- Amnesty for the corrupt elite. A draft law recently submitted to the Ukrainian parliament offers an easy way for the rich and corrupt to legalize their ill-gotten wealth.
- 40 percent of Ukraine’s economy is in shadow. Such is the estimation of Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva.
- Ex-Justice Minister charged. Prosecutor General’s Office filed charges against Oleksandr Lavrynovych, who was Ukraine’s justice minister in the government of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych in 2013-2014. Lavrynovych is accused of abuse of power.
- Ukraine’s gas transportation system is worth $12.5 billion. E&Y finished an audit of the gas transportation company that is owned by the state holding Naftogaz. The company’s assets were estimated to be worth of Hr 327.9 billion.
- Ukraine doesn’t extradite Azerbaijani dissident. After surviving detention, attempted kidnapping, pursuit by agents of the Azerbaijani government, and a six-month fight against extradition, Azerbaijani dissident and Dutch citizen Fikret Huseynli has returned safely home to the Netherlands.
- New business center in trouble. A Kyiv court arrested a new office building at 98 Velyka Vasylkivska St. that belongs to Dragon Capital. Prosecutor General’s Office says the construction was permitted illegally.
- Onyshchenko publishes his long-promised records. Lawmaker and businessman Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who’s been living abroad since summer 2016 hiding from an embezzlement case against him in Ukraine, released what he says is an audio record of his conversation with Poroshenko. In it, they allegedly talk about ex-Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, who back then was wanted in a corruption case. The case against Zlochevsky was subsequently closed. Read more about it tomorrow on www.kyivpost.com.
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