Anti-Korruptionsbehörden: Razzia in Kiew - Präsident Selenskyj entlässt Vertraute

Kiew - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj has dismissed the Deputy Chief of the Presidential Office in Kiev, Iryna Mudra, following a new raid by the anti-corruption authorities. The decree on Mudra's dismissal was published on the website of the Presidential Office. However, Selenskyj did not provide any reason for the dismissal.

Recently, the Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities conducted searches against suspects without naming them. The operation aimed to uncover a criminal group led by a current and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption State Prosecutor's Office (SAP) in Kiev.

Senior officials of the Presidential Office of Ukraine and other individuals were also suspected of involvement in the crimes. A member of the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev, Oleksiy Hontscharenko, revealed that the investigations were specifically targeting Mudra, the deputy chief of the President's office. Media outlets in Ukraine reported the same information based on other sources.

The politician Vadym Stolar was also named as a suspect. Selenskyj's office had already been targeted by the anti-corruption authorities in the past. Following that, he had dismissed the head of the President's office, Andriy Yermak. He subsequently pledged a rigorous fight against corruption in Ukraine to the European Union. Despite reforms, the country aspiring to join the EU is still considered one of the most corrupt states in Europe.