land embezzlement

Fugitive former Kyiv councilman Komarnytskyi resurfaces in Vienna

Former Kyiv City councilor Denys Komarnytskyi, wanted by authorities for corruption, fled Ukraine and traveled to Romania before settling down in Vienna, Austria, Ukrainska Pravda (UP) reported on March 20.

21 March 2025, 02:06 AM

Kyiv Council secretary seeks suspension amid land scandal

Volodymyr Bondarenko, Secretary of the Kyiv City Council, requested a temporary suspension from his role from Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko on March 14, citing an ongoing pre-trial probe into land corruption in the capital in a Facebook post.

14 March 2025, 02:57 PM

Kyiv mayor fires top officials over corruption probe

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced the dismissal of Petro Olenych, the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA), over involvement in a corruption scheme related to the illegal land seizure, he wrote on Telegram on Feb. 28.

28 February 2025, 02:10 PM

Court suspends Klitschko’s deputy charged with corruption

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has suspended Petro Olenych, deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, for two months, Ukrainian journalist Oleh Novikov reported on Feb. 26.

27 February 2025, 02:09 AM

Millions in cash seized in Kyiv anti-corruption drive

Law enforcement officials have seized more than $6.4 million in cash from corrupt Kyiv City Council members and their associates, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced on Feb. 10.

10 February 2025, 10:19 PM

Head of Mukachevo District Council Lanyo detained for land fraud

Mykhailo Lanyo, the head of the Mukachevo District Council, who is suspected of land fraud, has been confined to custody with an alternative of bail, the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported on June 27.

27 June 2024, 04:49 PM

NABU accuses Agriculture Minister and several other officials of land embezzlement

Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi is suspected of leading a criminal group of State Geocadastre officials and so-called “curators” who controlled their activities and were involved in the illegal seizure of state land worth hundreds of millions, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) reported on Telegram on April 23.

23 April 2024, 12:41 PM

land embezzlement