The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has concluded its internal investigation into possible breaches of the law in the ‘Clean City’ case, which was overseen by Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi
The findings of the investigation have already been forwarded to the Disciplinary Commission. This is stated in the official response from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to an enquiry from ThePublic.
“In accordance with the Director’s order, the Internal Control Department of the National Bureau conducted an internal investigation into possible violations by the head of the detective unit. The conclusion, together with the materials of the internal investigation, has been forwarded to the Disciplinary Commission of the National Bureau for consideration,” the agency’s letter states, adding that Volodymyr Solonchak has not been held criminally liable in any NABU cases.
Meanwhile, former SAPO prosecutor Stanislav Bronevitsky is convinced that it was from this MP that NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov and MP Fedir Khrystenko demanded and received money during the investigation in exchange for not bringing him to justice.
According to the former SAPO prosecutor, the NACP forwarded information regarding Volodymyr Solonchak’s corruption offences to NABU as far back as 2023. Furthermore, in March 2025, Magamedrasulov and Khristenko discussed among themselves the inclusion of Solonchak in the “Clean City” case, as he features on the so-called Komarnytskyi tapes.
“In June 2025, Khristenko informed Magamedrasulov that he had received the previously agreed advance payment for ‘Slon’, that is, funds to ensure that Slonchak was not brought to criminal liability in the relevant proceedings and that he was not notified of any suspicion. A few days later, in the same month of June 2025, Magamedrasulov informed Khristenko that Slonchak had been summoned for questioning by NABU detective Kryvko, who works in the 3rd Division of the 2nd Department of the NABU General Directorate, which at that time was headed by the current director of the BEB, Tsivinsky,” reads Bronevitsky’s post.
The former prosecutor’s words are corroborated by a ruling of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, published in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions, issued by a panel of judges from the Criminal Division.
Referring to the aforementioned document, Stanislav Bronevitsky notes that, in addition to this case, former MP Khrystenko also discussed with Magamedrasulov the minimisation of liability for Serhiy Belashov, who was accused of committing an offence under Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
ThePublic submitted a request to the SBU to ascertain the details of the aforementioned investigation. However, the SBU stated that the information was not subject to disclosure.
As a reminder, Operation “Clean City” concerns corruption schemes uncovered by NABU detectives at the Kyiv City State Administration. The case involved the illegal appropriation of land plots. Despite the media hype, the main suspect in the case, Denys Komarnytskyi, managed to leave the country and flee abroad, where he subsequently purchased a luxury hotel.
“The case was investigated by Oleksandr Tsivinsky, thanks to which he became director of the BEB. Incidentally, those involved in the case have long been going about their usual business, although some are currently on business trips abroad, like Komarnytskyi. I hope that Tsivinskyi will still ask Komarnytskyi whether he paid all his taxes when buying this hotel. Let’s not even dream of confiscation or the hotel becoming the property of Ukraine,” journalist Volodymyr Bondarenko later noted in one of his posts.
