corruption in Ukraine

According to information from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Italian authorities have seized assets belonging to a Russian-origin businessman who is a suspect in a case involving over $60 million in damages to the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine. The Italian publication Corriere Fiorentino reports that the businessman in question is […]

Continuation of the investigation by Mykhailo Tkach and “Ukrayinska Pravda” team into the sources of the incredible financial success of Ukrainian volunteer Oleksiy Vladimirov. The first publication of the investigation focused on the volunteer’s luxury cars and vacations. This time, Mykhailo Tkach speaks with Oleksiy Petrov, the head of the state company “Spetstechnoexport.” Petrov is a former head of the […]

In January 2024, a Ukrainian volunteer travels abroad for the third time using the “Shlyakh” system. He flies first class, spending three weeks in Thailand, two weeks in Dubai, including a stay at the newly opened and most expensive Atlantis The Royal, and a week in Barcelona. Finally, he visits his “friends” in the “Monaco Battalion.” He spends over a […]

Scandal involving Russian money by film producer and Yermak’s business partner Artem Kolyubaev. Ukrainian film producer Artem Kolyubayev is better known to the public in connection with the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, with whom they previously made films and had a joint business. When Andriy Yermak became a politician, Artem Kolyubaev began to engage in […]

Ukrainian deputies passed a law replacing criminal liability for top corruption with top fines: a disgrace for the president’s party. Ukrainian soldiers are risking their lives to defend the country, while Ukrainian MPs instead of saving the soldiers, voted for a law to save the corruption. Today, the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada voted for Law […]

Who is responsible for the fact that Ukrainian diplomats and border guards created a smuggling channel to Europe? Yuriy Butusov investigates. On February 23, 2024 it was reported that a minibus from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was detained in Hungary. The driver, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee, and Larisa Shmelova, the wife of the First Secretary of […]

Deputy of the President’s Office Oleg Tatarov overstepped: prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office were caught taking a bribe of 170 thousand dollars. The Anti-Corruption Action Center investigates. In the past 24 hours alone, several corruption stories involving law enforcement officers, whose activities in the country are officially coordinated by the current Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Oleh Tatarov, have […]

According to the investigation, in March 2024, the MP requested the head of a village council in the Sumy region to provide him with a “reward” for not obstructing the tender process for the repair of a water supply system in the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy region, as reported by NABU. His “kickback” amounted to 10% of the total […]

Suspicion after dismissal: NABU and SAP suspect former Deputy Head of the President’s Office Smyrnov of illegal enrichment by 15.7 million UAH. NABU and SAP have announced a suspicion against former Deputy Head of the President’s Office Andriy Smyrnov for illegal enrichment of 15.7 million UAH. The article’s sanction provides for up to 10 years of imprisonment. It is noteworthy […]

Millions for scripts, PR, flower beds and stadiums. The most ridiculous public procurement during the war. Business censor.net investigates and has collected the most irrelevant procurements and tenders during the war. While Ukrainians are meeting the critical needs of the frontline, saving up for pickup trucks, drones, night vision devices, and first aid kits, central and local governments are spending […]

Olena Duma’s appointment as the ARMA head is a favorable narrative to Russian agents on the eve of the NATO summit. According to Vitaliy Shabunin, chairman of the board of the Anti–Corruption Action Center,  Olena Duma’s victory in the contest for the position of the head of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (АRМА) is very beneficial to Russian agents, in particular in the USA, on the eve of the NATO summit.  “Now we are […]

Kniaziev’s case — what was decided at the Plenum of the Supreme Court? Vsevolod Knyazev, the head of the Supreme Court, is suspected of a $2.7 million bribe. On Tuesday, May 16, a meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court was held in Kyiv, at which the judges approved the statement and decided that the Supreme Court had to self-cleanse. The […]