Section: Investigations

      Anti-corruption agency may probe finances of Ukrainian Tax Service chief’s trip to see Trump oath
      Feb24

      Anti-corruption agency may probe finances of Ukrainian Tax Service chief’s trip to see Trump oath

      Head of the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) Natalia Korchak says her agency has received a request from Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk to probe into the finances of Ukrainian State Fiscal Service chief Roman Nasirov`s trip to attend the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The request cites publicly...

      Ukrainian President appoints envoy to represent Ukraine at International Criminal Court hearings in suit against Russia
      Feb24

      Ukrainian President appoints envoy to represent Ukraine at International Criminal Court hearings in suit against Russia

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on the establishment of a Ukrainian delegation to participate in the International Criminal Court`s proceedings into the violation by Russia of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of...

      Firtash released on EUR 125 mln bail on Friday
      Feb24

      Firtash released on EUR 125 mln bail on Friday

      A Vienna-based court has released Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash on EUR 125 million bail, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda, citing its own source close to the businessman`s defense. Firtash was detained on February 23 at the request of the U.S. authorities that demand his extradition, Ukrayinska Pravda wrote. Both...

      FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories
      Feb24

      FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories

      The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump`s associates and Russians known to U.S. intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple U.S. officials briefed on the matter tell CNN. But a White House official said late Thursday that the request was only...

      Firtash to remain in custody for another day
      Feb23

      Firtash to remain in custody for another day

      According to the verdict of the Regional Criminal Court in Vienna in the case of an extradition arrest of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, the latter will remain in custody at the request of the Vienna prosecutor`s office. Austrian prosecutors submitted to a court a motion to extend the Ukrainian businessman`s detention term under the U.S....

      Austrian court turns down prosecutor`s request to arrest Firtash – media
      Feb23

      Austrian court turns down prosecutor`s request to arrest Firtash – media

      The court in Vienna has refused to satisfy the motion of the Austrian prosecutors regarding the arrest of the Ukrainian businessman, Dmytro Firtash, on Spain`s extradition request, Ukrainska Pravda reported citing a source close to Mr Firtash. As reported earlier, on February 17, Austria received Spain`s request for the extradition of Dmytro...

      Cyber-espionage group uses malware, hacked microphones and Dropbox accounts to spy on Ukrainian targets
      Feb23

      Cyber-espionage group uses malware, hacked microphones and Dropbox accounts to spy on Ukrainian targets

      A well-organized cyber-espionage group is infecting computers at selected targets in Ukraine, turning on their microphone to record nearby audio, stealing documents, and storing exfiltrated data inside Dropbox accounts, according to security firm CyberX, who recently came across the malware used in these attacks, according to Bleeping Computer, a...

      Ukraine`s privatization watchdog unhappy with investor of Ukrtelecom
      Feb23

      Ukraine`s privatization watchdog unhappy with investor of Ukrtelecom

      Ukraine`s State Property Fund (SPF) claims that the ESU company, which is a major shareholder in the country`s largest landline service provider Ukrtelecom and which belongs to Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, has not fulfilled a number of the investment obligations it undertook when it privatized the telecoms giant, according to Ukrelecom`s...

      Ukraine`s State Treasury reveals over 12,000 cases of budget violation in 2016
      Feb22

      Ukraine`s State Treasury reveals over 12,000 cases of budget violation in 2016

      The State Treasury Service of Ukraine in 2016 revealed over 12,000 cases involving UAH 5.1 billion in transactions when budget legislation was violated by managers and recipients of state and local budget funds, according to the service`s materials shared with UNIAN news agency. This was 37.8% up from transactions in 2015, which were estimated at...

      Firtash can evade prison term if he ”sells out” Russian leaders – Gerashchenko
      Feb21

      Firtash can evade prison term if he ”sells out” Russian leaders – Gerashchenko

      The advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Anton Gerashchenko, did not rule out the possibility of avoiding imprisonment for Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash in exchange for his testimony against senior Russian leaders, according to an UNIAN news agency correspondent. Gerashchenko told reporters that the ”American justice”...