Overview
- Ukraine’s NABU and SAPO say a faction leader organized a systematic plan to offer unlawful benefits to MPs for instructed votes under Criminal Code Article 369.4.
- NABU released audio it says captures offers of $10,000 per month to lawmakers and published video from searches showing cash at the Batkivshchyna party office.
- SAPO confirmed the notice of suspicion and an active pre‑trial investigation, with a court hearing scheduled as prosecutors move to request bail of UAH 50 million.
- The politician at the center is widely reported to be Yuliia Tymoshenko, who denies wrongdoing, calls the case politically motivated, and says her bank accounts were blocked.
- The case intensifies Ukraine’s high‑profile anti‑graft drive that has produced recent major probes, a sensitive issue as Kyiv seeks to demonstrate progress for EU accession.