Ukraine agriculture minister detained in multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch

Solskyi was accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m (£5.6m) when he was the head of a major farming company and a member of parliament.

An anti-corruption court ordered him to be held in custody until 24 June, prosecutors said. Bail was set at 75.7m hryvnias ($1.9m).

tal ,
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Solskyi was accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m (£5.6m) when he was the head of a major farming company and a member of parliament.

That's actually less-bad than I expected from the title in that the issue was from before he was agricultural minister. I mean, like, it's still a concern for him to hold the seat if he was involved in a some form of corruption prior, but it also isn't a case of him exploiting the ministerial position itself.

HowRu68 OP ,

Ukraine is also busy cleaning their house.

aasatru ,
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That's why this war started in the first place - the people voted for political outsiders who wanted to move closer to Europe, in favour of the old corrupt Russian-friendly elites. Putin was not thrilled that his puppets lost power.

Ukraine had pretty deep problems even before the war.

HowRu68 OP ,

Wishing Ukraine a good ( spring ) cleanup, though it's a hard & difficult job to do. And as long as they don't forget to throw the garbage out, it will be nice and shiny once again.

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