruption bodies in fighting the corruption of high level officials," reads a statement on the organization's website. In Kyiv, the rapporteur is due to meet the Verkhovna Rada speaker, the foreign affairs minister, the chair of the committee on fight against corruption and representatives of political factions. Meetings are also scheduled with Head of Odesa Regional Administration Mikheil Saakachvili, the prosecutor general and representatives of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, international organizations, NGOs, journalists and the international community.