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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

Hold that purchase

Everyone knows that Ukraine is under the influence of a group of oligarchs who are very hard to dislodge. These oligarchs have many smart strategies …
Kyiv Post

Useless officials

President Volodymyr Zelensky conducted yet another government reshuffle. This time, the Zelensky-controlled parliament fired five ministers on Nov. 3 …
Kyiv Post

Judicial reform makes progress but may be canceled

Ukraine’s judicial reform is moving forward again after an extended impasse but there’s little to celebrate. The country’s corrupt “judicial mafia,” …
Oleg Sukhov

Odesa kingmaker Galanternik wanted in embezzlement case

Vladimir Galanternik, an influential businessman from Odesa, has been put on a wanted list in an embezzlement case, according to a notice published on …
Oleg Sukhov

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

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

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

Parliament passes law to strengthen central bank’s independence

The Ukrainian parliament passed a law to strengthen the independence of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Oct. 19, fulfilling part of Ukraine’s …
Alexander Query

Verkhovna Rada passes law strengthening NABU

Parliament on Oct. 19 approved the second reading of a bill to strengthen the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). If signed by the president, the …
Victoria Petryk

Larisa Galadza: 3 good judges needed now

On Ukraine’s Day of the Defender, I was in Zaporizhzhia, the historic Cossack stronghold, where I watched dozens of officer cadets swear an oath, …
Larisa Galadza

Corruption, not law, still appears to rule Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky catapulted to power in 2019 on a promise of sweeping away Ukraine’s toxic corruption. “The spring will come, and we will …
Thaisa Semenova

Timothy Ash: Ukraine’s bad week for reform

It’s been a bad week for reform in Ukraine. Judicial reform and anti-corruption agenda at threat with High Council of Justice and Specialized …
Timothy Ash

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Why are there no verdicts in high-profile corruption cases? In two years since its establishment, the High Anti-Corruption Court delivered 45 …
Tetiana Shevchuk

Supreme Court paves the way for destroying judicial reform

The Supreme Court on Oct. 8 paved the way for canceling Ukraine’s judicial reform. The Supreme Court asked the discredited Constitutional Court to …
Oleg Sukhov

Ukraine leads with 38 politicians using offshores in global leak

Ukraine has the highest number of politicians named so far in the Pandora Papers, a giant investigation of leaked offshore data. The investigation …
Oleg Sukhov

Odesa mayor and his kingmaker Galanternik charged with organized crime

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Oct. 6 brought organized crime and abuse of power charges against Odesa Mayor Hennady …
Oleg Sukhov

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Security Committee cleared SBU reform law for final voting On Sept. 22, parliament’s Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence approved …
Tetiana Shevchuk
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