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⚡️$6 million in bribes — and only 68 thousand hryvnias in fines. What remained behind the scenes of the Mykola Zlochevskyi case?
⭕️In 2020 the NABU exposed Mykola Zlochevskyi in a case involving a record bribe — about $6 million. In 2023 the High Anti-Corruption Court approved an agreement with Zlochevskyi. The outcome for him was a fine of 68 thousand hryvnias, while the seized $5,95 million were to be allocated to the needs of the Special Operations Forces.
Hundreds of millions of hryvnias and property also featured separately in the case: funds for the “Army of Drones,” equipment worth 160 thousand hryvnias, and contributions from other participants in the proceedings.
At the same time, all of these sums have different legal statuses — confiscated funds, fines, bail, contributions, and transferred equipment. Therefore they cannot simply be combined into a single figure of “money for the army.”
Particular attention deserves the final result for Zlochevskyi himself: after a case about a multimillion bribe, he did not receive actual imprisonment, and the criminal proceedings concluded with an agreement and a fine.
Meanwhile, public information about the subsequent movement of certain declared funds and the transfer of property remains fragmentary.
⭕️As a result, we have a paradoxical picture: a record bribe — millions declared for defense — and 68 thousand hryvnias in fines for the main figure.
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