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Kyiv confirms anti-corruption investigator Oleksandr Tsyvinsky as head of the Economic Security Bureau after international pressure and criticism over efforts to derail his appointment.

Ключевые антикоррупционные органы Украины завершили уголовное исследование многомиллионной мошеннической схемы в компании «Харьковоблэнерго», государственной энергетической корпорации, сообщили власти во вторник.

Ukrainian investigators say an organized group manipulated tenders and laundered money at Kharkivoblenergo, a state-owned energy firm, with help from top management.

A London judge ruled in favor of Ukraine’s largest state-owned bank, calling the misappropriation of funds a “fraud of Byzantine complexity.” Parallel criminal proceedings continue in Ukraine.

Судья в Лондоне принял решение в пользу основного государственного банка Украины, охарактеризовав кражу денежных средств как «мошенничество крайне сложной структуры». В Украине продолжаются аналогичные уголовные расследования.

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SSU) has raided the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), conducting at least 70 searches targeting NABU employees, according to a statement from NABU on Monday.

A person with no official position in the administration, no public profile, yet holding full control, according to journalists.

Politician Artur Palatnyi is a crucial partner of Kyiv’s “overseer” Denys Komarnytskyi, who represents Mayor Vitaliy Klychko. Notably, Komarnytskyi’s back office was already scrutinized by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with a corruption scheme valued at 12 million UAH, and he maintained constant contact with the mayor’s friend.