Tag: corruption

Millions from retired mothers and property in the hands of grandmothers: Media exposes dubious assets of Zherebchuk, Kononenko, and other officials

20 million hryvnias from his retired mother, an apartment worth almost 14 million hryvnias from an elderly woman, over 18 million hryvnias from an 83-year-old donor, and expensive houses from his parents. Svyatoslav Zherebchuk was the biggest surprise. The declarations of Ukrainian prosecutors, law enforcement officers, members of parliament, and other officials reveal significant…

The National Agency for Corruption Prevention is hardly effective. What's the reason?

NAPC head Novikov was given a quarter million salary in August.

One of the central anti-corruption bodies in Ukraine is the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), which has been operating for over 10 years. The state spends almost 600 million hryvnias annually on NACP's activities, and the average salary of agency employees is approximately 100 hryvnias per month. However, despite these expenses, the results of its work…

From fantastical declarations to a smuggling scheme: a week in the corruption realities of Ukraine

Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Chernivtsi, and even South Korea—corruption knows no geographic boundaries. StopKor's roundup of high-profile cases this week reveals who was at the center of these cases. So, here's the corruption calendar. From officials to doctors: how those who are supposed to serve the state are constantly inventing new ways to circumvent the law. Some forge documents, others…

Dnipropetrovsk region shopping mall owners are trying to clear their reputation.

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Dnipropetrovsk region trade union commissioners Oleksandr Gubarenko and Serhiy Dareyev, implicated in high-profile corruption scandals, are actively whitewashing their reputations and concealing their financial status. Controversial military commissars from the Dnipropetrovsk region—Oleksandr Gubarenko, head of the Kryvyi Rih district trade union commission and service center, and Serhiy Dareyev, head of the Nikopol district trade union commission and service center, implicated in bribery scandals and illegal mobilization methods—have begun…

NABU's farce against bribe-taking MP Sergei Kuzminykh

Sergey Kuzminykh

It's still unknown whether Sergei Kuzminykh's name will surface in the case of large-scale corruption among members of the presidential faction in parliament. But if it does, it won't surprise anyone—after all, Sergei Kuzminykh was one of the first Servant of the People MPs to be caught accepting a large bribe shortly after being elected to the Rada, writes Antikor.…

Corruption scandals could destroy Ukraine from within, MPs say

Timur Mindich, Mindich-gate

A conference was held in Kyiv, where members of parliament and experts discussed the threat of a collapsed front, Russia's victory in the war, and the irreversible loss of public trust due to large-scale corruption scandals in our country: "Mindichgate," "Energoatom," Andriy Yermak, Rustem Umerov, Anna Skorokhod, and the demoralization of the Ukrainian Armed Forces—…

Former Ukrainian Football Association President Pavelko has been charged with corruption and embezzlement of UEFA funds.

drunk Andrey Pavelko

Former Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) president Andriy Pavelko has been charged with new corruption. The Prosecutor General's Office reports that the charge was filed on October 3, Strana reports. Investigators allege that Pavelko and a group of other Ukrainian football officials embezzled €9,32 million from UEFA in 2015-2016.

The former head of the Poltava OVA was summoned to the Rada due to possible millions of dollars in corruption in fortifications.

The Verkhovna Rada summoned former head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Filip Pronin, and acting head, Volodymyr Kohut, over possible millions of rubles in corruption during the construction of fortifications. What is Filip Pronin's culpability? The Verkhovna Rada summoned former head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Filip Pronin, and current…

A crime that discredits the entire justice system. How the former head of the State Administrative Court was tried for corruption.

Former head of the State Judicial Administration, Alexei Salnikov, was found guilty of influence peddling, according to the Court Reporter. He was charged two years ago, a few months after the high-profile revelations of then-Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev. According to the prosecution, the head of the State Judicial Administration received 7,5…