Driver’s Licenses for Sale
In Ukraine everybody knows that driver’s licenses can be purchased for money, even without knowing how to drive or knowing the rules. Even though everybody knows about that, the police never arrest...
View ArticleJournalist Goes Undercover to Reveal Internet Brothels
A Ukrainian journalist went undercover to get a job with an Internet brothel in Lutsk, where she gathered evidence from other women working there and from communicating with clients – strip dancing...
View ArticleA Very Special Passport Service
People who apply for international passports or other services at the Rivne branch of the State Migration Service pay extra handwritten bills. Most applicants just pay the bills without asking any...
View ArticleThe Army Protects a Very Private Secret
The Ukrainian army is not only using its Yavoriv training field for training, but also for a private hunting ground and marina. This land was part of the biggest military training field in Ukraine...
View ArticleUkrainian Politicians Broke the Rules of Campaigning
Regardless of the new law “On Local Elections,” the Ukrainian election process in October 2015 was again non-transparent, dishonest, and corrupt. Journalists from the Mykolaiv Center for Investigative...
View ArticleFrom Ukraine to London with Cash
Property prices are skyrocketing in London. Part of the reason is that elite property is turning into hiding places for dirty money from various countries – among them Ukraine. Oligarchs and...
View ArticleThe Real Cost of Elections in Melitopol
One of the main requirements of the Ukrainian election law is for candidates and parties to declare expense for their campaigns. Many of them lied about their actual expenses, declaring much lower...
View ArticleA Not so Swedish Family
At first sight Misen Energy AB looks very much like a Swedish company, although the office in Gothenburg is very small. But it’s the main shareholder of a large private Ukrainian gas company,...
View ArticleCyprus Decides the Music in Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine is a typical industrial city where everything was built around large industrial factories. They are the main employers and main sources of income for the city council,...
View ArticleDangerous Smoke from a Giant
People in the Kherson region in Southern Ukraine are suffering from poisonous smoke from the chemical plant Crimean Titan, which is situated right at the new border between Ukraine and occupied Crimea....
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