The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new seven-member supervisory board for Energoatom, including four international experts. The new board is tasked with urgently appointing the company's management and analyzing its previous activities.
Georgia's leading opposition party expressed support for Yulia Tymoshenko.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) eased the pre-trial restrictions for Yulia Tymoshenko, leaving the bail at UAH 33 million, but lifting restrictions on movement and communication with MPs. The court denied the prosecutor's request to increase the bail to UAH 50 million and to wear an electronic bracelet.
NABU, by internal order, classified all information regarding the incentives for its employees, citing the procedure for service. This happened against the backdrop of the discovery of inaccurate data in the declarations of some detectives.
The leader of "Batkivshchyna", Yulia Tymoshenko, stated that she was helped to post bail of UAH 33. 28 million and avoid imprisonment. She did not disclose who provided the assistance.
In Volyn, a law enforcement officer demanded UAH 200,000 from a serviceman for his transfer to a rear unit. The suspect was detained after the last transfer of UAH 100,000 and faces up to 8 years in prison.
NABU detectives conducted searches at the 'Lutsk' customs post and other real estate objects used by officials of the Volyn customs. As a result of the investigative actions, over $850,000 was seized.
NABU and SAP announced suspicion to the former head of the State Border Guard Service and a current official of the State Border Guard Service. They were exposed for systematically receiving undue benefits for facilitating unhindered border crossing.
Ukraine has completed a key stage of anti-corruption reforms and is seeking a clear date for EU accession. NABU has opened 737 cases, SAPO has filed 124 indictments, and courts have issued 93 verdicts.
Law enforcement officers exposed a scheme of embezzlement of funds intended for payments under the "green" tariff. Nine people have been notified of suspicion, including Rostyslav Shurma, former deputy head of the President's Office.
NABU returned UAH 680 million to the budget, having received UAH 2. 6 billion for its own maintenance, an expert said.
The court chose a preventive measure in the form of bail of over 33 million hryvnias - they started posting monetary bail for Yulia Tymoshenko.
Former President Viktor Yanukovych has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for seizing the Sukholuchchya lands. The verdict includes confiscation of property and deprivation of the right to hold public office.
The HACC sentenced the lawyer to 4 years and 6 months in prison with confiscation of property. He incited a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office to bribery for 5 thousand dollars.
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) hearing on the pre-trial detention of Yulia Tymoshenko has been adjourned until January 20. The judge decided to hold it in camera, which caused outrage among Tymoshenko's lawyers and herself.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine will hold another hearing in the case of the leader of the "Batkivshchyna" party, Yulia Tymoshenko. She is suspected of offering undue benefits to people's deputies.
The High Anti-Corruption Court set bail for Yulia Tymoshenko at UAH 33. 28 million. She is suspected of offering an improper benefit to MPs.
The leader of the Batkivshchyna faction in the Verkhovna Rada called the investigative actions and the trial against her "political assassination. "
The High Anti-Corruption Court set bail for Yulia Tymoshenko at UAH 33. 28 million, while the prosecution requested UAH 50 million. She is suspected of offering undue benefits to people's deputies.
The Ministry of Veterans Affairs has launched an official investigation into information regarding the reservation of blogger Volodymyr Petrov at the National Military Memorial Cemetery. The head of the agency, Natalia Kalmykova, announced this during the question hour to the government in the Verkhovna Rada.
Yulia Tymoshenko claims that NABU is manipulating evidence in her case, calling the "cash register" with expenses for tea and cookies proof of corruption. The prosecutor claims that there were files on the computer with data on the receipt and expenditure of funds, as well as lists of people's deputies.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has turned into a cheap PR agency and is disclosing classified materials of criminal proceedings. This was stated by the leader of Batkivshchyna, Yulia Tymoshenko, during a session of the High Anti-Corruption Court.
Yulia Tymoshenko arrived at court, where a pre-trial detention measure will be chosen for her. The prosecutor is requesting a bail of UAH 50 million in the case of offering undue benefits to people's deputies.
Over ten years, NABU has spent more than 10 billion hryvnias without imprisoning a single major corrupt official. Political expert Kyrylo Sazonov called it the most ineffective body in the country.
The prosecutor filed a motion with the court for a UAH 50 million bail for Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of offering undue benefits to people's deputies. NABU and SAP confirmed the suspicion against the faction leader.
The Verkhovna Rada summoned Natalia Kalmykova, head of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, to report on the provision of fake exemptions from mobilization. This concerns, in particular, Serhiy Ivanov and Volodymyr Petrov, hosts of the YouTube channel "ISLND TV".
People's Deputy Serhiy Vlasenko links the actions of law enforcement officers against representatives of "Batkivshchyna" with his activities as head of the Temporary Investigative Commission. He emphasizes that NABU and SAP are focused on PR and political persecution of critics, rather than on solving real corruption cases.
Political scientist Taras Zahorodnii considers NABU's actions against Yulia Tymoshenko to be political persecution aimed at parliament and the state. He links this to criticism of anti-corruption bodies and the work of parliamentary commissions.
The General Inspectorate of the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating a case regarding the possible seizure of property and the entry of false information by a former regional prosecutor. This concerns the circumstances of the registration of a disability pension and its amount.
The Verkhovna Rada appointed Denys Shmyhal as First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Energy on the second attempt. 248 people's deputies voted for this decision.
