Anders Aslund: Odious Shokin fires honest deputy before parliament sacks him

On March 29, the Ukrainian Rada finally approved the resignation of Ukraine's disreputable Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. He was voted out with an overwhelming majority of 289 votes, including 114 of the 134 deputies of the Poroshenko Bloc. On February 16, Shokin was forced to submit his letter of resignation in connection with the failed vote of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.