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A new law in Ukraine forcing senior officials to declare their wealth has revealed the scale of riches held by those in power. Members of the Cabinet alone hold $7 million in cash. Other lawmakers declared luxury cars, expensive watches and artwork. Analysts say the revelations show how far Ukraine still has to go to eradicate corruption.

The 2014 uprising and subsequent ouster of then-president Viktor Yanukovych was meant to usher in a new generation of clean politics in Ukraine. But the scale of the wealth revealed to be held by current lawmakers and senior officials has left many of those who manned the barricades in Kyiv’s Independence Square disillusioned – like Olexandra Ustinova of non-governmental organization the Anti-Corruption Action Center.

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