Katya Gorchinskaya is a journalist based in Kyiv.
As measures meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus persist, some Ukrainians are flouting the lockdown rules. Meanwhile, business groups are pressing the government to ease restrictions -- and medical workers are struggling to respond amid accusations that official corruption is exacerbating the human toll.
As the coronavirus bore down on Ukraine, the head of the state medical procurement company sought to set up orders of vital supplies. He says he was thwarted by a now-dismissed health minister who seemed more interested in getting a chosen candidate installed as his deputy -- despite a recent conviction for shoplifting Snickers bars, caviar, and other items -- than in obtaining tests, ventilators, and masks for the fight against COVID-19.
Former boxing champ Vitali Klitschko easily defeated his rival in the mayor's race in Ukraine's capital, but it took two rounds and left his party allies reeling.
With Ukrainians about to vote in local elections, Lviv exudes an air of a place that is going in the right direction.
A new luxury shoe store has opened up in Kyiv, and the owners' tracks appear to come from one of Ukraine's most wanted men.
Ukrainian prosecutor Oleh Valendyuk should have been out of a job last fall, the victim of a lustration law meant to clear away members of former President Viktor Yanukovych's team after his ouster at the hands of pro-European protesters. Instead, Valendyuk holds a higher position than ever: he is the top prosecutor in the capital, Kyiv.
Several judges at a prominent Kyiv court have reported large sums of money from "gifts, prizes, and winnings" on official income declarations. Anticorruption activists suspect the public servants are using this column in the declarations to "legalize" bribe money.
Ukrainian prosecutors have announced a criminal investigation into the former head of the country's traffic police, who resigned under a cloud of suspicion in May, just one month into his tenure.
Ukraine’s parliament has appointed Ihor Bilous to head the State Property Fund despite a damning report on his performance in his previous job as the country's chief tax man.
Freed from European Union sanctions, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's deputy chief of staff is suing the EU and warning the current leaders in Kyiv that they will someday face prosecution over financial activities. After more than a year in power, Ukraine's pro-Western government has had little success in prosecuting allies of Yanukovych and bringing allegedly embezzled assets back into the country's war-drained coffers.
As a scandal erupts over a controversial construction project, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko faces a tough choice between backing his friends or serving his constituents.
It's tax season in Ukraine. And as politicians' declarations come in, they suggest that corruption remains an enduring problem.
The tangled relationship between Ukraine's deputy energy minister and two leading tycoons illustrates the challenge Kyiv faces as it tries to curb the influence of the country's oligarchs.
