Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent's newsletter that walks you through the most prominent investigations of the past week. If you are fond of in-depth journalism that exposes war crimes, corruption, and abuse of power across state organizations in Ukraine and beyond, subscribe to our investigative newsletter. Almost 900 men in Volyn Oblast alone could have illegally fled Ukraine to avoid mobilization with assistance from local NGOs.
An influential member of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team has taken over the assets of the former head of the pro-Russian Nashi party, Yevhen Murayev, and former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, Alisa Yurchenko, editor and journalist of the Bihus.info investigative project, said in an interview with Radio NV on Nov. 3.
A draft law calling for Ukrainian parliamentarians who had been in now-banned pro-Russian parties to be barred from government in the future was criticized by the European Council’s Venice Commission.