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Ex-Zelensky's party lawmaker sentenced to jail in bribery case
Marchenko was charged in 2023 with receiving an $11,300 bribe for allegedly influencing regional officials to allow men eligible for military service to go abroad. She was expelled from Zelensky's Servant of the People party.
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court announced the sentence of People's Deputy “Servants of the People” Lyudmila Marchenko and her assistant Anastasia Kolesnik, who were suspected of abuse of influence.
A civil servant is not entitled to hold public office for three years.
The Supreme Court of Ukraine sentenced People's Deputy Marchenko to 2 years in prison for taking a bribe to travel abroad. The court sentenced Lyudmila Marchenko and her assistant to 2 years in prison for receiving 11,300 dollars. The women promised border crossing permits to men.
VAX sentenced a deputy and her assistant to 2 years in prison for illegal issuance of permits to cross the border, Marchenko and Kolesnyk said
A People's Deputy Caught Accepting a Bribe to Help Men Travel Abroad. A Servant of the People MP and her assistant were found guilty of accepting a bribe to help draft dodgers. Both were sentenced to two years in prison, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing the SAP. Read also: Freedom for Millions: Why Courts Set High Bail and How They Calculate It According to a law enforcement source, the suspects are MP Lyudmila Marchenko and her assistant, Anast…
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