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The past year has seen numerous scandals involving deputies in Ukraine, with allegations ranging from corruption to fraudulent schemes. In Rivne, a councillor was exposed for promising college admission to evade mobilization. In Kyiv, regional council members were implicated in the 'Turbota' fraud, while a former MP sold fake disability certificates. Moreover, search operations revealed deputies' involvement in tax machinations and undeclared assets worth millions. Several arrests and notices of suspicion have been issued, highlighting the ongoing struggle against corruption and misconduct among Ukrainian deputies. These incidents underscore the need for increased transparency and accountability in political spheres.
What are the recent allegations against deputies in Ukraine?
Recent allegations against deputies in Ukraine include corruption, fraud, and involvement in illegal schemes, such as tax machinations, unreported assets, and fraudulent mobilisation evasion tactics. Various regional and city council members across the country have been implicated, leading to investigations, arrests, and legal proceedings aimed at addressing these serious issues and promoting transparency in governance.
How are deputies evading mobilisation in Ukraine?
Some deputies in Ukraine have been accused of employing fraudulent schemes to evade mobilisation. These methods reportedly include bribery for college admissions to gain deferment and the falsification of disability certificates. Such actions have led to criminal investigations, highlighting ongoing efforts to circumvent military service requirements in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
What role does NABU play in deputy corruption cases?
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) plays a critical role in addressing corruption cases involving deputies. It conducts investigations, exposes corrupt practices such as bribery, embezzlement, and fraudulent schemes, and collaborates with other anti-corruption bodies to hold guilty parties accountable. Its efforts are vital in maintaining integrity and transparency within Ukraine's political framework amidst numerous challenges.
How are legal actions progressing against corrupt deputies?
Legal actions against corrupt deputies in Ukraine are progressing through investigations, arrests, and trials led by agencies like NABU and SAPO. These actions aim to address misconduct, with several deputies facing legal proceedings for allegations of fraudulent activities, money laundering, undeclared assets, and illegal benefit schemes, indicating ongoing efforts to uphold accountability in governance.
What are the consequences for undeclared assets by deputies?
Deputies found guilty of not declaring assets face serious legal consequences, including fines, asset confiscation, and criminal charges. Such actions are deemed a violation of transparency and accountability standards, crucial for governance, prompting judicial proceedings and investigations by anti-corruption bodies to enforce compliance in asset declarations and combat financial misconduct.
How have bribery allegations affected Ukrainian deputies?
Bribery allegations have significantly impacted Ukrainian deputies, leading to investigations, suspicions, and arrests. These charges highlight systemic issues of corruption within political circles, prompting public scrutiny, legal challenges, and potential reforms aimed at enhancing accountability, promoting ethical standards, and restoring public trust in governmental institutions amid growing concerns.
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Investigation into "Servant of People" Marchenko, who received funds for entering draft dodgers’ data into "Shliakh" system, has been completed - NABU On October 31, 2023, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) completed the investigation into the suspicion of undue influence by the current People’s Deputy of Ukraine and her assistant. 253 511 74 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
SBU prevented assassination of MP in Kyiv. Russian special services involved into attempt, - Hrytsak Assassination of a MP was prevented in Ukrainian capital. 218 792 645
PPB faction MP Honcharenko puts bag of rusks symbolizing confinement at MP Skoryk’s workplace. PHOTOS+VIDEO The Opposition bloc faction MPs attacked Honcharenko attempting to take away the rusks. 168 507 232
Odesa city council candidate from Petro Poroshenko Bloc Dmytro Shmanov tried to get his son off road accident and insulted police officers. VIDEO Odesa city council candidate from Solidarnist party Dmytro Shmanov together with his wife interfered with police and Interior Ministry operatives' work during examination of a road accident site. The accident was caused by his underage son, Volodymyr Shmanov. The couple also attempted to steal a piece of material evidence - a phone with which a video of the accident had been made, accusing police officers of its theft. Beware of rude language (in Russian)! 158 927 553 Previously in trend: Police workdays
Samopomich lawmaker Miroshnik who planned 10,000 euro trip to Maldives steps down as MP: "I want to be a free man" Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on veterans and disabled persons, Samopomich MP Andrii Miroshnk announced the discarding of the deputy mandate. 152 333 638
MP Popov admits his minor son’s detention for robbery. VIDEO Member of Oleh Lyashko's Radical Party faction Ihor Popov says his 14-year-old son was indeed detained on charges of armed robbery of a grocery store in Kyiv. 151 794 242
Cherkasy council member Binusov shot dead late night Thursday, - Pro Vse. PHOTO Late night Thursday member of the city council Mykhailo Binusov was shot dead in Cherkasy. 119 010 17
New Year gift: how parliament adopted budget for 2016. PHOTOS Verkhovna Rada MPs traditionally adopted the next year budget in the dead of night. 116 269 0 Previously in trend: Budget 2013
MPs fell asleep in the Parliament on Sunday. PHOTOS The members of the Ukrainian parliament fell asleep during the Sunday's session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 115 902 202 Previously in trend: Budget 2013
People's deputies gather signatures for Poroshenko's impeachment. DOCUMENT People's deputies of Ukraine have started to gather signatures to initiate impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko. 111 447 372
NABU detained bodyguard of MP Rozenblat with $200,000 in cash; MP says it's 'provocation' Yesterday, June 19, officers of National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) detained a bodyguard of Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) MP Boryslav Rozenblat. 102 686 282 Previously in trend: Case of Rozenblat and Poliakov
"We need to steamroll law on Russian language, can pay one grand extra," - SBU wiretaps conversations of intermediaries using Russian money for bribing Ukrainian politicians. VIDEO The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published wiretapped talks between members of the group mediators involved in bribing Ukrainian politicians using Russian money. 102 514 108 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
MP Molotok's son caused car accident in Kyiv: four people injured, patrol car damaged. PHOTOS MP Ihor Molotok's ("Volia Narodu" parliamentary faction) son Denys caused a large-scale car accident in Kyiv. As a result, four people were injured and a patrol car was damaged. 97 022 183 Previously in trend: Rich kids on roads
There Will Be no More Unilateral Ceasefire - Poroshenko Continuation of the negotiations would be possible only in case of obligatory compliance with all the provisions of the peace plan by all the parties. 87 372 861 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
Vyshyvanka Day in Rada: garments' cost ranged from 300 to 30,000 hryvnia. PHOTOS In honor of the Vyshyvanka [national Ukrainian embroidered shirt - ed.] Day, the majority of Ukrainian parliamentarians came to work today wearing national costumes. 85 309 81
Many Ukrainian MPs travel to Crimea, - Isliamov Russia-based Crimean Tatar businessman, coordinator of the Crimea blockade campaign Lenur Isliamov says many Ukrainian MPs continue visiting the occupied peninsula. 84 888 81
Ukraine’s MP Savchenko waives her parliamentary immunity. PHOTO Nonaffiliated Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko has made a decision to give up her parliamentary immunity. 83 083 365
PPB faction MP Demchak keeps 133M hryvnia in cash, owns 355-meter house in London’s upscale Borough of Barnet. PHOTOS Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MP, Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Financial Policy and Banking Ruslan Demchak showed 133 million hryvnia in cash (over $5,115,000) and a house with area of 355 square meters in one of London’s Boroughs in his e-declaration. 81 353 273 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
MP Martynenko announces resignation amidst defamation campaign against him People's Front faction MP Mykola Martynenko has announced his abdication. 78 801 136
MP Lanio gets into car accident in Lviv region, - media. PHOTO People's deputy Mykhailo Lanio (parliamentary group "Vіdrodzhennia") has been hospitalized after a car accident in the Lviv region. 75 110 127
Car of member of regional council, head of UKROP faction Kokitko blown up in Zhytomyr region. PHOTO In early hours of Sept. 29, the car of the head of UKROP party faction in the Zhytomyr regional council, deputy mayor of Baranivka Nataliia Kokitko was blown up in Pershotravensk, the Zhytomyr region. 73 802 79
"Forget scheming and allow government working," - PM Yatseniuk Ukraine's Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk has called on people's deputies to restore the parliamentary coalition and not prevent the government from working. 73 607 691 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet
"I withdrew from my MP mandate," - Konstantinovskyi. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Independent MP Viacheslav Konstantinovskyi announced he had withdrawn from his MP mandate. 72 236 103
MPs of Petro Poroshenko Bloc came to support Nasirov, - Zhurzhii. PHOTO MPs Tretiakov, Zahorii, Davydenko, and Antonyshchak came to support suspended Chairman of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov. 68 085 215 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov
Kliuiev fled to another country through 'DPR/LPR' territorry, - MP Herashchenko People's Front faction of the parliament will support Prosecutor's Office proposal for MP Serhii Kliuiev's arrest and detainment. 67 732 286 Previously in trend: Revoking immunity
Current MPs have deferral from conscription during mobilization, while civil servants, employees of BEB and prosecutors are not eligible - draft law Draft Law No. 10378 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving Certain Issues of Mobilization, Military Registration and Military Service" submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers to the Verkhovna Rada clarifies who is not subject to mobilization and is entitled to a deferment. 65 499 62
Poroshenko Bloc MP Iryna Friz exposes lies of Ukraine’s General Staff: "You’d better not respond to media but start Special Operations Forces drills in due time" Verkhovna Rada deputy from Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction Iryna Friz again accused the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of disrupting the training and exercises of Special Operations Forces (SOF) supported by NATO. 62 609 192
Boosting MPs' salaries out of question, PM Hroisman says The Cabinet of Ministers is not going to put amendments to the draft budget-2017 that are intended to increase the salaries of the deputies. 60 666 307 Previously in trend: Budget 2017
Radical Party MP’s assistant who protected illicit gambling venues in Kyiv detained while accepting bribe. PHOTOS Members of the Economic Crime Department of the National Police and Prosecutor General's Office detained an assistant to a member of Oleh Liashko’s Radical Party parliamentary faction at receiving a bribe in Kyiv today. 59 366 84
Batkivshchyna faction refuses to work in Rada until Teteruk is MP Batkivshchyna party faction has issued a statement on the incident between MPs Kuzhel and Teteruk. 58 733 694 Previously in trend: Teteruk-Kuzhel conflict
Judges, MPs, MIA and SBI employees became owners of luxury cars during war - media. PHOTO Skhemy journalists analysed the State Register of Declarations, which was reopened to the public on 10 December, and found a number of civil servants who purchased luxury cars after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among them are MPs, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Bureau of Investigation, judges of district and appellate administrative courts. 56 373 102 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
PPB congress unseated Tomenko and Firsov referring to non-existent law, - MP Leshchenko Poroshenko Bloc deputy Serhii Leshchenko deems the party congress' decision on unseating Mykola Tomenko and Yehor Firsov to be a derision. 55 687 107
It took Parliament five attempts to revoke Miroshnyk's mandate On its fifth attempt the Verkhovna Rada terminated the authority of People's Deputy Andrii Miroshnyk (Samopomich faction). The MP became known for his scandal with text messages sent during the session of parliament. 55 504 107
MP Dovhyi's income statement: 95 paintings, 12 luxury watches, $2M in cash and $500,000 in banks Oles Dovhyi, Volia Narodu (People's Will) parliamentary faction MP and former close ally of Kyiv's odious Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, has declared 95 paintings, two apartments in downtown Kyiv, 12 luxury watches, about $2 million in cash and $500,000 on bank accounts. 54 876 202
Ice block fell off roof, killed woman in Lviv. PHOTOS+VIDEO A block of ice fell from the roof of Preobrazhenska church upon an elderly woman. She died on the spot. 53 946 81
Conflict within Petro Poroshenko Bloc might cause MPs leave faction, MP Firsov says People's deputy of Petro Poroshenko Bloc Yehor Firsov confirmed the conflict within the faction, which had got even more tense at yesterday's session. 52 094 107
People's deputy started a fight in a karaoke bar in Khmelnytskyi Today in the morning, a conflict developed between a people's deputy and a couple of other visitors, which ended up with a shooting, in one of the karaoke bars of the city of Khmelnytskyi. 51 833 124
Sumy city council member Kalinichenko in grave condition after beaten by unknown Unidentified people beat Sumy city council member Viacheslav Kalinichenko with bats. 51 511 116
"It's my fault. Thanks God no one was hurt," - MP Barna commented on road accident he got into yesterday The people's deputy, whose car crashed into a tram on Wednesday evening on Kyiv's Peremohy Square, says he feels fine. 51 483 182
Millions of cash "poured in parliament" block adoption of special forfeiture law, - Turchynov The law on special forfeiture has so far failed to be passed for two reasons. 50 865 145
Regions Onishchenko and Kolesnichenko Brutally Beating a Fallen Opposition Deputy: Oh my God! Oh my God! VIDEO Regions Oleksandr Onishchenko who actively participated in yesterday's parliamentary brawl, is a master of sports in boxing. The deputy refused to acknowledge his part in the beating of BYuT deputy Oleh Medunytsia. 49 208 655 Previously in trend: Rada Fights
Deputy in village council in Zakarpattia detonated grenades: he died, 26 people were injured. VIDEO&PHOTOS A deputy detonated grenades in the building of the Keretsky village council in Zakarpattia. He was killed and 26 people were injured. 48 623 172
"Servant of People" Torokhtiy is vacationing abroad during war and driving a new car worth 7 million - media. PHOTOS Bohdan Torokhtiy, a member of Servant of People faction, had a seaside holiday abroad during martial law and uses a Mercedes-Benz EQS he bought in March 2013. 47 251 213
Turchynov: Ukrainian MPs Who Visited Russian Duma Should Not Be Paid Salaries and Allowed to Participate in Parliamentary Sessions. Ukrainian speaker Oleksand Turchinov has proposed a draft resolution on deputies-betrayers who took part in the work of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on September 17. They should be deprived of the right to participate in plenary sessions and should not be paid for the days, on which they have not worked in committee, commissions and parliamentary fractions. 47 121 237
Poroshenko submitted draft on lifting parliamentary immunity. MPs will vote on Friday President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with heads of parliamentary factions, the prime minister, and the NSDC secretary before the parliamentary session on Friday. 46 675 180
Moscow deputies demand Putin to resign The Council of Municipal Deputies of Moscow’s Lomonosov District appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign. 45 774 140
Drunk council member Rybchenko hit pedestrian in Cherkasy, - Patrol Police. PHOTOS The Regional Council deputy, the head of the faction of Party of Veterans of Afghanistan Oleksandr Rybchenko was driving a car while intoxicated and hit a pedestrian in Cherkasy. The injured man has been hospitalized. 45 319 104 Previously in trend: Drunk driving
MP Frolov initiates check to establish those who illegally included assets in his property registry. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction MP Mykola Frolov says he discovered that he owned several apartments in different Ukraine’s cities and a 1994 Tavria car after making requests to registries before submitting his income statement online. However, the people's deputy swears he never heard of them and definitely did not purchase these assets. 44 379 105
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