Bezuhla: “I look at all this and, on one hand, I’m glad that under the current President there are such independent, unc...

Bezuhla: “I look at all this and, on one hand, I’m glad that under the current President there are such independent, uncontrolled anti-corruption bodies, not just facades like under previous administrations :) I hope that the current cases and all those that follow (I think we will still see many) will be brought to a logical conclusion. After all, the question arises: what happens after loud announcements that clearly make the authorities much more accommodating and less controlling of the state? Whether that’s good or bad depends on each specific case, but some thoughts arise: might the first public step be an invitation to negotiate further? So:”

• Andriy Yermak. 14 May 2026 year. The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) placed him in pretrial detention with an alternative bail of 140 million UAH. 116 days have passed (almost 4 months). 18 May the bail was posted, Yermak was released from the detention center. And in August the court already eased some of his procedural obligations.

• Oleksiy Chernyshov. 18 November 2025 year in the “Midas” case the HACC placed him in pretrial detention with bail of 51,6 million UAH. 293 days have passed (9 months and 20 days). The bail was posted and Chernyshov was released from custody. And this is not the first NABU case against him.

• Rostyslav Shurma. 21 April 2026 year the HACC detained him in absentia. 139 days have passed (4 months and 17 days). 13 February he was declared wanted, and 18 August the Presidential Office asked the HACC to allow special pretrial proceedings in his absence. He remains abroad. After searches at his residence near Munich in 2025 year there were reports of a move to Austria, although Shurma himself in February 2026 year asserted that he was in Germany at an address known to investigators.

• Yulia Tymoshenko. 16 January 2026 year the HACC set bail for her at 33,28 million UAH in the case about an alleged offer of bribes to Members of Parliament in exchange for needed votes. 234 days have passed (7 months and 22 days). The bail was paid in full. The case itself continues.

• “Paid votes” of Servant of the People deputies. Proceedings were opened as early as 13 December 2021 year, but charges against five current deputies were announced only on 29 December 2025. According to NABU, deputies were systematically paid for “needed” votes; coordination took place via WhatsApp. In the autumn of 2022 year payments amounted to $2 thousand, and since August 2025 at least $5 thousand. The suspects: Yuriy Kisely, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Yevhen Pyvovarov, Mykhailo Laba, and Olha Savchenko. The HACC set their bails at 40, 30, 20, 20 and 16,6 million UAH respectively. All are current Members of Parliament, most from the Servant of the People faction. They attend sessions. The case looks even stranger, since it is obvious that it concerns the entire faction leadership and the majority of MPs. So why did it start?

Older stories:

• Mykola Martynenko. He received the first suspicion in the case of embezzlement of $17,2 million from SkhidGZK back on 20 April 2017 year. 9 years and almost 5 months have passed. The trial is still ongoing. At the same time there is a case about €6,4 million from Energoatom and another about an alleged bribe from the company Skoda. For one episode of money laundering Martynenko has already been released from criminal liability due to statute of limitations.

• Pavlo Vovk. He and other figures received suspicions in the so-called “OASK tapes” case on 17 July 2020 year. More than 6 years have passed. NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) accuse them of creating a criminal organization and attempting to establish control over judicial governance bodies. The case still has not resulted in a conviction; because the court composition changed, it was even restarted from the beginning.

• Oleksandr Onyshchenko. A suspicion in the “gas case” was signed for him on 27 July 2016 year, so 10 years and over a month have already passed. He is abroad. In 2024 year the HACC sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in prison, but 20 May 2025 year the HACC Appeals Chamber annulled that verdict and sent the case for a new trial. So ten years after the suspicion there is still no final verdict.

• Andriy Kobolyev. He received a suspicion in the case about Naftogaz bonuses on 19 January 2023 year. 3 years and almost 8 months have passed. The case is still being considered by the HACC. The bail, which initially was 229 million UAH, was gradually reduced; in April 2026 year to 50 million UAH.

And one more question I have had for a long time: “big business,” the oligarchs. There is still not a single conviction. For example: