Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, has resigned amid corruption accusations that saw anti-graft officers search his offices at the weekend as part of investigations into illegal call centres. Kravchenko has rejected any allegations against him, calling them “completely unsubstantiated” and denying wrongdoing. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo) announced on Saturday that they had uncovered a money-laundering scheme “led by an official in the prosecutor general’s office” and had conducted raids there.
According to investigators, a corrupt network received money to protect call centres that carried out phone scams and “laundered fortunes amounting to millions”. Nabu published images of a safe filled with bundles of dollar bills, saying it uncovered five members behind the scheme, without naming them. A deputy of Kravchenko has been remanded in custody on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the case. Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2025 faced protests that forced him to reverse efforts to make Nabu and Sapo subordinate to the national prosecutor’s office.
According to the Swiss-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime (GI-TOC), illegal call centres employ about 60,000 people in Ukraine. On Monday, Kravchenko posted: “I have submitted my resignation as prosecutor general. I do not want the office of prosecutor general to be used as a tool in political confrontation. My position regarding the charges remains unchanged.”
