Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Kyiv man accused of attempting to bribe border guard at Shehyni crossing
Ukrainian border authorities reported that a Kyiv resident attempted to bribe a border guard at the Shehyni checkpoint in an effort to leave the country without the required travel documents
Former Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. released on UAH 6 million bail
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered former Deputy Prime Minister and former Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna to post UAH 6 million bail and comply with several procedural obligations while the investigation continues
Anti-Corruption Court extends obligations for Zaporizhzhia regional council deputy head
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the procedural obligations imposed on Zaporizhzhia Regional Council Deputy Chairman Vladyslav Kutsenko and two co-defendants in a case involving alleged bribery of the head of a regional emergency medical center
Kharkiv doctor suspected of failing to declare luxury vehicles
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a doctor from Kharkiv with filing a false asset declaration after allegedly omitting two vehicles registered to his wife with a combined value exceeding UAH 3.2 million
Military law enforcement major suspected of demanding $10,000 from AWOL soldier
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a Military Law Enforcement Service major with allegedly demanding $10,000 from a serviceman absent without leave in exchange for arranging his return to military service without adverse consequences
Judge recuses himself from corruption trial of Halych mayor Oleh Kantor
A judge at the Halych District Court has recused himself from hearing the corruption case against Halych Mayor Oleh Kantor, citing circumstances that could raise doubts about his impartiality, including personal and professional connections to participants in the proceedings
Kyiv region suspects charged over bribery scheme helping soldiers desert
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has uncovered an organized group that allegedly accepted bribes to help servicemen leave their military units, evade service and obtain forged documents, with the suspects now placed under investigation
Supreme Court postpones cassation hearing for former State Judicial Administration chief
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has postponed until September 22 the cassation hearing in the case of former State Judicial Administration head Oleksii Salnikov, who was sentenced to three years in prison for influence peddling
Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of former Prosecutor General’s Office official Kulyk
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the merits hearing for August 7 in the criminal case against former Deputy Head of a Prosecutor General’s Office department, Kostiantyn Kulyk, who is accused of abuse of office
Vinnytsia priest suspected of taking $14,000 to help evade mobilization
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest in Vinnytsia with accepting a $14,000 bribe after allegedly promising to help a draft-eligible man avoid military mobilization through supposed contacts at a territorial recruitment center
High Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of appellate commercial court judge
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the substantive trial of Northern Commercial Court of Appeal judge Liudmyla Kropyvna, who is charged with illicit enrichment and filing false asset declarations
Anti-corruption court extends detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant chief, lowers bail
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant CEO Leonid Shyman until September 25 in a case involving the alleged embezzlement of more than UAH 102 million, while reducing his alternative bail to UAH 20 million