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May 13, 2023
Detained Ukrainian Industrialist, Suspected Of Collaboration, Requests Transfer To Russia

Former Motor Sich aviation-engine plant head Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, whom the government suspects of encouraging Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has asked to be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners in Russia, RFE/RL has found.

May 10, 2023
Sanctioned Billionaire Fridman Linked To Insurance On Russian Military Vehicles Used In Ukraine

Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman faces the potential confiscation of his Ukrainian business investments after a Schemes investigation found that a company he co-owns insured Russian National Guard vehicles, some of which have traveled to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
April 08, 2023
Prices For Ukrainian Army Food Supplies Inflated, Investigation Finds

Contracts and tax documents acquired by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, show that at least five of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's catering contractors charge a premium for delivering basic food to Ukrainian troops.
March 19, 2023
Ukraine's Confiscation Of Russian Assets Stymied By Bureaucracy, Investigation Finds

While it scours the world for Russian assets to confiscate as compensation for war damages, Ukraine itself has confiscated the property of only four Russian tycoons and two state-owned Russian banks since May 2022.
March 05, 2023
Satellite Images Reveal How Russia's Invasion Has Devastated The Environment In Ukraine

From flooded villages to fire-ravaged farmland, satellite photos obtained by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, reveal the scope of the environmental damage from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – estimated at nearly $50 billion and counting.
February 22, 2023
Before And After Satellite Photos Reveal Devastation In Ukraine After Russia's Invasion

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it not only triggered the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II but also brought devastation to towns and cities across the country.
February 06, 2023
'Beaten Very Badly': Now In Legal Limbo, Ukrainian Inmates Freed When Russia Left Kherson Describe Life Under Occupation

For inmates at a Kherson jail, the city’s liberation also meant their liberation: Russian authorities freed them before retreating. Memories of alleged brutality and abuse during the more than eight-month occupation linger on.
January 03, 2023
How Ukraine's 'Great Reconstruction' Brought Great Rewards For A Company Linked To Dnipropetrovsk's Government And An FBI Fugitive

A company co-owned by a powerlifter who is linked to the governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and the business partner of an FBI fugitive received nearly $41 million in public funds for road repair, a journalistic investigation by Schemes found.
December 14, 2022
In Satellite Images Of Russian-Occupied Crimea, Experts Point To Potential Targets For Ukraine

A close examination of satellite images from Planet Labs displays the extent to which the occupied Crimean Peninsula has become a hub for Russia's military operations in Ukraine -- and a potential target for Kyiv's forces.
December 07, 2022
'They Called Him The Specialist': Ukrainian Man Tells Of Kherson Torturer

Serhiy Mak says he spent 25 days locked in the cellar of an office building in Kherson, southern Ukraine, where he was tortured by a Russian man nicknamed "The Specialist." Mak spoke to RFE/RL after Ukrainian forces liberated the city from Russian occupation.
December 05, 2022
Russian Soldier Says Commander Stabbed Ukrainian Woman To Death

A Russian commander stabbed an elderly Ukrainian woman to death during the retreat from Izyum, according to a soldier in his unit. Evidence of the alleged war crime first emerged from a phone intercept by Ukrainian intelligence.
December 01, 2022
Ukrainian Man Spends Months Digging Through Rubble To Find His Dead Friend

A Ukrainian man spent months digging through the wreckage of an apartment block to find the body of a close friend from his school days. Pavlo Holub lives in Izyum, and he carried out this work during the six-month Russian occupation of the town before it was liberated by Ukrainian forces.

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About Schemes

Schemes (Skhemy) is an award-winning investigative news project run by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that focuses on exposing high-level corruption. It was created in the wake of the 2014 Maidan Revolution.

Schemes: Investigating Ukraine

Saturday 13 May 2023

Detained Ukrainian Industrialist, Suspected Of Collaboration, Requests Transfer To Russia

Sanctioned Billionaire Fridman Linked To Insurance On Russian Military Vehicles Used In Ukraine

Prices For Ukrainian Army Food Supplies Inflated, Investigation Finds

Ukraine's Confiscation Of Russian Assets Stymied By Bureaucracy, Investigation Finds

Satellite Images Reveal How Russia's Invasion Has Devastated The Environment In Ukraine

Before And After Satellite Photos Reveal Devastation In Ukraine After Russia's Invasion

'Beaten Very Badly': Now In Legal Limbo, Ukrainian Inmates Freed When Russia Left Kherson Describe Life Under Occupation

How Ukraine's 'Great Reconstruction' Brought Great Rewards For A Company Linked To Dnipropetrovsk's Government And An FBI Fugitive

In Satellite Images Of Russian-Occupied Crimea, Experts Point To Potential Targets For Ukraine

'They Called Him The Specialist': Ukrainian Man Tells Of Kherson Torturer

Russian Soldier Says Commander Stabbed Ukrainian Woman To Death

Ukrainian Man Spends Months Digging Through Rubble To Find His Dead Friend

About Schemes

Top Trending Ukraine

In Russia's War Economy, The Warning Lights Are Blinking

U.S. Reportedly Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range Weapons

RFE/RL Reveals Chilling New Details Of Bucha Massacre As Ukraine Marks 1,000 Days Of War

Putin Says Russia Fired New Intermediate Missile At Ukraine After ICBM Accusations

Could U.S. Long-Range Missiles Tip The Balance In The Ukraine War?

Ukraine Live Briefing: Verkhovna Rada Closes Over Strike Fears

Steps Too Far As Moscow, Washington Cross 'Red Lines' Over Ukraine?

At Least 21 Dead In Russian Missile Strikes In Ukraine's Odesa, Sumy

Russia Says Ukraine Used ATACMS Against Military Target In Bryansk

A Blood-Red Stripe: Russian Opposition's Anti-War Rally Shadowed In Advance By Controversy Over Flag

Latest Posts

How Ukraine Lost $24 Million: Sanctioned Businessman's Assets Go To Private Buyers

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

Official In Ukrainian President's Office Was Frequent Flier To Russia, Investigation Finds

Threatening E-Mails Sent To Ukrainian Organizations After RFE/RL Investigation

Leaked Records Detail Vast Russian Influence Campaign Targeting Ukraine, EU

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Schemes: Investigating Ukraine

Saturday 13 May 2023

Detained Ukrainian Industrialist, Suspected Of Collaboration, Requests Transfer To Russia

Sanctioned Billionaire Fridman Linked To Insurance On Russian Military Vehicles Used In Ukraine

Prices For Ukrainian Army Food Supplies Inflated, Investigation Finds

Ukraine's Confiscation Of Russian Assets Stymied By Bureaucracy, Investigation Finds

Satellite Images Reveal How Russia's Invasion Has Devastated The Environment In Ukraine

Before And After Satellite Photos Reveal Devastation In Ukraine After Russia's Invasion

'Beaten Very Badly': Now In Legal Limbo, Ukrainian Inmates Freed When Russia Left Kherson Describe Life Under Occupation

How Ukraine's 'Great Reconstruction' Brought Great Rewards For A Company Linked To Dnipropetrovsk's Government And An FBI Fugitive

In Satellite Images Of Russian-Occupied Crimea, Experts Point To Potential Targets For Ukraine

'They Called Him The Specialist': Ukrainian Man Tells Of Kherson Torturer

Russian Soldier Says Commander Stabbed Ukrainian Woman To Death

Ukrainian Man Spends Months Digging Through Rubble To Find His Dead Friend

About Schemes

Top Trending Ukraine

In Russia's War Economy, The Warning Lights Are Blinking

U.S. Reportedly Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range Weapons

RFE/RL Reveals Chilling New Details Of Bucha Massacre As Ukraine Marks 1,000 Days Of War

Putin Says Russia Fired New Intermediate Missile At Ukraine After ICBM Accusations

Could U.S. Long-Range Missiles Tip The Balance In The Ukraine War?

Ukraine Live Briefing: Verkhovna Rada Closes Over Strike Fears

Steps Too Far As Moscow, Washington Cross 'Red Lines' Over Ukraine?

At Least 21 Dead In Russian Missile Strikes In Ukraine's Odesa, Sumy

Russia Says Ukraine Used ATACMS Against Military Target In Bryansk

A Blood-Red Stripe: Russian Opposition's Anti-War Rally Shadowed In Advance By Controversy Over Flag

Latest Posts

How Ukraine Lost $24 Million: Sanctioned Businessman's Assets Go To Private Buyers

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

Official In Ukrainian President's Office Was Frequent Flier To Russia, Investigation Finds

Threatening E-Mails Sent To Ukrainian Organizations After RFE/RL Investigation

Leaked Records Detail Vast Russian Influence Campaign Targeting Ukraine, EU