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Budget embezzlement in Ukraine's reconstruction

Budget embezzlement in Ukraine's reconstruction

The programme to rebuild Ukraine's southern regions, despite its ambitious goals, is increasingly at the centre of scandals involving inflated prices and dubious tenders. Examples from Odesa,

Cherkasky's decade of shielding corruption

Cherkasky's decade of shielding corruption

Ihor Cherkasky, head of Ukraine's State Financial Monitoring Service, has become the embodiment of systemic corruption in the country over the years of his career

Scandal over school shelter in Mykolaiv Oblast

Scandal over school shelter in Mykolaiv Oblast

In Mykolaiv Oblast, the contracting company "Pershua ukrainska budivl'na" has secured another major contract — 31 million hryvnias for the construction of a shelter for the Oleksandrivskyi Lyceum.

Roman Opymakh: Corruption under the guise of reforms

Roman Opymakh: Corruption under the guise of reforms

Roman Opymakh, the recently dismissed head of the State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources of Ukraine, who held the post since 2019, was remembered for his loud statements about “transparency” and “digitalisation”

Top 3 richest people of 2024

Top 3 richest people of 2024

According to Forbes data, Bernard Arnault, owner of the luxury conglomerate LVMH, became the world's richest person by the end of 2024, having increased his fortune to a substantial $226 billion