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Beyond the protests — How legal mechanisms became tools of pressure

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Beyond the protests — How legal mechanisms became tools of pressure

The Kyiv Independent · Aug 3, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

“Protests do work. But only to a degree. More importantly, they are symptoms of a far more problematic phenomenon: the systematic use of ostensibly legal mechanisms to undermine civil society. If left unchecked, this practice could jeopardize Ukraine's democratic future,” — writes Ana More , Head of the Civil Society Protection Program at ZMINA, in her op-ed. “What we can do about it is shed light on what is happenin