Ukrainian government dismisses Deputy Energy Minister caught taking bribes

Pravda Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers (Ukrainian government) has dismissed Oleksandr Kheil, suspected of bribery, from the post of Deputy Energy Minister.

Source: Government.Online, the official information resource of the Cabinet of Ministers

Details: The report states that the decision was made at a meeting on 12 August.

Background:

On Monday, it became known that the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine had uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme organised by the Deputy Minister of Energy.
Ukrainska Pravda’s sources report that Oleksandr Kheil was detained in Kyiv for a bribe of half a million dollars.

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