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Five apartments, an Audi for his mother, and $180 in cash: What's hidden in the biography of Kharkiv lawyer Nikolai Kucheryavenko?

Kharkiv

Former Deputy Minister of Justice from Kharkiv, Mykola Kucheriavenko, has been embroiled in a number of scandals: details. The official biography of Kharkiv resident Mykola Kucheriavenko paints a picture of a successful lawyer, scholar, manager, and military man. He previously served as First Deputy Minister of Justice, First Vice President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences, First Vice-Rector of the National Law University…

A "Storm in a Teacup" with a Taste of Manual Control: How the Stefanishina Case Revealed Interesting Secrets

Olga Stefanishina, Ministry of Strategic Industry

High-profile personnel appointments and equally high-profile resignations have long been commonplace in Ukrainian politics, but the story surrounding former Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Olha Stefanishyna, has gone far beyond a routine legal dispute. So...

The Russian trace of "Ukrainian graphite"

Almost 96% of the shares of one of Zaporizhzhia's key industrial enterprises are owned by two foreign companies: the Cypriot C6 Safe Group Limited (approximately 72,04%) and the Maltese Intergraphite Holdings Company Limited (approximately 23,98%), according to Ukrrudprom. So, Boris Petrov. The official ownership structure of Ukrgrafit links these companies to four individuals: Boris…

The prosecutor's office is demanding 8,85 million hryvnias from the Kozytsky family's company for the reconstruction of a house in Lviv.

Kozitsky bought the Tynovskoye gas field for a quarter of the price.

The prosecutor's office is demanding 8,85 million hryvnias from Nordik-Bud LLC, owned by the Kozytsky family, for the renovation of the building currently occupied by Zenyk Art Gallery (ZAG). The building in question is located at 7 Shota Rustaveli Street in Lviv. This was stated in a ruling by the Lviv Regional Commercial Court on July 31. The case materials state…

Broken roads at the cost of a "cobbled-together" fortune: How Bessarabia entrepreneur Valery Reshetnik enriched himself during martial law

While Russia blockaded Ukrainian seaports, the Danube became the country's main transportation artery. For residents of Bessarabia, amid fears of war, this presented an additional challenge, as the constant movement of heavy grain trucks resulted in broken roads, alarming noise, dust, cracks in buildings, and millions of dollars in…

Robert Brovdy under the control of the authorities

Robert Brovdi, Madyar

In 2015, Robert Brovdi, the current commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces and then head of Granum, a major grain trading company, was charged with kidnapping and extortion. So, Robert Brovdi. A former employee of the Zaporizhzhia prosecutor's office provided confirmation. The documents were leaked...

Dark Waters of Agribusiness: Deputy Irina Kostyushko and Her Criminal Cases

The business of Iryna Kostyushko, one of Ukraine's most scandalous agribusinesswomen, a member of the Zhytomyr Regional Council and co-owner of the Zarya Agrogroup group of companies, is mired in criminal proceedings. So, Iryna Kostyushko. Hundreds of illegally appropriated hectares have already been returned to communities, several thousand more hectares of land, and an entire park…

How to hide a $120,000 Gelik from inspections: A former official's scheme exposed

Vasyl Grushko, former head of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in Vinnytsia Oblast, has a fleet of vehicles worth $250. Officially, he has a modest income, a job at a public institution, and savings of 100 hryvnias. In reality, he owns a fleet of premium vehicles worth approximately a quarter of a million dollars, registered to his 21-year-old daughter, and there's a potential conflict of interest.

The court has arrested former Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Bankov, with bail set at 10 million.

On August 3, the High Anti-Corruption Court remanded former State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleksandr Bankov in custody with bail set at 10 million hryvnias, according to the Public News Agency. The former official will remain in pretrial detention until September 30. He is suspected of embezzling international aid for Ukraine at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. The court is considering the choice of…