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Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Draft Law on NABU and SAPO Independence Appears on Parliament Website. The draft bill card is available on the Verkhovna Rada website. Earlier, President Zelenskyy announced that he had approved the text of a new bill aimed at “strengthening” the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies and would submit it to parliament on Thursday. According to President Zelenskyy, the […]
Ukrainians take to the streets across the country not for the sake of the NABU and SAP officials, and certainly not for the traitors who were among them. How did the fight against “moles” – FSB agents – and the destruction of the democratic achievements of the Revolution of Dignity, embodied in these institutions, so easily become equated in the […]
NABU and SAPO have disclosed the case materials involving Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the former ultimate beneficial owner of PJSC CB “PrivatBank,” along with five members of an organized group suspected of embezzling over UAH 9.2 billion from the bank. The investigation established that between January and March 2015, the bank’s ultimate beneficial owner – who at the time also served as […]
The government is trying to eliminate the independence of NABU and SAPO because the anti-corruption bodies have started getting too close to the President’s inner circle. It all started with the Chernyshov case, NABU got very close to the President’s inner circle. This opinion was revealed by Illia Neshkhodovskyi, Head of the Analytical Department at the “ANTS” network for Espreso […]
The President’s Office couldn’t come up with anything better than to convene a demonstrative meeting with the heads of all law enforcement agencies, including the director of NABU and the head of SAPO. After all, they understand – the latter two cannot ignore such a meeting in their official capacity. Anti-Corruption action center informs that Zelenskyy’s statement following the meeting […]
The European Commission has officially informed the Ukrainian government about the potential consequences the NABU law may have on Ukraine’s path toward EU membership. European Pravda has obtained information about the content of talks between EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos and Ukraine’s new Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, Taras Kachka, regarding the reduction of powers of anti-corruption bodies. […]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has responded to Ukraine’s new law concerning NABU. The country was warned that an attack on anti-corruption institutions could negatively impact defense investments and funding for reconstruction. This was stated in a letter addressed to Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Iryna Mudra. In the letter, Julia Fromholz, Head of […]
So, he signed it. With his signature, President Zelenskyy has effectively crossed out the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions – and with it, the country’s European future. Volodymyr Ariev reveals. He signed a law that was originally meant to regulate the investigation of cases involving people missing under extraordinary circumstances during martial law. But the law was hijacked – rushed […]
Have 263 Members of Parliament Forgotten Why Russia Attacked Ukraine? Yuriy Butusov reveals. It seems that 263 members of Ukraine’s parliament have forgotten the root causes of Russia’s aggression — and why we are still fighting this war. In 2013, the people rose up on Maidan in protest after the government canceled the EU Association Agreement. One of the EU’s […]
On July 22, residents gathered in Kyiv for a protest following the adoption of a draft law that effectively undermines the independence of the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAPO. This was reported by a Rubryka correspondent on the ground. Several hundred people gathered in the square near the Ivan Franko Theater, demanding a veto of draft law No. 12414, which […]
Friends, let’s gather for the rally to support anti-corruption institutions and stand up for what we have built over the past decade. We’re meeting at 8:00 PM at the square near the Ivan Franko Theater in Kyiv. This is the closest accessible place to the President’s Office, so I hope they will be able to see us from their windows. […]
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a law that effectively destroys the independence of NABU and SAPO. This is not merely a reassignment of subordination. Not a technical amendment, as some would like to present it. It is the dismantling of the anti-corruption infrastructure built after the Revolution of Dignity – an infrastructure created by civil society, under pressure […]