“BBC News Ukraine” published a piece about a political crisis in the Verkhovna Rada that manifested in failed votes, where among other episodes the MP from the Mykolaiv region, Ihor Negulevskyi, who is suspected of a corruption offense, is mentioned.
Journalists of the outlet name several reasons that have shaken discipline in the session hall and led to a shortage of votes to pass decisions.
One turning point was the vote in July 2025: then the Verkhovna Rada effectively stripped NABU and SAPO of their independence and expanded the powers of the Prosecutor General to a level not seen since the Yanukovych era. According to the BBC, this decision triggered chain reactions in parliament. After that, the publication of the “Mindich tapes” and the opening of a case about possible “envelope” payments to MPs finally escalated the situation.
The article emphasizes that an atmosphere of distrust within the ‘single-party majority’ intensified precisely because of corruption suspicions.
“Against the backdrop of suspicions in the case of possible payments to deputies in envelopes, some of the ‘single-party majority’ began to worry about their own future, which also affected the numbers on the voting board,” writes BBC.
Some MPs who have already been notified of suspicions and who attend interrogations openly announce a temporary pause in voting. Others, although they do not have procedural status, are showing caution and avoiding participation in high-profile decisions, noting the mood of colleagues nearby.
The report separately mentions Ihor Negulevskyi — one of the figures in the investigation into possible activity of a criminal group within parliament. According to the interlocutors of the journalists, during sessions he focuses on his own situation and publicly complains about “injustice.”
“Negulevskyi walks around the chamber with an electronic bracelet on his leg: shows it to everyone, hypes things up, talks about his interrogations and how it’s ‘unfair and unbecoming’,” one influential MP tells BBC News Ukraine.
Previously we wrote:
- MP from Mykolaiv region under NABU suspicion received over 400,000 hryvnias from the budget for vacation pay
- Voting not on principle: five MPs, including one from Mykolaiv region, received bracelets and multi-million bails
- Envelopes, wiretaps and “cash windows”: NABU has again returned to shadow payments to MPs
- Carlson exposed: the head of the criminal organization that embezzled funds in the energy sector turned out to be Timur Mindich — NABU
- Anti-corruption Ukrainian-style: NABU’s independence revoked amid applause
