Tag: Batkivshchyna

Ukrainian David Copperfield. The incredible tricks of Arakhamia.

David Arakhamia, Servant of the People

How does the leader of a mono-majority manage to pull the necessary 226 votes out of the parliamentary hat? And what does the Ukraine Facility Plan have to do with it? The European Union provides Ukraine with financial support for the reforms it has implemented. And for the state budget to receive this support, the Verkhovna Rada must vote on the relevant laws...

The SBU detained the deputy chairman of the Odessa Regional Council, Radkovsky, on suspicion of extorting a $50 bribe.

According to investigators, the official promised the businessman $50 to smoothly process the documents for the construction of a cottage community. He recruited the secretary of a village council and the head of an engineering company to help carry out the scheme. So, Oleg Radkovsky. All the defendants were detained after receiving their first...

Money for a vote. What's happening in the NABU cases against Kisel and Tymoshenko?

Yulia Tymoshenko, Yulia Grigyan, dossier, biography, incriminating evidence, ESU

Conversations about so-called "envelopes" used by the government—and others—to pay for votes in the Verkhovna Rada have been going on for decades. So, let's take a look at the NABU cases. If we take a brief look back at the current government's history and believe our sources, the very idea of ​​a parliamentary payroll fund isn't new. Back in 2019...

From Poroshenko to Zelensky: The Stunning Career of Natalukha's New State Property Fund Head

Dmitry Natalukha, State Property Fund

The current head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, Dmytro Natalukha, worked in the civil service in the Odesa region between 2015 and 2017, where he contributed to the work of Petro Poroshenko's party. Two weeks ago, Verkhovna Rada deputies appointed Dmytro Natalukha as head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, according to Informator. Before entering parliament,…

"The leak to the media is a PR stunt": The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has again postponed its hearing on the seizure of Tymoshenko's property.

Yulia Tymoshenko, Yulia Grigyan, dossier, biography, incriminating evidence, ESU

For the second day in a row, the High Anti-Corruption Court has been hearing the case of the seizure of the property of Batkivshchyna faction leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of offering bribes. The matter of seizure is pending. The court reversed its decision and opened the hearing. However, it was again postponed until January 21. This time, due to…

A provocateur MP and a plan to reform the Rada. What's behind the Yulia Tymoshenko case. UPDATED

According to sources in the Verkhovna Rada, conversations with Yulia Tymoshenko were recorded and leaked to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) by Serhiy Kuzminykh, a member of parliament from the Servant of the People party. So, does this mean Kuzminykh framed Yulia Tymoshenko? In 2022, he himself became a defendant in a NABU corruption case. According to widespread opinion among MPs,…

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has reported suspicions against Molchanova and Ivanyushchenko of seizing 18 hectares of land worth over 160 million hryvnias.

Stolitsa Group, Vlada Molchanova, Stolitsa Group

Stolichny Market. Officers from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine have reported suspicions of embezzling 18 hectares of land worth over 160 million hryvnias to Vlada Molchanova, a Kyiv City Council developer who controls the Batkivshchyna faction, and Yuriy Molchanova, a member of parliament of the sixth convocation and former member of the Party of Regions faction.

Resurrection of the Party of Regions 2.0

Recently, the Supreme Court of Ukraine finally overturned the decision of the Eighth Court of Appeals in Kyiv to ban the Eurosceptic party "Our Land," which was banned by the National Security and Defense Council on June 19, 2024. In the last local elections, the party placed sixth, winning 1894 municipal seats. It lost to "European Solidarity" to Petro...