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Bihus.Info journalist Lesia Ivanova won the “Honor of the Profession 2020” contest in the “Best Investigation” category with the piece “Army. Friends. Money” — about corruption schemes in Ukraine’s defense sector.
On 16 July 2020, during the online broadcast of the 11th ceremony of the national professional journalism contest “Honor of the Profession,” the winners’ names were announced. In the “Best Investigation” category Lesia Ivanova won with the series “Army. Friends. Money” about corruption schemes in the defense sector that implicated the son of the former Deputy Head of the NSDC, Ihor Hladkovskyi.
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Recall that after this investigation was published, then-Attorney General Lutsenko confirmed Hladkovskyi’s role in the schemes and stated that at the time of publication “the investigation was in its final stage.” Later, six participants in the scheme were charged, including Hladkovskyi’s partners Zhukov and Rohoza. They also paid 27 million in unpaid taxes.
In May 2020, the court set bail of 5 million for Vitalii Zhukov on suspicion of failing to pay an additional 50 million hryvnias in taxes. This year 6, 615 entries competed in the main categories and the special nomination “Constructive Journalism.”
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