President Zelensky said that the new law was necessary to clear the organisations of “Russian influence” and improve the work of anti-corruption. Tonight, hundreds more protestors called on him to scrap the bill and restore the independence anti-corruption agencies.

Protestors fear that the change will undermine anti-corruption investigations into senior government officials and damage hopes of Ukraine joining the EU.

The bill, signed by Zelensky on Tuesday places the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) under the control of Ukraine’s Prosector General, appointed by Zelensky.

Protesters took to the streets for a second night in Ukraine after President Zelensky signed a bill that removed the independence of two anti-corruption agencies.

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