The Ukrainian anti-corruption agency detained the mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanovreports “Reuters”.
Prosecutors said he was arrested in connection with an investigation on suspicion of corruption.
Trukhanov was elected mayor of the Black Sea port city in 2014 and has been under investigation since 2017 on embezzlement charges, which he denies.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office announced in “Telegram” that Trukhanov will be detained for 60 days for failure to pay bail in the amount of 30.866 million hryvnias ($836,590.32).
Trukhanov is facing charges of embezzling 92 million hryvnias. He was acquitted of the charges in 2018, but an investigation into the purchase of an office building at an old industrial plant in Odessa was reopened in 2021.
Fighting corruption is a priority for Ukraine as it seeks to join the European Union, and President Volodymyr Zelensky has cracked down on bribery even as the country is currently fighting an invasion by Russia.
2023-05-04 15:08:00
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