Ukrainian Agriculture Minister embroiled in multi-million land scandal

The Ukrainian Truth portal reports: the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food, Mykoła Solski, is under suspicion in a corruption case, citing the offices responsible for combating corruption.

According to the website reports, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has identified Solski as a suspect in illegally acquiring land valued at about £5.7 million (~291 million hryvnias) and allegedly attempted to illegally take over land valued at around £3.2 million (~190 million hryvnias).

In a statement on this case, NABU did not mention Mykoła Solski by name, however, an interlocutor of Ukrainian Truth in the Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office confirmed that it concerns the current Minister of Agriculture.

In the statement, NABU described a scheme to illegally acquire land belonging to two state-owned enterprises in the Sumy region, with the involvement of individuals from the cadastral office.