Attempt number two: MPs plan to hear the NABU director on Monday over possible data leaks from the bureau

An offsite meeting of the Verkhovna Rada's Anti-Corruption Committee at the NABU will take place on Monday, July 15. It is planned to listen to the director of the anti-corruption bureau regarding alleged "leaks" of information. This was reported by the chairman of the committee Anastasia Radina, UNN reports.

"This will be the second attempt by MPs to hear from the NABU Director about the results of the internal investigation into alleged leaks of the Bureau's cases and the organizational measures taken to avoid further leaks. The NABU Director has confirmed his readiness to hold such a meeting," said MP.

She said that she had asked the NABU director to allow journalists to attend the meeting, but "in an unofficial communication, she received a response that it was either "inexpedient" or "impossible" for journalists to participate.

Radina also announced a briefing on the results of the committee's meeting outside the NABU.

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In late May, it was reported that NABU Director Semen Kryvonos suspended his first deputy, Gizo Uglava, from his duties during the pre-trial investigation into the alleged disclosure of pre-trial investigation data by the bureau's representatives in the interests of alleged businessman Yuriy Holyk, who is a defendant in the Big Construction anti-corruption investigation.

In this regard, the members of the anti-corruption committee decided to summon NABU Director Semen Kryvonos to the meeting. However, he refused to attend the meeting.

The head of the anti-corruption committee, Anastasia Radina , believesthat his refusal to come to the committee may be related to the release of another journalistic investigation into possible information leaks involving Kryvonos.

As a result, the members of the anti-corruption committee decided to hold an offsite meeting at the NABU .

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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is "known" for its ability to loudly announce the exposure of another scheme and serve a suspicion on a top official. However, these cases often fall apart in the courts or do not even reach them.

A good example is the criminal proceedings against former Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan. Both cases collapsed in the courts. However, the NABU did not officially apologize to the former minister for illegal criminal prosecution and damage to his business reputation.

Another of the recent "high-profile" NABU cases that raises more and more questions is the criminal proceedings against the former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky.

The case of the anti-corruption activists concerns a dispute over land plots in Sumy region, but as it turned out, neither he nor his affiliates have the accused land. At the request of UNN , law enforcement officers did not specifywhat exactly the former minister had seized in this case. Moreover, the detectives tried to "leak" the examinationthat they themselves had ordered and which, apparently, was supposed to testify to Solsky's innocence. However, loud statements have already caused the disruption of negotiations with the Poles.