Contents tagged with Corruption
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The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is investigating the appropriation of $3.8 million for the construction of a wall on the Russian border
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has launched a joint investigation together with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) into a criminal scheme involving embezzlement and the appropriation of more than $3.8 million "in the procurement of goods, works and services in the interests of the State Tax Service of Ukraine.", as reported on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, officials of the State Tax Service (STS) …
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Russian schoolboy was dissatisfied with Putin's answer to the question about corruption
A schoolboy named Danila, from Nefteyugansk, remained dissatisfied with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to his question about corruption.
During the ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’ Q&A TV show, the young man asked Putin how the President could solve the problem of corrupt officials. The teenager also expressed the opinion that placing corruption suspects on house arrest does not yield results, yet the problem affects most of the country's population.
He added that in the Khanty- …
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Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine accuses state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia of having business ties with separatist republics
The Main Military Prosecutor General’s Office, in the context of the case on financing terrorism, conducted 28 simultaneous searches of the accommodation and premises of companies, including Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways).
“It has been established that a number of commercial enterprises and officials of the public company Ukrzaliznytsia organized the shipment of the products of enterprises located in the LPR (Luhansk People’s Republic) and DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), for the needs of …
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25 top tax officials from the time of Yanukovych arrested during special operation in Ukraine
On May 24, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (GPU) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) carried out a massive anti-corruption operation. After searches, 25 former high ranking regional officials of the Ministry of Revenues and Duties from 15 eastern and southern regions, as well as from Kyiv, were arrested. The former officials are suspected of involvement in organizing so-called tax platforms.
Arsen Avakov, head of the Ukrainian MIA, explained what “tax platforms” are.
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Survey: 88% of Ukraine’s top managers say Ukraine is corrupt
EY, formerly Ernst & Young, commissioned a survey for each of 41 individual countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. Members of the boards of directors and middle and senior managers were asked whether corruption and bribery are widespread in their country.
The study was conducted in Ukraine as well, where 100 employees of the companies were interviewed. The EY website reports that 88% of the Ukrainian respondents answered affirmative, which is the worst result among all the …
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The leader of the Justice civil-political movement: The IMF will send special auditors to Ukraine
The leader of the Justice civil-political movement, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko announced on 112 TV channel that the IMF plans to send special auditors to Ukraine in the near future. “Auditors will check how previous loans were used and at the same time they will make certain that there was no corruption involved."
Nalyvaichenko also stressed that international and financial partners regard the fight against corruption in Ukraine as the main exhaustive condition for further cooperation with the …
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National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine conducts searches of National Bank
On March 29, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) conducted searches on the premises of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The NBU press-service reported that the searches and seizure of documents were done in accordance with the ruling of the Solomyanskiy District Court. However, the NBU did not specify which criminal proceedings this relates to.
Vitaly Bala, analyst at the Situations Modeling Agency, believes that the searches at the National Bank are in connection with the …
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Controversy and criticism surround the PACE resolution on Ukraine
On January 25, in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution following the results of monitoring the reforms and the state of democracy in Ukraine. The PACE convention was full of tension for Ukraine. Some of the main points of the resolution titled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine" caused heated debate and confrontation.
The most awkward point: elections in Donbas
The amendment about the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of …
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PACE rapporteurs: 'Extensive corruption' is Ukraine's main problem
The winter session of the European Council’s Parliament Assembly (PACE) opened in Strasbourg on Monday, 23 January, where participants will discuss the report entitled, "The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Ukraine." The report and relevant resolution will be presented by the representatives of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Ukraine: a Spanish Deputy from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), Jordi Xuclà, and the head of the European People’s Party in PACE, Axel …
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Ukrainian MP has recordings of alleged corruption by Poroshenko
People’s Deputy Oleksandr Onyshchenko has an extensive package of damaging information on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. This was reported by the chief editor of Zerkalo Nedeli, Yulia Mostova in her article "Dive all together!"
Earlier it was reported that Onyshchenko handed over to the USA “dirt” on Poroshenko. According to the People’s Deputy, he has been recording all his conversations with the President on his wrist watch voice recorder. Before then, the Security Service of Ukraine …