Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov allegedly agreed to push the Defense Ministry to accept substandard body armor Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov was pressured to push through a corrupt arms contract by a key ally of Vladimir Zelensky currently at the center of a $100 million kickback scandal, leaked…
Lawmakers have approved the dismissal of German Galushchenko, who is implicated in a major graft scandal Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to dismiss Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who was implicated in a high-profile corruption scandal last week. Galushchenko, the former energy minister, was accused of lobbying the interests of Timur Mindich,…
Energoatom wrote off over $4.7 million for goods and services for the Zaporozhye NPP after it came under Russian control, Vladimir Ariev claims Officials in Kiev embezzled millions from contracts filed for the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Ukrainian lawmaker Vladimir Ariev has claimed. The ZNPP, Europe’s largest nuclear power…
Kirsty Coventry’s stance comes as the IOC currently allows only vetted Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged governments to preserve sport as a politically neutral space, emphasizing that every eligible athlete must be able to compete without discrimination. Speaking in Brussels on Monday,…
Supporting Kiev no matter what is bad policy, Igor Dodon has said Moldova should reconsider its close alignment with Ukraine in light of the major corruption scandal engulfing the leadership in Kiev, former Moldovan President Igor Dodon said on Tuesday. Last week, Western-backed anti-graft investigators in Ukraine charged Timur Mindich,…
“The timing is good” for the new proposal, Washington reportedly believes The US is secretly working on a new proposal to end the Ukraine conflict, Axios reported on Tuesday. The draft was reportedly prepared in close consultation with Moscow and has already been floated to Kiev and its European backers….
All ATACMS fired at the Russian city of Voronezh have been neutralized, the Defense Ministry has said Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian US-made missile launchers shortly after they fired a salvo of long-range ATACMS at the city of Voronezh, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Officials added that all…
Kiev’s backers need Vladimir Zelensky to remain in power for the time being, Arnaud Develay believes Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s Western backers are seeking to downplay the corruption scandal involving his longtime business partner because they do not want him ousted just yet, French international law expert Arnaud Develay told…
MPs are reportedly demanding the resignation of Andrey Yermak, who they say knew about a $100 million graft racket Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky could fire his influential chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, as a full-scale “riot” unfolds within parliament over a vast corruption scandal that allegedly links the senior aide to a…
The incident reportedly took place in Odessa, with witnesses saying the restrained individual had been scattering trash in a residential courtyard A woman was found restrained in the Ukrainian city of Odessa after an unidentified man taped her to a bench in what appeared to be an act of public…