Ukraine improves slightly in Corruption Perceptions Index ranking

"Such result was achieved due to public judgment of corrupt officials, establishment of anti-corruption bodies and emergence of the whistleblowers' movement. While the delay with real punishment of bribe-takers, and establishing corrupt relations between business and the Government do not allow Ukraine to take a decisive step forward according to the CPI," Transparency International Ukraine reported. Ukraine's place in the anti-corruption ranking is close to that of Iran, Cameroon, Nepal, Nicaragua and Paraguay, which also scored 27 points each. Neighbouring Russia received 29 points compared to 27 the year before and ranked 119th compared to 136th in 2014, while Belarus is 107th. Romania was 58th, Poland 30th. Denmark, Finland and Switzerland lead the ranking scoring 91, 90 and 89 points correspondingly.