Cooperation with international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund has played a key role in maintaining the stability of Ukraine’s national economy. As the co-head of the Ukrainian chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, I offer our partners the most important news, insider info, and personal forecasts on key issues related to Ukraine’s cooperation with IFIs. This issue gives an idea of where Ukraine is in its agreements for the week of Sept. 11-17, 2023.
Journalists and activists have found evidence that winter jackets for military personnel can be bought in Türkiye for much less than the Ministry of Defence purchased from the Turkish company Vector avia, one of whose owners is Oleksandr Kasai, the nephew of Hennadii Kasai, a member of the Servant of the People party.
Yevhen Hrushovets, Head of the Public Anti-Corruption Council at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, has admitted that the purchase of jackets for the Armed Forces was accompanied by "minor flaws", but insisted that the deal to purchase winter jackets was carried out in accordance with all necessary procedures.
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, former director of the Procurement Department of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, had a power of attorney from the minister enabling him to enter into ministry contracts single-handedly.
Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has urged journalists to wait for the investigation of the scandalous situation with the summer jackets purchased for Ukraine's Armed Forces. At the same time he has not commented on the involvement of an MP's relative in the purchase.