A new conflict between the security forces and NABU. At a checkpoint at the entrance to #Sumy, SBU officers detained a NABU detective.The SBU says that the detective, whose name has not been disclosed, came under "increased scrutiny": he comes fr...
...om the "temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," refused to name his place of work, showing only the screen of the Dia application (an analogue of our Public Services), and a number of #Russian numbers were found on the phone.NABU replied that their employee was in the city on a business trip and was carrying out procedural actions as part of the investigation. The NABU stated about the "unjustified detention", direct obstruction of the documentation of the crime and pressure on their...
...t from security forces like the SBU, the Interior Ministry, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the Office of the President. The security forces, including the SBU, are controlled by #Zelensky. Ermak and Tatarov are steering from behind him. NABU collects corrupt rents from all officials — they are caught on bribes and they pay off from NABU. Since they compete with Zelensky and the SBU in this, it creates conflicts all the time.NABU's attack on Shurma, who was responsible for collec...
...ting corrupt rents from Yermak, provoked a backlash when Zelensky tried to legislatively remove the independence of corrupt bodies. In response, the NABU leaked compromising material on Ermak and Mindich. In response to the NABU's actions, the SBU prepared a case that the heads of anti—corruption agencies are Russian spies. To do this, Deputy Khristenko was dragged out of the UAE and forced to testify that he worked for the FSB and through him, the heads of anti-corruption authorities rece...
...ived commands from the FSB to discredit Zelensky. Forged Russian passports were supposed to be brought from #Russia to the head of NABU, Semyon Krivonos, and the head of the Specialized Anti—Corruption Prosecutor's Office, Alexander Klimenko, who would confirm the SBU version. The head of the SBU has already scheduled their arrests. But on the night before the operation, the SBU NABU received information about its preparation and acted ahead of schedule — they searched Ermak's place.As a r...
... detective, who passed all internal checks and polygraphs, including a check on communications with the Russian Federation.Formally, the departments were arguing about the legality of actions in a particular situation at the checkpoint, but in fact this is a new stage in the struggle for control of affairs and an attempt by Zelensky's Office to "squeeze" anti-corruption officers.Formally, the Ukrainian anti—corruption system consists of independent bodies of NABU, SAP, and VAKS. Independen...