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From Zlochevskyi to Kolomoiskyi. Why Ukraine does not need billion cubic meters of gas annually from Sakhalin field
Sakhalin oil and gas condensate field is located in the Bohodukhiv district of Kharkiv region. It is one of the largest hydrocarbon sites in Ukraine, which could produce 1 billion cubic meters of gas annually. But it has been out of operation for more than six months. Journalists of Censor.NET and Gwara Media tried to find out what the possible reasons for the production shutdown were. 9 5658
"There is now light phase of deficit". What awaits Ukrainian energy sector and Ukrainians in winter
On June 5, the FT published an article reporting that since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has destroyed more than half of Ukraine’s electricity production, and that generation in Ukraine has fallen from 55 to 20 GW. 14 65440
Return of old favorite. Whether Chernyshov will become new Minister of Infrastructure
On May 9, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi. 8 8216
End of Maidan case. Justice has not been achieved
On 24 May, the Shevchenkivskyi Court of Kyiv closed the case of the dispersal of peaceful protesters on 30 November and 1 December 2013 due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. 21 61193
How to "disburse" 5 billion on roads and turn them into cash through shell companies and carpets
The last audit of public spending on road construction was in 2018. Since then, the Ukrainian media has published more than one investigation into the activities of the road cartel and abuses at the Big Construction. 122 80712
Petty feudalism: How former military officer was removed from office of council secretary in Boiko and Shefir communities
Have you heard anything about the Feodosiivka community in the Kyiv region? I’m sure not - I wouldn’t say that. You’ve definitely heard about the village of Ivankovychi, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once lived and where the leader of the OPFL, Yurii Boyko, still lives. You have even heard about the routes between the villages. After all, Serhii Shefir, who was assassinated between the villages of Kruhlyk and Khodosivka, lives in the same community. 14 32311
2000 hectares of land and meaning of Polish blockade: what became known in trial of Minister Solskyi
This week, the parliament could consider the resignation of several ministers. The list included the Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi. But on Monday evening, a small faction of the Servants decided to postpone the personnel issue until May. And on Tuesday morning, it became known that the NABU and the SAPO had served Minister of Agrarian Policy Solskyi with suspicion. 19 98122
Clone resolution 5655. Will Ministry of Infrastructure and construction cartel win against local self-government
The Cabinet of Ministers may soon return to considering a clone of the scandalous draft law 5655, which increases the influence of the central government on the issuance of construction permits and actually works for the construction cartel. 3 99312
How to feed army with basil, or What’s wrong again with food procurement for Armed Forces of Ukraine
The State Logistics Operator was forced to replace two suppliers of food to the Armed Forces over the past two weeks. There were both objective and subjective reasons for this. 16 44435
Finally adopted: Is it law on mobilization or human rights
On Thursday, People’s Deputies voted on the draft law on mobilization. 283 People’s Deputies voted in favor, 1 deputy voted against, and 49 abstained. The draft law was voted in the committee’s version, without the provision on demobilization. 23 06940
Protocol problem: why NACP won against Atroshenko and Kniazev but lost to Tymoshenko and Shurma
Last week, a judge of Kyiv’s Pecherskyi District Court closed the proceedings under the NACP administrative protocol against Rostyslav Shurma, deputy head of the Office of the President. 9 00017
Artem Shylo’s case: whether NABU will catch Tatarov in act and interrogate ministers and Yermak
On 2 April, the NABU and the SAPO detained Artem Shylo, former head of the Main Directorate for Counterintelligence Protection of the State’s Economic Security Interests, as part of the case of embezzlement at Ukrzaliznytsia. 12 38620
Andrii Yermak’s new victories: what reshuffle on Bankova Street shows
On Friday evening, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a series of reshuffles in the Office of the President (OP). He dismissed two deputy heads of the Office of the President, Andrii Smirnov and Oleksii Dniprov, and appointed Iryna Mudra and Olena Kovalska, who are said to be close to Andrii Yermak, to replace them. And while Dniprov’s dismissal will not change the situation on Bankova Street, Smirnov’s dismissal is definitely another major victory for the head of the Office and a strengthening of his influence. 28 01580
Why Danilov was fired, who is Lytvynenko, and why Budanov has become stronger
On 26 March, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed National Security Council Secretary Oleksii Danilov and appointed Oleksandr Lytvynenko, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, to replace him. Interestingly, Danilov had been the longest-serving secretary of the NSDC, surpassing even Oleksandr Turchynov. Although, unlike Turchynov, Danilov can hardly be called an autonomous player in Ukrainian politics, able to reconcile the various towers in the president’s environment and influence personnel decisions. 35 29245
What is threat of Russian attack on Ukrainian energy system
On March 22-25, Russia launched a massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector. As a result, Kharkiv and Odesa have been living in a mode of emergency power cut-offs for several days. 620
DOT entered into contract: who will replace Hlynianas and Hrynkevychs in supplying food to army
On Friday, the State Logistics Operator (DOT) announced who it had signed contracts with to supply food to the Armed Forces for the second quarter. The contracts were signed despite the fact that they had been disrupted and discredited by leaks of information about one of the suppliers’ connections to the Hrynkevych family. 14 21221
What does Tymoshenko do in Defense Ministry: dragon’s teeth, communications or mobilization reservations
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the curator of the Big Construction project, who was fired from the Office of the President for corruption scandals, has unexpectedly returned to the big game. In the Ministry of Defence. And it happened at a time when significant budget expenditures would be spent on fortifications. 16 39151
Will Stefanchuk transfer to CC and will there be votes for law on mobilization?
This week, the Verkhovna Rada canceled the sessions scheduled for March 6-8. During these sessions, the parliament was supposed to consider a new draft law on mobilization and the Bureau of Economic Security. According to Voice deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak, this happened due to a lack of votes in the session hall. 16 77848
Blackmail with hungry army: what ultimatum did Ministry of Defense suppliers give?
There are only a few hours left until the deadline for submitting bids for the food procurement. Meanwhile, on Monday, the Ministry of Defense held a meeting to decide what to do to prevent the army from running out of food. Therefore, units were ordered to stockpile. At the same time, for the first time since 2022, the Ministry is going to conclude a direct food contract. 56 29633
Hlynianas and Ivaniushchenkos forever: who and what prevents food reform for army
Last week, the State Logistics Operator announced a repeat tender under a shortened procedure for the purchase of food for the army. This happened after the DOT (State Logistics Operator) was forced to cancel the previous tender on February 22 following a ruling by the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal in Kyiv. 6 74620
New NACP Head Pavlushchyk, who is he: from SSU Academy to Kniazev case
On Sunday evening, a new head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption was elected. Unexpectedly for many, it was NABU detective Viktor Pavlushchyk, who was unanimously voted for by all members of the commission. Instead, NAPC Deputy Head Dmytro Kalmykov, who was widely seen as a frontrunner, received only three votes of support. 10 9904 Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Competition for NACP Head: more financial monitoring, no more sanctions lists
On 25 February, the last interviews for the position of the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption will be completed. 3 2582
Once again about battle with food mafia: how telegram channels are used to put pressure on court
The legal war over the new criteria for purchasing food for the military continues. As of the end of last week, 5 lawsuits were left without consideration by the judges of the Court of Appeal. For the most part, the State Logistics Operator (SLO - ed. note) managed to defeat them due to violations of procedural requirements for lawsuits by opponents. 5 4267
Food mafia of Ministry of Defense does not give up: why Arsen Zhumadilov, DOT was targeted with ordered fudge
Last Friday, the State Logistics Operator (DOT) announced a new tender for the purchase of food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Despite the fact that the DOT has not yet been able to launch the announced procurement system by commodity group for the second quarter, it has nevertheless significantly changed the rules of the game for this market segment. 23 65555 War
From cooperative with Russians in Kozyn to legendary "Itera": who is organizer of mine scam Khoroshayev?
Censor.NET continues to study the case of the "Lviv Arsenal" and its defendants. Currently, the publication is focusing on Oleksiy Khoroshayev, a representative of the Slovak company Sevotech, who left for Prague just before Russia’s full-scale invasion. And in Ukraine, he did business with very difficult Russians - from a cooperative in Kozyn to the legendary gas supplier "Itera". 20 6376
How Ukraine lost 100,000 mines: what does female leadership and granddaughter in Putin’s administration have to do with it?
More than a year ago, Yuriy Zbitnev’s company "Lviv Arsenal" received a contract worth 1.4 billion, but never delivered the weapons. Ukrainian journalists have been writing about this case for six months, but there has been no communication from law enforcement on this story. A request from the Public Anti-Corruption Council at the Ministry of Defence revealed that the National Police is investigating the case of non-delivery. 26 29933
If Defense Ministry will defeat food mafia. Waiting for last battle
While we are following the detention of Roman Hrynkevych, a much more important process is taking place behind the scenes at the Ministry of Defence. It is about reforming food procurement and switching from purchasing an entire catalogue of 409 items to individual product groups. And it is already clear that the food mafia will fight for its billions to the last. In tandem with the military, which is interested. 17 00635
Negotiator with Shoigu, relative of Bakanov, partner of Zelenskyys – who is Beliaiev, who appeared in treason case?
At the end of October, it became known that Oleksandr Beliaiev, the brother-in-law of former SSU head Ivan Bakanov, was preparing for negotiations with the Russian leadership in 2019-2020, up to the level of meetings with Russian Defense Minister Shoigu. 35 43741
Hlyniana, supplier of 17-hryvnia eggs, sold Croatian hotels and... lost bag with money
Ukrainian Tetiana Hlyniana, who became famous for contracting eggs for 17 UAH in a catalog for the Defense Ministry, is once again in the center of a scandal. 178 35276
For clean water: how Hlynyana, supplier to Defense Ministry, made money not only on eggs but also on water
After the article about Tatiana Hlynyana, a supplier to the Ministry of Defence, her hotel in Croatia and eggs that cost 17 UAH, I saw many indignant comments: "Why are you manipulating the headline - it’s not like she made money on eggs." 35 04934
How eggs for 17 have been transformed into hotels in Croatia: from life and affairs of Ministry of Defense’s food mafia
The most scandalous supplier of goods to the Ministry of Defense, as it turns out, bought several hotels during the full-scale invasion. Journalists found them. And Censor.NET reveals the unknown details of how this scheme became possible. 19 47160
Issue of arms and billions: who will head arms procurement agency and what will be inherited
If there is a corruption scandal in the Defense Ministry before lunch and you think it will be quiet in the afternoon, I will disappoint you. Anything can happen there. 14 1442
Target №1: How state frames arms manufacturers
In recent days, Russians have carried out two of the most massive attacks on Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. 67 33586
Gold rail carriage, sand quarry and luxury parties: why Ministry of Defense supplier bribed SBI with $500 thousand
SBI officers detained a Lviv businessman, one of the largest suppliers to the Ministry of Defense, who offered a USD 500,000 bribe to one of the heads of the Bureau’s Main Investigation Department for assistance in returning property seized from companies under his control during the investigation. 127 77571
Will SSU stop arms of mafia and their shell corporations: unknown story of one detention
On Friday, the Security Service of Ukraine, with the assistance of the Minister of Defence, dismantled a corruption scheme to purchase ammunition for the Armed Forces worth almost UAH 1.5 billion. As a result of complex measures, the head of one of the Defence Ministry’s Main Directorates involved in the fraud was detained in Kyiv. 21 72922
No control over construction and 1490% of allowance: what is the audit of Accounting Chamber really about, which covered up cloning of 5655
In November, the Accounting Chamber issued an audit of the State Inspectorate of Architecture and Urban Development. For some reason, this report was used to justify the adoption of the Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution, which was supposed to be a clone of draft law 5655. But in fact, this audit is about something else entirely - that even at the level of the SIAI, there are not enough control and transparency mechanisms, and citizens are deprived of the right to even initiate an inspection. 19 41519
Under protect of President’s Office: how NABU defendants cаme up in scandalous arms deal
For six months now, Ukrainian journalists have been writing about how the Lviv Arsenal company received a contract worth 1.4 billion but has not delivered the weapons. However, Ukrainian law enforcement is not very interested in this. It’s a pity, otherwise, law enforcement would have found the same scammers who robbed the UMCC (United Mining and Chemical Company) and who had a "cover" in the President’s Office. 22 00930
Missing article: why Kniazev’s case may fall apart and who will be protected
The accusation of forming an organized criminal group has disappeared from the case of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Kniazev. This could lead to the complete failure of the case because the agent who documented the activities of Kniazev and his intermediaries could only be involved in an organized group. 17 96133
"I don’t believe in Kharkiv. We’ll be destroyed. Why do we need Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea?": how another "servant" was taken on a bribe
Another "Servant of the People" was taken on Tuesday on a bribe from NABU. Deputy Andrii Odarchenko offered Mustafa Naiiem, the head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Recovery and Development, an illegal benefit in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the amount of 50 thousand US dollars. United States. 24 07775
Case of Kulinich, accused of treason: is there compromising material on Yermak and Zelenskyy
Oleh Kulinich is the former head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Crimea, accused of treason. It was after his detention that Ivan Bakanov was dismissed from the post of head of the SSU. Kulinich’s case is currently being considered by the Shevchenkivskyi Court. The hearing in the case was closed to journalists. 26 96925
War for Personal Income Tax: How authorities reduced funding for Territorial Defense by one third in fight against mayors
The Verkhovna Rada redistributed the personal income tax and took it from local governments to the central government. Let’s be honest, it was not as much a struggle between the authorities and the mayor’s offices, which spend money on relaying paving stones, as it is a a struggle for the redistribution of huge funds and the opportunity to promote themselves on helping the army. 9 94054
Army does not need women’s underpants: how construction companies did not timely supply Ministry of Defense with jackets and trousers
If the audit of the army’s food supply confirmed a huge overstatement of funds for the purchase of products, then with the material supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Court of Auditors highlighted another huge problem of the Ministry of Defense – non-fulfillment of contracts. 73 84332
They even made money on dogs: what Accounting Chamber found in procurement of food by Ministry of Defense
In the first half of 2023, the Ministry of Defence procured food at prices 30% higher than consumer prices, did not analyze prices, did not control the quantity of products supplied, and 75% of the items in the food catalog were not provided to units. 136 416125 War
Treason case, where it emerged that Bakanov’s relative prepared for negotiations with Shoigu
Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District Court has started hearing the case on the merits of the former head of the SBU Main Directorate in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Oleh Kulinich. He is charged with high treason, participation in a criminal organization, and leaving his place of military service in Kherson. 173 781135
Why the main Shahed negotiator’s family still have European passports
On January 19th, 2023, while Ukraine was being bombarded by Shahed aircraft with the goal to stall Ukrainians, a helicopter, carrying the Russian president’s helper, Igor Levitin, landed on a football field in Iran. 8 6205
Why state began to fight with its own weapons manufacturers
Two weeks ago, a defence industry forum was held in Kyiv, where the government called on foreign companies to invest in Ukraine and create joint ventures with Ukrainian producers. 25 61750
Partners of traitors, crooks and shells without their own website - who disrupted supply of weapons to Ukraine
The supply of arms to Ukraine continues to be plagued by international scandals. Recently, the Bosnian newspaper Žurnal published a semi-detective story about why the Ukrainian supplier Lviv Arsenal failed to deliver 122 and 82 calibre mortar rounds to Ukraine last year. 23 77160
