Notorious Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians appear at the center of yet another international money laundering scandal, this time worth $2 trillion. The FinCEN Files leak reveals that they were amon
Sep. 25, 2020
A cross-border investigation, FinCEN Files, conducted by over 400 journalists from all over the world, revealed how banks and regulators allowed $2 trillion in dirty money — including some from Ukrain
Sep. 21, 2020
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include more recent figures on the number of arrests and the charges in the shooting. Three people were wounded during a shootout in the city of Brovary,
May. 29, 2020
A massive scandal broke in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office on the afternoon of March 29. A lawmaker leaked videos online that appeared to implicate Denys Yermak, the brother of Zelensky’s Chief
Mar. 30, 2020
To his supporters, Andrii Telizhenko is a whistleblower. To his opponents, he’s a charlatan. But when he breezed into Kyiv on Dec. 4 in the company of Rudy Giuliani, U. S. President Donald Trump’s per
Dec. 5, 2019
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party has experienced a political roller coaster over the past fortnight. From lawmakers taking polygraphs due to rumors of accepting bribes, to a
Nov. 14, 2019
See a related story here. Fighting corruption in Ukraine is a dirty job, but it’s got to be done. “For 27 years, this country had been going deeper and deeper into a swamp,” Andriy Bohdan, President
Nov. 1, 2019
Ukraine will review 15 investigations, including those into a local company affiliated with Hunter Biden, the son of Joseph Biden, the former U.S. vice president and 2020 Democratic Party presidential
Oct. 4, 2019
Ukrainian voters appeared determined to clean house on July 21, rejecting many controversial individuals who had seemed entrenched in Ukrainian politics. One group of candidates stand out from those w
Jul. 22, 2019
There were raids, searches, arrests, tapped calls, and mutual threats. The presidential campaign has heated up over the last weeks of February when top candidates accused each other of vote buying in
Mar. 1, 2019
After coming to Ukraine in 1998, Danish native Torben Majgaard quickly went from selling second-hand computers in his 20s to creating Ciklum, one of the nation’s five largest information technology ou
Jan. 6, 2019
As Ukraine gears up for Independence Day and its annual military parade on Aug. 24, it might consider including some economists, business people, lawyers and civil society advocates in the march. Desp
Aug. 23, 2018
Fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko late on April 18 published what he claimed to be a recording implicating President Petro Poroshenko and ex-President Viktor Yanukovych’s Ecology Minister Mykola
Apr. 20, 2018
Editor’s Note: Al Jazeera’s investigative unit exposed the trade in court-frozen assets allegedly stolen by ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, overthrown by the EuroMaidan Revolution on Feb. 22
Jan. 7, 2018
After a year of investigation by Ukrainian law enforcement, the case of the black ledger — a secret, handwritten list of $2 billion in shady payments by the political party of ousted Ukrainian Preside
Jun. 15, 2017
VIENNA, Austria – Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash was arrested in the Vienna Court of Appeal on Feb. 21 after a judge ruled that the billionaire businessman could be extradited to the United States
Feb. 21, 2017
Fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko and Radical Party leader Oleg Lyashko have accused President Petro Poroshenko of wrongdoing involving the Ecology Ministry, which approves lucrative licenses fo
Dec. 28, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the Ukraine Oligarch Watch series of reports supported by Objective Investigative Reporting Program, a MYMEDIA project funded by the Danish government.
Dec. 9, 2016
Whether out of honesty or arrogance, Ihor Kolomoisky has revealed the corrupt ways of Ukraine’s oligarchy, in which a tiny elite thrive at the nation’s expense. “His entire business…is based on a conf
Oct. 28, 2016
Editor’s Note: When it comes to investigating the crimes of the powerful, Ukraine’s law enforcement and justice system have proven to be impotent. No high-profile murders have been solved. And high-le
Sep. 30, 2016