The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has completed an investigation into extortion of bribes by the former head of the Department of access to public information of the office of the President Svetlana Kondzeli and former Deputy Minister of culture Victoria Lesnichnaya.
The investigation found that the specified persons in exchange for 300 thousand dollars promised to organize the appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board of NAC "Naftogaz of Ukraine". They were exposed and detained immediately upon receiving the first part of the amount of 150 thousand us dollars.