“Board of shame”: Media compiled anti-rating of corruption scandals involving NABU
10 July 2025 15:02
Journalists have published an anti-rating of scandals involving NABU representatives. The list includes cases involving possible abuse of office, conflicts of interest, false declarations, and ties with Russian citizens. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Ukrainian News.
According to journalists, the top 10 scandals involving NABU representatives include:
- Timur Arshavin – a detective with access to state secrets fled to Romania. His wife and her relatives were found to have valid Russian citizenship, and Arshavin himself is involved in a story with microloans and questionable income.
- Mykola Masliak, an official NABU whistleblower, was detained on suspicion of organizing drug trafficking and smuggling precursors. According to journalists, the group in which Masliak operated earned more than UAH 50 million a month.
- Oleksandr Rykovtsev, Stanislav Braverman and 15 other detectives. The declarations of the NABU employees revealed inaccurate information about cryptocurrencies. In particular, Rykovtsev’s wife declared bitcoins worth more than $1 million, and Braverman declared fake cryptocurrency transactions worth more than UAH 1.3 million.
- Valentyn Shmitko, the head of the unit, declared a significant amount of cash – sometimes up to 2/3 of his official annual income. Later, he withdrew more than UAH 4.3 million abroad. His wife, despite martial law, vacationed abroad while receiving state aid in Ukraine.
- Mykhailo Romaniuk is a detective who was simultaneously investigating the Rotterdam case and purchasing luxury real estate, which he registered in the names of his relatives. Having already owned a mansion, a car and other property, he bought a 117 m² apartment under the preferential program “eOselya”.
- Roman Nedov, a deputy head of a subdivision, bought two apartments, registered them in his mother-in-law’s name, and later his wife received them as a gift with a significantly reduced value. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were concealed in this way.
- Stanislav Braverman is a detective who had sexual relations with a witness in a case involving businessman Borys Kaufman. This led to a conflict of interest and the actual failure of two corruption cases worth billions of hryvnias. Braverman was dismissed after significant media publicity.
- Oleksandr Dotsenko, a person who often appears as a NABU whistleblower, turned out to be a Russian citizen with a valid passport and a graduate of the FSB school, the Academy of Civil Service under the Russian President.
- Oleksandr Skomarov is the head of the Second Main Detective Unit. He concealed his father’s Russian citizenship and his business in ORDLO. His wife traveled abroad in a car registered to the wife of OPFL MP Khrystenko, who lives in Moscow, and the driver was an assistant to Chab Peyter, who has been wanted by NABU since 2023.
- Markiyan Slonevskyi is a detective who received regular money transfers from Russian businessman Vladislav Iskenderov, the owner of a Belgorod-based company that works under government contracts with the occupying country. He also declared cryptocurrencies in fake wallets and was caught using dubious deposit addresses.
