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 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.
Yulia Tymoshenko publicly refuted the accusations of NABU and SAP, calling them political pressure. She stated that the search of the office took place without documents and with a violation of her rights.
NABU and SAP announced suspicion to the head of one of the parliamentary factions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. She is suspected of offering undue benefits to people's deputies.
Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna party, has received a notice of suspicion from law enforcement. This happened after searches at the party office by NABU and SAPO.
NABU and SAP exposed the leader of one of the Verkhovna Rada factions who offered undue benefits to MPs. This concerned voting for or against specific draft laws.
Ruslan Magamedrasulov, a top NABU official, received $50,000 to document a crime, but only $20,000 appears in the case. The difference was not returned, which could be classified as a crime.
SAPO has completed the pre-trial investigation in the case of the embezzlement and legalization of over UAH 54 million from the state budget. The former MP organized the scheme by misleading the ECHR regarding Kyivenergo's debt, and the funds were legalized through conversion centers.
Law enforcement officers exposed the director of a contracting company and a technical supervision engineer who embezzled UAH 5. 5 million during the repair of shelters in the Kherson region. The director inflated the cost of works, and the engineer approved unreliable acts.
An official of the automotive service of a State Border Guard Service military unit was detained for extorting 10% of the cost of auto parts supplied for military needs. The total amount of the bribe was UAH 110,000, and three instances of receiving funds were documented.
A preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 4. 9 million has been chosen for a deputy of the Lutsk City Council. He was exposed for receiving an illegal benefit of 30 thousand US dollars for facilitating construction.
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) applied preventive measures in the form of bail to 5 People's Deputies of Ukraine, suspected of systematically receiving undue benefits. The court set bail for two suspects at UAH 40 million and UAH 30 million, for two others at UAH 20 million each, and for the fifth deputy at UAH 16.6 million.
A group of MPs in Ukraine has been exposed for systematically receiving bribes for voting on draft laws. The amount of illegal benefit ranged from 2,000 to 20,000 dollars; at least 145,000 dollars were recorded as received in November–December.
NABU reported obstruction by the State Guard Service during investigative actions in the premises of Verkhovna Rada committees. State Guard Service employees restrict detectives' access to facilities, despite their authorized powers.
NABU and SAP exposed an organized criminal group of current people's deputies who systematically received bribes for voting in the Verkhovna Rada. Details of the undercover operation will be released later.
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) applied a preventive measure to Anatoliy Vitiv, a deputy of the Volyn Regional Council, in the form of a 10 million hryvnia bail. He is suspected of receiving an undue benefit of 30,000 dollars along with a city council deputy.
In Odesa region, the head of the city council's land commission was detained for demanding $9. 5 thousand for the lease of 95 hectares of land. She faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Law enforcement officers have notified a Dnipro city council official and three individuals of suspicion for causing UAH 3. 3 million in budget losses. They organized a scheme to embezzle funds by entering into contracts for the supply of windows and doors at inflated prices.
The head of the NACP, Viktor Pavlushchyk, opposes changing the criteria for the external audit of the body's work before it is conducted, believing that this contradicts the principles of legal certainty and threatens independence. He also believes that attempts to bring the NACP audit criteria closer to those used to monitor the activities of NABU are an attempt to remove him from office.
Former head of the State Judicial Administration Oleksiy Salnikov stated critical systemic violations in the HACC and NABU. He pointed to interference in the automatic distribution of cases, support for the prosecutor's position in the HACC, and ignoring evidence by NABU detectives.
Bail of 3 million 28 thousand hryvnias was posted for MP Hanna Skorokhod, after which she was released with an electronic monitoring bracelet. The lawyer reported that the bail was posted by third parties, and Skorokhod herself does not possess such an amount of money.
The investigating judge of the HACC partially granted the SAP prosecutor's request regarding a district court judge from Zakarpattia Oblast. He is suspected of demanding $1,300 for lifting the arrest of timber.
Former head of the State Judicial Administration Oleksiy Salnikov stated that the "NABU agent" in his case was Russian citizen Oleksiy Honchar, who was on an international wanted list. Salnikov was sentenced to three years in prison for abuse of influence, and he calls the case fabricated.
Former head of the State Judicial Administration, Oleksiy Salnikov, claims that NABU is trying to prevent him from testifying in a US case regarding control over the distribution of USAID grants. He states that a fabricated case has been opened against him with the aim of removing him from office and discrediting him.
Former head of the State Judicial Administration Oleksiy Salnikov, convicted of abuse of influence, called the NABU criminal proceedings against him a custom-made case. He believes that the reason is the attempts of influential people to regain control over the judicial system and the distribution of grant funding.
NABU is controlled by foreign private individuals who seek to establish influence over the President, the Verkhovna Rada, and the Cabinet of Ministers, according to Oleksiy Salnikov, former head of the State Judicial Administration. He noted that Ukrainian officials are constantly blackmailed by law enforcement agencies.
