Problem

One of the main reasons for biased coverage of the situation with the prevention and combating of corruption in Ukraine is the lack of a coordinated unified information policy of the state in matters of anticorruption efforts. Since 2020, Ukraine effectively has no anticorruption communications strategy. Meanwhile, given that the 2017-2020 Anticorruption Communications Strategy was developed in the last year of the 2014-2017 Anticorruption Strategy, it actually existed without the foundation that was supposed to be provided by the Anticorruption Strategy for the relevant period, and therefore it was impossible to effectively address the issue of biased coverage of the situation by implementing this strategic document.
The results of the analysis of media coverage of corruption show that there is little information about public policy on preventing and combating corruption, as well as its implementation.
At the same time, the distorted perception of the situation with preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine is also caused by disinformation narratives promoted by the Russian Federation in Ukraine and abroad to discredit the country. There is no proper response to such disinformation in Ukraine and abroad.
The lack of a proper information landscape in Ukraine for covering the implementation of the state’s anticorruption policy, which is a consequence of improper coordination of state communications in the field of anticorruption efforts, in practice causes a distorted perception of the level of corruption by citizens.