Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court on May 5 ordered former deputy head of the President’s Office Andrii Smyrnov into pretrial detention until May 22 as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged large-scale corruption, according to a Suspilne correspondent present in the courtroom. The court granted prosecutors’ request in part, setting bail at Hr 18 million […]
The supervisory board of state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz has elected Serhii Koretskyi, the head of Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta, as the company’s new CEO, ExPro Consulting reported, citing its undisclosed sources. Oleksii Chernyshov was previously in charge of Naftogaz starting in November 2022. On Dec. 3, 2024, Ukraine’s parliament appointed Chernyshov deputy prime minister […]
The Philadelphia Flyers announced Thursday the team would be moving on from head coach John Tortorella after his nearly three years with the organization. The decision to fire the coach, who won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004, came after he made a questionable remark about his “interest” in coaching “this type […]
The United States Men’s National Team has a chance to make some noise in the World Cup next year while on its home soil. The team reached the Round of 16 for the third time in its last four World Cups (they did not qualify in 2018), and they’ll be playing as one of three […]
The Virginia high school track and field athlete who was seen bashing an opponent’s head with a baton during a race has been charged with assault and battery, Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. I.C. Norcom High School student athlete Alaila Everett was seen smashing her baton on the head of Brookville […]
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry officially appointed Arsen Zhumadilov as the new head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA) on March 6, said the agency responsible for weapons purchases for the military. At the same time, Zhumadilov resigned as chief of the State Rear Operator (DOT), a sister agency overseeing the procurement of non-lethal supplies for the […]
Anastasia Radina, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s anti-corruption committee, on Jan. 25 urged Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to resign after he fired Maryna Bezrukova, the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA). At the same time, the DPA and Bezrukova said that Umerov’s decision was null and void, and she remains the legitimate head of […]
The supervisory board of Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency advised the Defense Minister to extend its director’s work in a statement posted on Facebook on Jan. 20. “The Supervisory Board submitted to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov a recommendation to extend the contract of the current director of the Defense Procurement Agency, Maryna Bezrukova, for one year,” […]