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NABU Says Faction Leader Offered Payoffs for Votes as Media Report Raids at Tymoshenko Office

The inquiry is broadening to multiple factions, with media naming five MPs plus an opposition lawmaker alleging cash-for-votes tied to the 2026 budget.

Overview

  • Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies said they exposed a parliamentary faction head who offered unlawful benefits to deputies in exchange for specific votes, without naming the individual.
  • Ukrainska Pravda reported searches at the Batkivshchyna party office in Kyiv, and MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the raids were underway.
  • Honcharenko alleged that Yulia Tymoshenko discussed paid moves by deputies to join or informally align with Batkivshchyna, claiming a participant recorded talks and gave the material to NABU.
  • Zerkalo Nedeli, citing law-enforcement sources, reported that five MPsMykhailo Laba, Yevheniy Pivovarov, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Olha Savchenko, and Yurii Kisiel — were notified of suspicion over illicit benefits.
  • Honcharenko further claimed Servant of the People deputies took money for votes on the 2026 budget and said NABU agents documented handoffs, predicting additional cases could follow.