10/23/2024 β€” Journalist calls for action on thousands of draft dodgers and bribe-takers in Ukraine

Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Medical-Social Expert Commission Tetiana Krupa after her arrest (Photo:State Bureau of Investigations via Facebook) 

From: New Voice of Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Thousands of cases against bribe-takers and draft dodgers found on a list during a raid of Tetiana Krupa, head of the regional medical-social expert commission, would send a powerful message, said Yuriy Nikolov, editor of the Nashi Hroshi project, in an interview with Radio NV on Oct. 19.

“What was known from the start seems to have disappeared from the radar: Ms. Krupa kept records of bribe-takersβ€”people who paid her money to dodge the draft. Imagine if investigators got hold of that list. Given Krupa’s wealth, we’re likely talking about thousands of people bringing her thousands of dollars. What if investigators went after these thousands of people: ‘Hello, we’d like to have a word. You paid a bribe.’ The issue wouldn’t just be, ‘Now you’re off to the army to serve and repay your debt,’ but instead, they would face criminal charges for bribery. There could be a thousand bribery cases in just the Khmelnytskyi region,” Nikolov said during the Radio NV broadcast.

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