corruption
Public attention to the construction of fortifications was initially sparked by the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region in May. It was then revealed for the first time that some fortifications existed only on paper, despite the state already spending 38 billion hryvnias on these projects, with a significant portion of these funds being transferred to newly created companies with […]
Today, Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandr Khaylo was exposed for allegedly accepting a $500,000 bribe. The operation to uncover the bribe was conducted jointly by NABU, SAP, the SBU, and the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Here’s where it gets interesting. Almost simultaneously (exactly at 10:00 AM), NABU, SAP, the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the […]
Anti-corruption agencies report that they have exposed the Deputy Minister of Energy and three of his accomplices for accepting a bribe in exchange for permitting the export of mining equipment from a frontline area. According to the investigation, the Deputy Minister requested $500,000 from the manager of a coal company located in the western region for the transfer of equipment […]
Scandal in the reconstruction of Okhmatdyt. A company worth 307 million with doubled prices was chosen as the contractor without explanation. Charitable Organization ‘Okhmatdyt Foundation’ selected LLC “Bud-Technology” as the winner of the tender for the repair of the hospital building damaged by a rocket attack in July, according to the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital’s Facebook post on July […]
The National Military Cemetery will be built by a company that was established a day after the tender was announced. The first phase of the construction of the memorial cemetery will cost the state 1.8 billion UAH (44 mln US Dollars). It is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. On August 1, the state institution “National Military […]
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 […]
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 […]