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Ukrainian politics

Why Ukraine’s Cabinet drafted a resolution to fire its anti-corruption chief—and why it never came to a vote?

Secret audit draft, smear campaigns, and blame-shifting: the pressure on Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau has changed tactics—and is harder to protest.

byPeeter Helme

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Ukrainian politics

The man who jailed NABU detectives over Russian ties has Russian ties himself

Three of five deputies also have family ties to the aggressor state, investigation finds.

byPeeter Helme

8 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Tymoshenko has survived every era. This one has recordings.

Six months after celebrating gutting Ukraine's anti-graft agencies, she faces bribery charges for buying MPs' votes

byDaniel ThomasandbyAlya Shandra

kyiv mayor vitali klitschko during the cold snap and blackouts visiting an old lady

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Ukrainian politics

Kyiv’s worst blackouts force rivals Zelenskyy and Klitschko into same chain of command (INFOGRAPHIC)

Mayor fires back after president questions “intensity” of Kyiv’s crisis response.

byPeeter Helme

10 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Zelenskyy turns to Shmyhal for energy job others wouldn’t take

At least three candidates refused. Shmyhal initially said no too. Until he didn’t.

byPeeter Helme

Zelenskyy and Budanov meeting at a desk reviewing documents, with close-up shots of both men during their January 2 discussion

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Ukrainian politics

Ukraine’s “Big Reboot”: Zelenskyy’s largest wartime reshuffle explained

As Ukraine enters its fifth year of full-scale war, President Zelenskyy has launched the most significant overhaul of his government since Russia's invasion began. Is this a strategic repositioning for peace talks and continued warfare—or a calculated move to neutralize political rivals?

byMaxim VolovichandbyAlya Shandra

9 minute read

Ukrainian politics

The butterfly effect that brought down Zelenskyy’s right-hand man

Teenagers saved NABU in July. NABU just ended Yermak's career.

byAlya Shandra

6 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Head of Zelenskyy’s Office Yermak resigns following anti-corruption probe

President Zelenskyy announced on 28 November that his chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned as Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal engulfs the Presidential Office.

byMaria Tril

11 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Zelenskyy’s irreplaceables: too corrupt to keep, too entrenched to remove

Everyone wants Yermak and Tatarov to go. But would removing them collapse Zelenskyy’s ability to govern?

byPeeter Helme

NABU detective Ruslan Mahamedrasulov Ukraine corruption case

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Ukrainian politics

Ukraine faces existential pressure—and still jails the detectives who exposed a $100M corruption scheme

Four months in detention, zero evidence of espionage. The schemes they uncovered toppled ministers.

byPeeter Helme

5 minute read

Ukrainian politics

“Carlson” flees: $100M corruption scandal erupts inside Ukraine’s nuclear sector

NABU raids expose systematic kickbacks at Energoatom as Zelenskyy’s business partner escapes hours before arrest.

byPeeter Helme

11 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Ukraine’s blackouts were avoidable. Energoatom corruption and political vendetta made them inevitable.

The blueprint existed. The funding existed. What happened instead reveals an institutional collapse more damaging than Russian missiles alone.

byMaxim Volovich

13 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Zelenskyy tried to kill NABU. Then it exposed his friend’s $100M scheme.

Ukraine's justice system decides whether evidence by its top anti-corruption agency becomes convictions.

byAlya Shandra

Composite image showing NABU anti-corruption operation: investigators reviewing documents at table, tactical officer conducting search, and stacks of seized currency bills from November 2025 raids into alleged $100 million kickback scheme at Energoatom nuclear operator

7 minute read

Ukrainian politics

The Mindich tapes: anti-graft recordings expose Zelenskyy associate’s $100M nuclear operator protection racket

Money-laundering network operated like bank, spanning Kyiv to Atlanta to Moscow

byMaxim Volovich

7 minute read

Ukrainian politics

The end of Odesa’s teflon mayor Trukhanov?

$25 million in corruption charges couldn't touch him. A decade-old passport allegation did.

byPeeter Helme

Ukraine raid anti-corruption agencies NABU SAPO SBU

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Ukrainian politics

“Russian spies” who justified Ukraine’s anti-corruption crackdown nowhere to be found

Ukraine's Security Service found Russian infiltrators everywhere except when journalists asked for proof.

byAlya Shandra

Tsyvinskyi BEB Ukraine economic security chief1

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Ukrainian politics

Ukraine caves under $ 2.3 bn threat, appoints investigator it desperately wanted to block

Ukraine’s government spent weeks trying to block a qualified anti-corruption investigator. Today, $2.3 billion in international pressure changed their minds.

byPeeter Helme

Ukraine protests against corruption NABU SAPO Zelenskyy Kyiv

12 minute read

Ukrainian politics

Inside Zelenskyy’s failed coup against Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies

Parliamentary manipulation, fake security crises, and Telegram warfare met Ukrainian teenagers.

byAlya Shandra

6 minute read

Ukrainian politics

“Aren’t you tired of feeding people garbage?” Ukrainian parliament reverses anti-corruption law after street protests

After a week of protests, 331 lawmakers voted to restore NABU and SAPO independence, undoing a law passed just days earlier.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

12 minute read

Ukrainian politics

They came. They cussed. They won.

Cardboard signs, three days, one very surprised president.

byAlya Shandra

Ukrainian politics

Why Ukraine’s Cabinet drafted a resolution to fire its anti-corruption chief—and why it never came to a vote?

The man who jailed NABU detectives over Russian ties has Russian ties himself

Tymoshenko has survived every era. This one has recordings.

Kyiv’s worst blackouts force rivals Zelenskyy and Klitschko into same chain of command (INFOGRAPHIC)

Zelenskyy turns to Shmyhal for energy job others wouldn’t take

Ukraine’s “Big Reboot”: Zelenskyy’s largest wartime reshuffle explained

The butterfly effect that brought down Zelenskyy’s right-hand man

Head of Zelenskyy’s Office Yermak resigns following anti-corruption probe

Zelenskyy’s irreplaceables: too corrupt to keep, too entrenched to remove

Ukraine faces existential pressure—and still jails the detectives who exposed a $100M corruption scheme

“Carlson” flees: $100M corruption scandal erupts inside Ukraine’s nuclear sector

Ukraine’s blackouts were avoidable. Energoatom corruption and political vendetta made them inevitable.

Zelenskyy tried to kill NABU. Then it exposed his friend’s $100M scheme.

The Mindich tapes: anti-graft recordings expose Zelenskyy associate’s $100M nuclear operator protection racket

The end of Odesa’s teflon mayor Trukhanov?

“Russian spies” who justified Ukraine’s anti-corruption crackdown nowhere to be found

Ukraine caves under $ 2.3 bn threat, appoints investigator it desperately wanted to block

Inside Zelenskyy’s failed coup against Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies

“Aren’t you tired of feeding people garbage?” Ukrainian parliament reverses anti-corruption law after street protests

They came. They cussed. They won.

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