Search operations are currently taking place at the Kiev City State Administration today, February 7, based on a ruling from the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv dated January 28, 2025. This information was reported on the official website of the Kyiv authorities.

"The investigative actions are being conducted as part of a pre-trial investigation concerning potential abuses by officials related to the alienation of property belonging to the territorial community of Kyiv back in 2009. Representatives of the KCSA are providing all necessary documents and are fully cooperating with law enforcement in these procedural actions, hoping for objectivity and impartiality in the investigation," the statement reads.

Searches in the Capital

As reported by UNIAN, yesterday the National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches at the home of former Kyiv City Council deputy from the Chernovetsky era, the notorious businessman Denis Komarnitsky, who is referred to as the "overseer" of Kyiv.

The NABU announced a large-scale operation named "Clean City" aimed at exposing a criminal organization involved in land corruption within the Kyiv City Council.

Yesterday, the NABU informed that during the "Clean City" operation, a criminal organization led by a well-known former deputy of the Kyiv City Council (KSC) was uncovered and its activities were halted. One of the key areas of their operations was acquiring valuable land in the capital for construction and taking full control over the local authorities' decision-making processes regarding land rights.

Under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, 7 members of the criminal organization were detained. In total, 10 individuals have been reported as suspects.

According to NABU, among the suspects are:

  • the former deputy of the KSC, leader of the criminal organization;
  • the deputy head of the KCSA;
  • the chair and a member of the permanent commission of the KSC on architecture, urban planning, and land relations, current deputies of the KSC;
  • the first deputy and deputy directors of municipal enterprises;
  • four other individuals.

According to the investigation, members of the criminal organization identified promising land plots and registered ownership rights for structures that never existed on those plots under controlled individuals. Subsequently, they submitted applications to the city council for ownership rights to those land plots for servicing these non-existent structures, thereby avoiding auctions.

Deputies of the KSC and officials of the KCSA, some of whom were part of the criminal organization while others were under its influence, facilitated the decision-making process regarding the granting of corresponding land rights, for which they received illicit benefits in the form of money and real estate.

The NABU notes that the leader of the criminal organization had significant influence over processes within the KSC and KCSA, maintaining connections with a wide range of influential individuals, including deputy heads of the KCSA, deputies, the chair of the land commission of the KSC, and others. "The decision-making center, particularly in the land sphere, shifted from Khreshchatyk, 36 to another building, where issues were 'resolved' with the participation of top city officials and other influential people," the NABU writes.

The investigation is ongoing.