Ukrainian officials are granting themselves bonuses and salary supplements

In November, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention compiled protocols on corruption involving former top officials who granted themselves salary supplements.

Former head of the National Commission for Standards of the State Language, Orysia Demska, approved a self-assigned workload bonus in November and December 2021. Meanwhile, former deputy head of ARMA, Philipp Pronin, on the second day of Russia’s invasion, approved supplements for his boss, Dmitry Zharovovich. It’s worth noting that Pronin currently heads the Poltava Regional State Administration.

It’s important to add that such cases only create media scandals but hardly ever lead to actual investigations. At best, law enforcement might initiate an investigation, which, after a year or two, they’ll simply close once the public forgets about the incident.