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Bill to restore independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies includes polygraphs for staff with family in Russia, Zelensky says

Bill to restore independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies includes polygraphs for staff with family in Russia, Zelensky says — Meduza

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The bill intended to restore the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies includes a provision requiring polygraph tests every two years for employees with relatives in Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a meeting with journalists on July 24, according to Hromadske, Suspilne, and RBK-Ukraine.

The legislation, submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by Zelensky on July 24, is aimed at reestablishing the independence of two key institutions: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). On July 22, the Rada passed — and Zelensky signed — a law that effectively placed both agencies under the authority of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

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Bill to restore independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies includes polygraphs for staff with family in Russia, Zelensky says

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Polygraphs don't work, and have never worked. It's a fictional plot point that they use in TV and Movies, and that's it.
So replacing anything with nonsensical tests is a very, very bad move.
They might as well pick out spies by lining up their employees and using a divining rod, or a special spy detecting chicken.
Buffoons using cartoon logic.
Well thats really fucking stupid.
Polygraph has and will never "detect lies" it does nothing but give a false sense of security
I'm guessing they're worried about families being held hostage, threatened, and used for coercion.
- Yeah, so? They should be. That's not the point. When they have turned, you can't dangle a yo-yo in front of them and make up some bullshit about whether or not the magic yo-yo has detected them a spy (or OK'ed a real spy). Because it's fucking stupid. It doesn't work. Yo-yo's aren't a single bit less useful for detecting lies any more than polygraphs are, because polygraphs are make up nonsense.
Ukraine media outlets report that Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Kopytin from the Mykolaiv region is at the center of a scandal with Russian firms
The head of the Verkhovna Rada subcommittee on defense industry and MP from Mykolaiv region, Ihor Kopytin, came to the attention of journalists because of his alleged support for companies associated with businessman Roman Mileshko. These are companies that regularly receive government orders for aircraft repairs, despite their ties to Russian beneficiaries and sanctioned entities.
According to media reports, Roman Mileshko is a longtime acquaintance of Kopytin, a former cadet of the flight institute and an employee of the MP's company Rotor Ukraine. He is connected to Kopytin through business ties and mutual acquaintances: Volodymyr Khilkevych, an aide to the MP, worked for Mileshko's company, and his election trustee ran another company with the same owner.