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"Lvivska Mriia", which failed. How were people left without housing and money in Lviv? The history of the Comfort Hill residential complex on Pid Holoskom Street in Lviv began in 2018 under the name Lvivska Mriia. One hundred and fifty people invested in the construction, believing they had become the happy owners of new housing near the Briukhovychi forest. 11.03.26 16:31 58 0

Gas lobby’s influence: why did Italy approve extradition of suspect over Nord Stream blasts? The Nord Stream sabotage case is gaining momentum again. Today, two Ukrainian nationals are in the spotlight, with German investigators leading the probe suspecting them of involvement in the high-profile incident, which occurred in the early hours of September 26, 2022. 03.11.25 22:17 8 423 5 Previously in trend: Blasts on Nord Stream pipelines

Pecherskyi court’s travesty of justice returns: how Kudrytskyi was arrested over non-existent losses Former head of Ukrenergo National Power Company, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, has been taken into custody for two months with bail set at 13 million UAH, accused of "abuse of office and unlawful appropriation of state company funds." The Pecherskyi Court’s decision followed several searches of Kudrytskyi’s premises by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and an Ekonomichna Pravda article suggesting that the criminal prosecution attempts against the former Ukrenergo chief are politically motivated. 30.10.25 19:47 16 233 37 Previously in trend: Kudrytskyi’s case

Nationalisation of PrivatBank. What will Supreme Court consider? On Tuesday, 26 November, the Commercial Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court will consider one of the key cases challenging the nationalisation of PrivatBank. This is a case filed by the bank’s former owners, Ihor Kolomoyskyi and the Cypriot company Triantal Investments Ltd. 25.11.24 20:20 3 134 2

Veronika Kreidenkova, co-coordinator of Public Integrity Council: We cannot work properly until Council resolves issue of access to information on judges After the MPs refused to amend the legislation to give the Public Integrity Council full access to judicial dossiers with the ability to process this information, they stated that they could not work efficiently and quickly, and this would affect the competitive selection of candidates for the positions of judges of appellate courts, which is conducted by the High Qualification Commission of Judges with the participation of representatives of NGOs. 06.11.24 12:06 6 562 14

Lawyer Liudmyla Kusa: Investigation said that it would interrogate Zaluzhnyi in Chervinskyi’s case, but this has not been done in year Neither the press nor the public representatives who came from different regions of the country to Kropyvnytskyi to support him will be allowed to attend the court hearings in the high-profile case of SOF colonel and ex-intelligence officer Roman Chervinskyi, as the panel of judges decided to consider the case in camera. 24.06.24 16:46 6 594 10

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. 25.05.24 09:50 21 665 93

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. 12.02.24 12:50 5 455 7

"If it turns out with Chervinskyi not to use combat immunity, it will work with the rest," - lawyer Serhii Lysenko After the American edition of The Washington Post and the German media Der Spiegel published an article in which, citing their own anonymous sources, they claim that the "coordinator" of sabotage on the Russian Nord Stream gas pipelines was allegedly a former intelligence officer and ex-acting commander of one of the SOF (Special Operations Forces) units, Roman Chervinskyi, who is now a suspect in the case of Russia’s attack on the airfield,"Kanatove" drome, we talked to his lawyer Serhii Lysenko. 20.11.23 23:30 20 392 21

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Ethics Anthony Hooper: "We had a candidate who connected from front. And during interview he received an alert about threat of artillery fire." After the Ethics Council, an independent body that is supposed to evaluate the integrity of candidates for the positions of members of the High Council of Justice, decided to close the interviews with the candidates and conduct them without online broadcasting, citing the effect of martial law, the public had many questions about the transparency of the process evaluation in general. 28.10.22 10:54 11 371 2

Untestable results of anti-corruption reform In post-Soviet Ukraine, law enforcement agencies have always interfered in the work of private business in search of corrupt rent or in order to prosecute opponents of the government (more often, both goals were combined). This practice has permeated social relations so much that counteracting the arbitrariness of the security forces and a decisive fight against corruption have become one of the main slogans of the Revolution of Dignity. 17.12.18 19:17 605 0 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Fighting Corruption

A Bellwether Case For Ukraine’s Reform Movement Ukraine may have won its first big battle in its fight against corruption. 09.03.17 15:42 144 0 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Blinded by Life Term: Yanukovych Wants to Destroy Tymoshenko We are dealing with a situation when personal revenge of Yanukovych became a priority domestic policy. This is, by and large, the only clear point of his political program - to do everything to ensure Tymoshenko’s imprisonment under any pretext. The fact that the release of Tymoshenko is directly related to removal from power or loss of the elections by Yanukovych is indisputable. 21.01.13 11:31 18 542 154 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko’s Case

RYBAK CHARTERS: STATE OFFICIAL SPENDS MILLIONS ON PRIVATE JETS Austerity is worse than thievery. Oleksandr Rybak is your ordinary Kyiv city council deputy. A simple son of a people’s deputy, first vice-chairman of the Party of Regions, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada committee on the matters of construction, urban development, housing and communal sector and regional policy Volodymyr Rybak. Rybak Junior is a head of the State Architecture and Construction Inspection. A simple official who has no factories or corporations and never had any. But in just one year he spent over 5 million hryvnias (over 1.2 million USD) on charter flights alone! 09.10.12 12:31 480 237 148 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko’s Case

MELNYCHENKO AUCTION: ‘TRUTH’ FOR SALE. DO I HEAR MORE? Why is it that a truth teller and exposer Melnychenko has been quiet for 12 years not even hinting at the hot information that he has? Why does his statement match the moment when the Attorney General’s Office needs any evidence of Tymoshenko’s involvement in the case? Finally, why Kuchma having this information on his hands did not do away with oppositionist Tymoshenko, and completely in accordance with the law at that. 17.09.12 13:49 4 683 29 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko’s Case

Tymoshenko Case: the Party of Regions Trumps Renat Kuzmin On August 31 Tymoshenko case acquired a new and unexpected witness that offsets all accusation system of the Attorney General's Office. Regions deputy Yurii Boldyrev has made a stunning announcement at his press-conference in Kiev. 04.09.12 13:29 58 504 246 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko’s Case