In Ukraine, the Servant of the People political party expelled from its ranks Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Odarchenko, who was accused of attempting to bribe the head of the country’s State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development, Mustafa Nayem. . writes about this TASS referring to the message of party chairman Elena Shulyak.
“At the meeting of the disciplinary commission of the political party ‘Servant of the People’ on November 23, all members unanimously decided to expel Andrei Odarchenko from party membership,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
On November 21, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) accused Odarchenko of attempting to bribe Nayem. According to information received from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), the deputy demanded a bribe from the head of the state institution in exchange for the allocation of funds for the renovation of buildings at Kharkov University, where Odarchenko served as rector. . An amount equivalent to $10,000 was transferred after the funds were transferred to the official’s crypto wallet. Additionally, the “undue benefit” would be 8% of the total funding.
On November 22, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) detained the MP for two months and offered an alternative in the form of bail in the amount of 15 million hryvnia (more than 416 thousand US dollars).
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