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NABU Opens Vote-Buying Probe Into Tymoshenko, Raids Batkivshchyna Offices in Kyiv

Investigators say a preliminary case is underway after releasing footage of cash-filled envelopes.

Overview

  • Anti-corruption agents from NABU, with support from SAP, searched Batkivshchyna’s Kyiv offices overnight as part of an investigation into alleged offers of unlawful benefits for parliamentary votes.
  • NABU published video showing officials opening envelopes filled with U.S. dollars in an office, with a woman present whose face was blurred but whose braided hairstyle resembled Tymoshenko’s.
  • Yulia Tymoshenko rejected the allegations as baseless and described the operation as a politically motivated publicity stunt.
  • Tymoshenko said more than 30 heavily armed men entered without identifying themselves and seized work phones, papers, and personal savings.
  • Authorities said the matter remains at the preliminary investigation stage and that a conviction for the alleged offense could carry a sentence of up to ten years in prison.