{"id":8660,"date":"2026-01-15T02:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8660"},"modified":"2026-01-15T02:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T02:42:49","slug":"ukraines-former-prime-minister-yulia-tymoshenko-accused-of-bribery-report-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8660","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko accused of bribery: Report | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Yulia Tymoshenko has served as Ukraine\u2019s prime minister in 2005 and from 2007 to 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 14 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">14 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been accused of bribing members of the country\u2019s parliament and running a vote-buying scheme, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/nab_ukraine\/3651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on the Telegram messaging application on Wednesday, NABU said it had served charges of bribery to an opposition party chief after exposing several other lawmakers last month as members of a \u201csystemic\u201d plot to receive payments in exchange for votes.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThis concerned not one-off arrangements, but a regular cooperation mechanism that envisaged advance payments and was designed for a long-term period,\u201d NABU added.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the matter told the Reuters news agency that Tymoshenko was the subject of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SAPO) also told Ukrainian media that Tymoshenko had been charged after SAPO and NABU officers raided her Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) political party\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n<p>Tymoshenko, who rose to prominence two decades ago as a leader of the pro-democratic Orange Revolution and served as Ukraine\u2019s prime minister in 2005, and again from 2007 to 2010, has denied \u201call accusations\u201d but didn\u2019t specifically address the probe.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, the opposition leader pledged to clear her name in court.<\/p>\n<p>Her political influence in recent years has significantly diminished, with her Fatherland party holding approximately two dozen seats in Ukraine\u2019s 450-seat legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The probe into Tymoshenko broadens an anticorruption campaign in Ukraine that has ensnared senior ministers and opposition lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>But tackling corruption remains a crucial condition for Ukraine\u2019s European Union membership bid, a goal Kyiv views as central to its post-war future.<\/p>\n<p>NABU and anticorruption prosecutors shocked Ukrainians last November by unveiling an alleged $100m kickback scheme in the energy sector involving a former associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>Last July, the Ukrainian president had passed a bill which sought to curb the country\u2019s anticorruption agencies\u2019 independence.<\/p>\n<p>But after November\u2019s reports from NABU and following months of widespread protests against his controversial bill, Zelenskyy urged full cooperation with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In a television address to the country last November, he had said that everyone in the country \u201cwho has been involved in corruption schemes must receive a clear legal response. 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