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Suspect in biggest defense graft case to supply ammunition to Ukroboronprom

A firm owned by a suspect in Ukraine’s biggest defense corruption case will supply ammunition for grenade launchers to state-owned defense company …
Oleg Sukhov

State Tax Service offices searched, corruption suspected

Authorities have accused the State Tax Service of engaging in corrupt schemes — protecting tax evaders and helping fake companies. Employees of the …
Victoria Petryk

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Parliament adopts useless law in an attempt to resolve KDAC problem On Nov. 2, parliament voted in the first reading for draft law No.5067, which …
Tetiana Shevchuk

Reuters: Ukraine criminalises use and manufacture of bogus COVID-19 vaccine certificates

Ukrainians who knowingly use or manufacture fake COVID-19 vaccine certificates face fines or jail under new legislation passed in parliament in the …
Reuters

Bohdan Ben: Ukraine holds first-ever confiscation of illegal assets

On Oct. 27, the Appellate Chember of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld its decision to confiscate MP Illia Kyva’s illicit income of Hr 1.2 million …
Bohdan Ben

Dereliction of duty

If the West is so eager to lend or give Ukraine money, maybe they should just do it — and dispense with the charade that they are conditioning the …
Kyiv Post

Yuri Polakiwsky: The questions that plague Ukraine

The ongoing case of TIU Canada against the notorious oligarch Igor Kolomoisky in the courtrooms of Ukraine is a microcosm of Ukrainian judicial and …
Yuri Polakiwsky

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Judicial reform is unblocked: Council of Judges nominates experts to Ethics Council On Oct. 23, the members of the Council of Judges has nominated …
Tetiana Shevchuk

UkrInform: Security service exposes fake COVID-19 certificates scheme

Cyber ​security operatives with the Security Service of Ukraine have liquidated a criminal scheme where perpetrators had been selling forged COVID-19 …
UkrInform

Associated Press: WADA says Ukraine routinely violated rules for doping tests

LONDON — Ukraine’s national anti-doping agency has been accused of giving athletes advance notice of test collections and deliberately mislabeling …
Associated Press

Tycoon Vasyl Khmelnytsky buys iconic Bilshovyk plant for mere $53 million

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include tycoon Vasyl Khmelnytsky’s comment. Ukrainian tycoon and former politician Vasyl Khmelnytsky …
Natalia Datskevych

Olena Makarenko: When will non-oligarchic political parties flourish in Ukraine?

Oligarchs are often regarded as the guardians of corruption within Ukraine’s political system. Over the years, they’ve entrenched themselves in nearly …
Olena Makarenko

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Parliament restores independence and legal integrity of NABU  On Oct. 18, parliament adopted draft law No. 5459-1, which brings the Law on the …
Tetiana Shevchuk

Sergii Leshchenko: In sales of state assets, a long history of scams

In Ukraine, state property became the foundation on which all oligarchic clans built their wealth and political influence. They didn’t launch …
Sergii Leshchenko

Shady Sales: Will Bilshovyk auction be latest in a long line of sham privatizations?

The Bilshovyk machinery plant makes developers drool and it’s about to be sold. However, the property may be more trouble than it’s worth. The State …
Natalia Datskevych

Anastasia Radina: Ukraine strengthens independence of key anti-corruption agency

Ukrainian MPs adopted a landmark law on October 19 that will advance and safeguard the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine …
Anastasia Radina

UkrInform: US, EU, UK ambassadors call on Ukraine to overcome corrupt influences on judiciary

Ukraine must finally overcome corrupt influences that undermine the rule of law and hold the country back from its Euro-Atlantic path. Read more …
UkrInform

Thomas Rowley: Why the kleptocracy debate lacks bite – and how to change it

The Pandora Papers have exposed the UK’s role in hiding ill-gotten wealth. But we need to challenge the entire system that enables it Read more here.
Thomas Rowley
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