refinery thank you very much. well, now the internal ukrainian topic. the family of the head of the antimonopoly committee of ukraine, pavlo kyrylenka, purchased real estate and cars with a total value of over uah 70 million over the three years from 2020 to 2023. this was found out by our colleagues, journalists of radio liberty's schema program. the antimonopoly committee of ukraine is a place where the fate of big business is actually decided. the main tasks are to prevent monopolies, protect competition in the market, monitor the conduct of public procurement, currently the antimonopoly committee is headed by pavlo kyrylenko, president volodymyr zelenskyi personally offered him this position, and in 2019 he appointed kyrylenko to his previous position, the head of the donetsk region. in short , kirylenko is a close and quite loyal official to the president. it was when kirylenko headed the donetsk region and close to...

his transfer to kyiv to the position of the head of the antimonopoly committee, the family of the official was overgrown with numerous movable and immovable property, as journalists investigated, this property was mostly issued to relatives, wives kyrylenka, her parents, pensioners and even her grandmother, while none of kyrylenka's relatives are engaged in business and have no official income to purchase all this movable and immovable property, which is used by the head of the antimonopoly committee, after all, kyrylenka does not declare the property. a house and two plots of land in a picturesque village in the north of kyiv, four apartments and parking spaces in a premium-class residential complex in uzhgorod, two apartments, an office and parking spaces in a business-class residential complex in kyiv, another apartment in the capital, where the family actually lives, two cars, that is, the value of all this property, which we found in the kyrylenka family , is more than uah 70 million, if we calculate it at market prices. we went to the meeting

of the antimonopoly committee of ukraine to ask kyrylenka about the origin of the funds for the purchase of numerous properties by his relatives, including during the height of the great war. relatives of mine, my wife, they come from the donetsk region, they were engaged in entrepreneurial activities, well, that’s how it happened, they left their property in the territory of the donetsk region, but there were certain assets, including in kind shares of certificates of the enterprise, this is sterol , who was still working, they were shareholders there, not shareholders, people who worked, then these shares there in the 90s, well , these shares, certificates were distributed to all people , it is documented somehow, i once put this is a question, wife, mind... or

what it can be, it can arise, i even asked, i say, hello, here is babushka, i just knew it, once, even i was joking there, i said , look how i am getting married, well you have such a grandmother, but i was never interested in it, she is a pash, well, how were they sold there then, they held stocks, when my grandmother's husband was still alive there, my grandfather, they were there, he said, they knew there, the people, they said, the management of the enterprise was there. she said, for example, tomorrow, in a month , these shares will be worth so much there, and she sold them, well, at that time, it was a lot of money, there is property here, if the market value of it is estimated at the time of purchase, it is there somewhere well, uah 50-60 million can be, how can you explain it, for example, to the competent law enforcement agencies? first of all, you call such amounts 50-60 million, well, for me they are... some, well, they

sound, even, according to the amount for which it was purchased, well, i will even inquire, i really can’t say how much it costs there, and well, there will be questions, i will answer them, whether the president will react to the facts that we exposed, because it is to him , an antimonopoly agency under the control of the law, georgy shabaev, a journalist, joined our broadcast. the author of this material, hello, i congratulate you, hello, eh, you ask such a rhetorical question at the end, will the president react, has someone already reacted, maybe a day has passed, no , so far no one has responded, and this question is not only for the president, but also for the deputies of the servants of the people, as well as other deputies of the verkhovna rada, who actually voted for the appointment of pavlo kyrylenko as the head of the antimonopoly committee, this happened on september 23- th year, at that time he was even invited to... the profile

committee, so that he could tell what the goal of the antimonopoly committee would be, there were some questions when kirylenko said that the goal was to fill the budget, and everyone asked that it would be some certain, draconian methods. but in the end, we really haven't seen any reaction yet, i'll just note that we, too, from our side today appealed to a large number of deputies from the servants of the people, there from the relevant committees, and no one dared to come and comment on this story, they all sent us away to the lawyers there and to the law enforcement officers, well, speaking of the fact that there should be some legal consequences, well , there should probably be political ones as well, george, you 're like that. he told you, if you call 60, 70 million, some cosmic numbers, you are exactly like that the amount was calculated for the movable and immovable property of pavlo kyrylenka, he says that these are some shares from factories, grandmothers, mothers-in-law, in principle, what is known about what

you, chates, grandmother, grandfather do, could they really, well to earn money for all the property used by the chairman of the antimonopoly committee, you know, this is a question that... we investigated separately, after we heard the position of the chairman of the antimonopoly committee, they say that he had his grandmother there, the great-grandmother of his children, which received there styrene shares in 1997, well , first of all, it was actually very difficult to find such information, and we tried to first understand whether the father-in-law's income was all this property, and the house is so big in the country and so on, but in the end we understood , that they never had... business, after the 14th year they generally received money as internally displaced persons, received certain social benefits, yes, at that time, already from the 20th year they started to buy simply very, very a lot of this real estate, so about stocks, so this is the information, when this

sterol plant was privatized, the workers there did have some shares, but in the end we talked to everyone we could from that plant, so that they could remember if these were known shareholders... the nicks who had this money, no one i didn’t remember it, documentary information was also not provided, neither tests, nor the mother-in-law that there really were such transactions, and of course we even went to the state property fund, since it was partially engaged in the privatization of sterol, there we saw certain employees, among whom the shares were distributed , but again we did not see the surnames of the vinnikovs, that is, the surnames of the grandmother, that is, the wife of kyrylenka there, and therefore we still do not have any years, but it is not so important, in general, the question is even , well, that is, if there was any certain money, could it be scaled in this way, to buy all this real estate, and there are five apartments, i don't know, six parking spaces, a house, two

plots of land, an office space of 200 km, one office space cost 12 million hryvnias, that is, these are large sums, yes, yes, i just advise everyone to watch it first investigation, i will say that kyrilenko's relatives say that in the 9th year of the 7th year they had $40,000, and this is how they scaled this $40,000 during this time, which is precisely in the 20th year, when kirylenko took office head of the donetsk oda, then ova, he starts buying all this property, george, stay in touch, kateryna ryzhenko, deputy executive director of transparency international ukraine, joins our broadcast, kateryna, good evening, i want you. i want to hear two aspects about the consequences: there are legal consequences, there should be some political consequences, let's distinguish them, what political consequences and in what time frame should we expect here? well, of course, the political consequences are less defined than the legal ones, which are clearly

established by law, here it is obvious, this is his position, this is a person who now heads an important state body, and this position, he was appointed there. by the president of ukraine with the agreement of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, accordingly, the president can also remove him from this position, which, if in fact the investigation continues there, at least is already known such things that the journalists were able to find and connect with kirylenko, then at least some procedure should be initiated, where they will see whether the journalists' investigations really correspond to everything. crimes that are provided for by the law in our country, and if this is really the case, then he should be released, and this is not the first time that the heads of the antimonopoly committee, as far as i remember, almost probably no one has sentenced to the end of his term, just a matter of because he was appointed relatively recently, and ukraine

still has an antimonopoly committee in general of great importance, especially within the framework of our european integration process, we will now talk about the antimonopoly committee separately, but what are the legal consequences after such an investigation, what should be, from whom, what to expect now? well, we built law enforcement agencies for a reason. they constantly reformed the prosecutor's office, and here the primary thing is that they have, well, from that information from the investigation, and it is clear that this is already a potential reliable declaration, this is a minimum, this is a potential civil confiscation, that is, unjustified assets and illegal enrichment, in fact, what, what, for what. why is this

already separate, we have something to do with communication, kateryna, we have something to do with communication, maybe we will redial you now, i, i will continue this topic, georgi, and what legal consequences do you expect, because as a rule , according to the results of your investigations, they always make some kind of statements, either immediately or later, to nabu or nazk or sap, so what? can it be here? well, look, there are actually three planes in which to move. the first question is really, as the expert said, this is an unreliable declaration, since we noticed that there was no apartment where the family had lived since 2020 in kyiv, it was not in the declaration of kyrylenk himself, and there was also no car used by the wife, and it was not only that we found out that the car is used by the wife under during the conversation with krylenka's mother-in-law, she directly told us that her daughter drives this car. on a bmw x3, which belongs to mother-in-law, that is, in principle, we can be sure of this here, because

kyrylenka's relatives themselves say about it, that is, this is the first moment, the second moment that can be - this is a criminal article, illegal enrichment, which should be investigated by the national anti-corruption bureau of ukraine, in the event that it confirms that all this property, which was purchased by kyrylenk's relatives, was purchased on, conditionally speaking, his instructions, whether he uses this property , does he have the right to dispose of this property, that is, this... the second aspect and the third aspect is also civil confiscation, what is it, this is a process that came into operation in the 19th year, when an official uses a certain property, for example, he has , he may not own this property, but in at the same time, he performs actions that are tantamount to the disposal of this property, and in the end, this property, the origin of the funds for this property, it is not established, or it is, conventionally speaking, different from that, from that salary, those official... incomes, which were received by the person who owns this property, which is at the disposal of the official, conditionally speaking,

there is some difference in value, the difference between official income and the real value of this property, it is this difference that can be confiscated by the higher anti-corruption court of ukraine. kateryna has already joined our broadcast. katerina, let's talk about the antimonopoly committee, that is, firstly , what kind of structure it is, so that you, our viewers, just understand, and secondly, i noticed that the antimonopoly committee is always, well... headed by a person who is close to the president, or loyal to him, before that it was there in the last years, so olga pishchanska, who is a close friend of the president’s family, now here is pavlo kyrilenko, who has also been working side by side with him since the 19th year, tell us whether please, as far as you have mentioned european partners, attention is drawn to this body, and what are the reputational consequences, maybe this story will have for ukraine, well, of course, that... it cannot be unrelated to the president, because directly the head of the antimonopoly committee has always been appointed

by the president in our country with the support of the verkhovna rada vote, which, well, himself in itself is a politicized process, there has never been a competition for these positions, and it seems to me, given the practices that were there for important bodies of the anti-corruption infrastructure and others, now regarding the holding of competitions, competitors. transparent, the antimonopoly committee is already clear the time has passed when it is necessary to raise this issue for discussion, as long as the president appoints the chairman of the antimonopoly committee, as long as this chairman is confirmed by the vote of the verkhovna rada, we will not have an independent chairman of the antimonopoly committee, this is the same as with the general prosecutor and with others positions, where, in principle, the antimonopoly committee itself... under the legislation is under the control of the president and accountable to the verkhovna rada, again, these are two

political bodies that are clearly interested in the results of the work of the antimonopoly committee, both positively and in the other direction, and the antimonopoly committee itself, besides the fact that it actually ensures the protection of competition in the state in the work of enterprises, it should actually contribute to the development of the economy, the stability of the economy. and now for us this is an extremely important moment, not only because of european integration, but because of the war, and the third is public procurement , which is again a very important topic at the state level, because of the scandals about defense procurement and not only in our country, but also in the european integration for procurement is large emphasis on anti-archy issues, and all this is handled by the anti-monopoly committee, and you said it is under the control of the president, accountable to the verkhovna rada, so far i state that neither the president nor the verkhovna rada, the assets of the head

of the anti-monopoly committee have not been declared or commented on. thank you very much, kateryna ryzhenko, georgy shabaev, were on radio svoboda. well, that 's all for today, i urge you to subscribe to the radio liberty page on the internet, like this broadcast and until monday. the real one reigns in the fictional country dictatorship. turn on hbo's new satirical series on mekogo, mode. can tyranny bring her down? to freedom, watch in ukrainian in the megogo subscription, there are discounts on zip ellor 10% in the pharmacies plantain bam and ochad, there are discounts on pectelvan ivy, 10% in the pharmacies plantain bam and ochad, try flebodia 600, pink french pills for acute hemorrhoids,

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stronger together. ten-year-old zlata pokhilko, 11-year-old artem getman and 17-year-old maksym sustava. all these children disappeared in the temporarily occupied territories of donetsk region, and their current whereabouts are unknown. but i really hope that with your help it will be possible to find the missing. first of all, i am addressing the residents of the temporarily occupied territory of donetsk region. please look closely at the children's faces. evil and inclined. she looks like she is 10 years old, she has light blond hair hair and blue eyes. artem hetman, he turned 11 at the end of last year . the boy has blond hair and brown eyes. and this is maxim sustava. now he is already 17. in the photo , the boy is much younger, but, unfortunately, i do not have another photo. maxim also has blond

hair and dark eyes. information about the disappearance of these children was received in october of last year. there is an assumption that all of them could be in the territory of temporarily occupied donetsk, but now their fate is unknown. perhaps the children were taken to russia, so it is important to know any details. they have, if anyone has seen zlata, artem or maksym, or knows where they might be now, please let us know immediately. even a small piece of news can become very important. you can call the magnolia child tracing service at any time of the day by dialing the short number 11630. calls from all ukrainian mobile operators are free. if suddenly you are in the temporarily occupied territory and you do not have the opportunity to call, write. to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram, or look for us on facebook. i told you the stories of just three children who disappeared due to

a full-scale russian invasion. in general, since the beginning of the war, we have already received several thousand appeals for help in the search. of course, the vast majority of children were found and now everything is fine with them, but, unfortunately, the fate of many still remains unknown, and everyone can help find them. believe me, just a minute. your time can be crucial. go to the website of the magnolia children's search service in the missing children of ukraine section. here you can view all the photos of the missing. maybe exactly you will recognize someone and eventually help find them. at the same time , children are also disappearing in territories controlled by ukraine. as the experience of the magnolia child tracing service shows, the vast majority of them are teenagers. we talked about this topic with a psychologist and collected a lot of tips for parents that can prevent a child from suddenly running away from home. one of them is the importance of being interested in the child's interests. be interested in your child's interests,

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all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop will accept ua. the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is broadcast from washington. i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations. ukrainians pay with their own blood for every day of delay at congresses. with these words, john kirby, adviser to the white house of communications, appealed to the house of representatives to immediately approve aid for ukraine on the day russia launched another massive attack on cities and civilian infrastructure. on friday night , russia launched more than 150 drones, ukrainian air defense forces managed to destroy 92 aerial targets. the ministry of energy reported that this was the largest attack on the power grid since the beginning of the war. a number

of world leaders, in particular and officials, in particular the presidents of moldova and lithuania, called to help ukraine with everything it needs necessary, including, according to the lithuanian president, with long-range missiles. the white house emphasized that today's attack only underscores the fact that putin will not stop in his brutality, which is why the ... aid clearance in congress is critical so that the white house can continue to send air defense equipment and other necessary assistance to ukraine. these attacks demonstrate once again how vital it is that we continue to provide ukraine with air defense systems, interceptor missiles and the means necessary to protect its infrastructure. putin is not waiting. he doesn't sit back, he uses every minute to the death, while our congress refuses to act, he doesn't hesitate, so neither should we.

and representatives must pass a national security bill as soon as possible so that we can provide ukraine with these vital tools, as we have seen just in the last few days, every day of delay by the house of representatives is another day that ukrainians have to pay for it with their own blood i russia did not succeed such damage to the ukrainian energy infrastructure, as the kremlin planned, oleksandr is convinced. kharchenko, director of the energy research center. he shared his assessment of the consequences of today's attack during the voice of america briefing. what can be the purpose of strikes on the energy infrastructure right now? do you know what the goal might be? of course, it is absolutely obvious there from the way this attack is constructed. and i want to assure you, this attack is not some emotional decision

of the moment. this. the attack was prepared, prepared for months, and it is very clear when you attack the list of attacked objects, and affected objects and above all attacked on the energy map, then you clearly see the scenario that was planned, the scenario was very powerful and simple, they wanted to tear the ukrainian energy system to pieces and achieve a complete blackout, achieve a complete cascading accident, it was not possible to do it precisely because ukraine prepared well, and because their means of impression were not accurate enough. by the way, this video, which was circulated by a lot of media about the dniproges dam, is a mistake, it clearly, the missile did not hit the place where it aimed, the target was electrical equipment, which is located on the other side of the dam, somewhere approximately 80-100 m from the

place where the missile hit. washington is following the developments near moscow, where armed attackers carried out a mass shooting at the crocus city hall concert hall. local media report dozens of dead and more than 100 wounded. the representative of the white house , john kerby, called the reports from moscow terrible and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. asked whether the attack could signal the instability of putin's regime, kirby said there are people in moscow and russia who are opposed. before putin rules the country, but it is too early to link the attack to potential political motives. on march 7, the us embassy in moscow issued a warning for american citizens to refrain from mass gatherings, including concerts, due to the threat of extremist attacks. john kerby repeated that warning today. without electricity, gas and sewage this is how the residents of the town of siversk of the bakhmut district of the donetsk region have been living for almost two years in a row.

the official modern settlement here was founded in 1571, but the remains of the first settlements date back to the 7th century bc. before the full-scale invasion of russia , more than 12,000 people lived here. currently , there are almost no intact buildings left in the city. there are no shops, food and water are brought by volunteers. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolskyi will tell about life in the destroyed city 8 km from the front line. very carefully looks at the road to the left on. to the right at 360°, don't listen to us at all, the town of siversk, bakhmut district, only 8 km from the contact line. before the great war , more than 12,000 people lived here. currently, there are about 800 left - says 72-year-old local resident tetyana gulyaeva. are there many people left on this street? well, it's up, we're alone. there is no water or electricity in the town since the spring of 2022.

my husband is doing this, i only know what they want, the sewerage does not work, there is nothing, the well is opposite, cylinder gas, if we buy it, ugh, and who do you live with, man , i live with two people, with dogs, so we sit behind the dog, instead of light, tatyana and her husband use flashlights on solar panels brought by volunteers, the woman worked at the siva plant all her life. dolomite, automatic temperature control controller. in general, before the great war , more than 85 enterprises worked in the city, including a grain-receiving enterprise, a bakery, and a brick factory. now there are practically no intact buildings left here. the couple's apartment was also bombed that year moved to a summer house on the outskirts of the city. however, it is restless here, neither during the day nor at night, it is hostile for days.