Section: Investigations
Ukrainian Cabinet approves draft deal with EU on financing anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a draft agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on financing the project ”EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine.” Relevant decree No. 884-p of November 23, 2016, was published in the Ukrainian government`s Uriadovy Kurier newspaper. ”To approve the draft agreement on the financing of...
Conflicting reports on death toll of police friendly fire in Kniazhychi
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy has announced that six law enforcement officers were killed in the village of Kniazhychi in Kyiv region`s Brovary district, according to 112 Ukraine TV channel despite earlier statement by Ukraine police on five officers killed. ”A terrible tragedy occured in the night from Saturday to...
Police detain gang staked out by officers killed in Kniazhychi
Ukrainian police on Sunday morning detained a gang of burglars in Kyiv`s Desniansky district after they had arrived from the village of Kniazhychi in Kyiv region`s Brovary district where five police officers were killed by friendly fire in a shooting incident earlier that day, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. They arrived in a...
Five policemen killed in shooting reportedly by mistake between police and state guard service
Five members from different state law enforcement agencies were shot dead in a shooting incident reportedly by mistake in the village of Kniazhychi in Brovary district, Kyiv region, in the early hours of December 4. ”A criminal investigation team from Kyiv was working on an operation to detain a dangerous gang of robbers who have regularly looted...
Prosecutor General`s Office gets evidence of Russia using Ukraine`s drilling platforms in Black Sea
Violations against Ukrainian drilling platforms in the Black Sea, seized by the Russian Federation, may strengthen Ukraine`s position in lawsuits against Russia, according to a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine. Military prosecutors recorded the fact of changing the navigation data of drilling...
Ukraine asks Interpol to launch international search for ”Scythian gold”
Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ordered to seize the ”Scythian gold”, which was exhibited at the expo in the Netherlands titled Crimea – the golden island in the Black Sea, as reported by the press service of the Prosecutor`s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In addition, a copy of the court order was forwarded to Interpol with a...
Antonov engineer detained after attempt to smuggle structural drawings of planes, helicopters from Ukraine
Ukrainian border guards December 1 detained at the Ukrainian-Russian border in Kharkiv region an engineer of the state-owned aircraft design bureau Antonov who tried to smuggle to Russia structural drawings of airplanes and helicopters, the press office of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has told UNIAN. ”During the border control...
Austria receives request for Firtash extradition to Spain
Austrian authorities have received an extradition request regarding a Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to Spain, which had earlier put him on an international wanted list, Deutsche Welle reports citing a press secretary of the Vienna prosecutor`s office. The request was sent through official channels and is now being assessed, according to...
Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in treason case
The Prosecutor General`s Office (PGO) of Ukraine has summoned former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who now resides in Russia, for questioning in Ukraine as a suspect in the treason case. Summonses for interrogation have been posted on the PGO`s official website. Yanukovych was invited to appear at 10:00 local time on December 5 and...
Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reacted on journalists’ investigation about President`s Spanish villa
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has changed its position on whether President Petro Poroshenko should have declared ownership of a Spanish seaside villa, raising questions about the state agency`s independence from the presidential administration, RFE/RL reports. Poroshenko`s ownership of the multimillion-dollar luxury villa...