In early March 2017, the Solomyansky district court in Kyiv was the scene of a compelling crime drama. Inside the courtroom, the nation’s top tax inspector, Roman Nasirov, appeared on a stretcher behind bars, wrapped in a checkered hospital blanket for a hearing to determine whether he would be jailed or go free while under criminal investigation.
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Katya Gorchinskaya: A brief history of corruption in Ukraine – the Poroshenko era
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko takes the oath of office in parliament on June 7, 2014. Poroshenko won the early presidential election on May 25 with nearly 55 percent of the vote.