While NABU only described the suspect as the "former chairman of the agriculture committee" of Ukraine's parliament, Suspilne reported, citing sources in law enforcement, that it is Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi.
Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi is suspected of leading a criminal group of State Geocadastre officials and so-called “curators” who controlled their activities and were involved in the illegal seizure of state land worth hundreds of millions, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) reported on Telegram on April 23.
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Law enforcement officers reported suspicion to the former head of the Verkhovna Rada Agrarian Committee, the current minister, who organized a scheme to seize state land worth UAH 291 million and tried to seize land worth another UAH 190 million, the press service of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU reported).
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