The U.S. Department of State on Feb. 23 launched a new International Anti-Corruption Champions Award and gave it to a number of individuals including ex-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka. “Around the world, corruption threatens security and stability, hinders economic growth, undermines democracy and human rights, destroys trust in public institutions, facilitates transnational crime, and siphons away public and private resources,” Secretary

Controversial judge Pavlo Vovk hid from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Feb. 16, refusing for a second time to be brought to a bail hearing in a corruption case against him.  Earlier, Vovk ignored a ruling by the High Anti-Corruption Court that authorized the NABU to bring him to the previous bail hearing by force on Feb. 8. Vovk,

The European Parliament approved a resolution on Ukraine’s implementation of the Association Agreement: corruption inhibiting reforms, lack of political will to ensure the independence of judicial institutions, and more – Ukraine has been harshly criticized. The resolution was supported by 676 MPs. The results of the vote, which took place on Wednesday evening as part of the plenary session of

On February 2, 2021, Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on Taras Kozak, Member of Parliament of the OPzZH and right-hand man of Viktor Medvedchuk, and eight legal entities, where he is indicated as a beneficial owner. These companies own three TV channels – ZIK, NewsOne and 112 Ukraine. Meanwhile, the media learned from sources in the SBU and the NSDC that

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has begun criminal proceedings accusing Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova of interfering in a bribery case against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff, Oleh Tatarov.  Maksym Hryschuk, acting chairman of the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, announced the charges on a Dec. 25 broadcast by news outlet Hromadske.  The bureau maintains that Venediktova broke

Newly leaked audiotapes implicate Oleksandr Tupytsky, chairman of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, in corruption, according to an investigation published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Schemes show on Dec. 21. Tupytsky has faced harsh public criticism since Oct. 27, when the Constitutional Court issued a ruling that effectively destroyed Ukraine’s entire asset declaration system for state officials, eliminating a crucial pillar of

The brazen cynicism with which Ukrainian judges are spurning the law and getting away with crimes has few parallels in the world. It acts more like a criminal gang (with some notable exceptions) that has taken a whole country hostage. A good example is Judge Pavlo Vovk, who has been charged with corruption and obstruction of justice and is still

Dec. 9 was International Anti-Corruption Day, but this is a daily duel for the Ukrainian law enforcement system. The creation of a system of specially authorized entities in the field of countering corruption was not only the dictates of time but also part of international obligations undertaken by Ukraine. Therefore, six years ago, the state launched the process of building