Kravchenko got fired by Zelensky and dismissed by Parliament.
Another day, another top Ukrainian official is in deep trouble with the country’s corruption agencies.
This time, it’s the Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, accused of being part of a criminal organization that offered protection to scam call center gangs.
Ruslan Kravchenko stepped down after investigators uncovered an alleged criminal organisation, whose members allegedly received bribes from fraudulent call centres and laundered millions. #EuropeNews https://t.co/giXAKYLmJM
— euronews (@euronews) September 8, 2026
NABU and SAPO raided his office and found a safe filled with dollars and euros, allegedly the fruit of his criminal activity.
Kravchenko has reportedly fled Ukraine via Poland, and it’s now said to be in France.
Today, Ukraine’s parliament dismissed Kravchenko, a day after he announced ‘charges’ against the head of the country’s anti-corruption bureau, the very agency that raided him.
Talk about a conflict of interest! The charges have been reportedly ‘canceled’.
Kyiv Independent reported:
“The dismissal, which passed without a single vote against it, comes amid a confrontation between Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies and the Prosecutor General’s Office, which is facing a National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) investigation into an alleged criminal group that protected scam call centers and helped launder millions of hryvnias.
NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Kravchenko’s announcement about the charges against NABU chief Semen Kryvonos was part of a broader effort to undermine the independence of the anti-corruption agencies.
Late on Sept. 14, the Prosecutor General’s Office posted a statement that seemed to signal division between the agency and its outgoing boss. The statement claimed the reported charges were ‘not true’ but also ‘canceled’ — by whose authority, it remains unclear.”
🇺🇦Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Has Fled the Country!
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, Kravchenko, who resigned from his post, signed a notice of suspicion against the director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), allegedly with Zelensky’s approval.
This was… pic.twitter.com/B5uTBQMCzb
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) September 14, 2026
Kravchenko, who urged lawmakers not to vote under ‘pressure’, resigned on September 7, then was fired by Zelensky and dismissed by Parliament.
“The NABU investigation has raised questions about Kravchenko’s alleged ties to a group that provided protection to scam call centers. In recordings obtained by the bureau, investigators refer to a ‘boss’ who allegedly protected the group. The person’s patronymic, Andriiovych, and former position as head of the State Tax Service match Kravchenko’s details.”
Kravchenko allegedly crossed the checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border at 2 a.m. Kiev time on the morning of Sept. 14, one hour after his wife reportedly crossed at the same location.
Kyiv Post reported:
“Kyiv Post sources in the Prosecutor General’s Office say that Kravchenko’s disappearance and his statement had come as a surprise to everyone there. “We only found out ourselves while we were driving to work,” one of the employees told us.
[…] A theory, held by anti-corruption activists, is that the authorities – and President Volodymyr Zelensky – deliberately allowed Kravchenko to flee, after first giving him the opportunity to announce suspicion against the leadership of the anti-corruption agencies.
[…] Kravchenko himself said that he had supposedly traveled to Paris to attend a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The Prosecutor General’s Office published a corresponding document. However, the event’s program was quickly found, and Kravchenko was not listed among the participants.”
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