{"id":9647,"date":"2026-02-11T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=9647"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:06:40","slug":"kryvonos-nabu-povernennia-koshtiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/kryvonos-nabu-povernennia-koshtiv\/","title":{"rendered":"NABU's main function is not to recover funds - Kryvonos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NABU Director explains why returning funds to the budget is not the main function of the Bureau<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"453\">Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine <strong data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"357\">Semyon Krivonos<\/strong> said. <strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"452\">returning corrupt funds to the state budget is not the main function of the NABU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"706\">According to him, the main task of the Bureau is to <strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"571\">detecting, investigating and documenting corruption offences<\/strong>, While the issue of direct reimbursement of funds is related to further court decisions and the work of other state institutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"892\">\n<p data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"892\">\u00abReturning funds to the state budget is not our main function... Is the main task of the NABU to justify its economic feasibility?\u00bb said Kryvonos during a conversation with journalists.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"930\">Data on expenses and reimbursements<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"996\">During the discussion, the journalists drew attention to the ratio:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1109\">\n<li data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1046\">\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1046\"><strong data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1029\">annual funding for NABU<\/strong> from the state budget;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1109\">\n<p data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1109\"><strong data-start=\"1049\" data-end=\"1108\">Amount of money recovered as a result of investigations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1268\">In particular, according to the figures announced, with funding at the level of <strong data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1205\">several billion hryvnias a year<\/strong> the amount of refunds is <strong data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1267\">hundreds of millions of hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1421\">At the same time, Kryvonos stressed that <strong data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1402\">The economic impact of the work of the anti-corruption body is not limited to direct budget revenues<\/strong>, because it includes:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1540\">\n<li data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1457\">\n<p data-start=\"1425\" data-end=\"1457\">preventing future losses;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1501\">\n<p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1501\">bringing the perpetrators to justice;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1540\">\n<p data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1540\">development of anti-corruption practices.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1542\" data-end=\"1553\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1736\">NABU is a key element of the <strong data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1623\">of Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure<\/strong>, established after 2014 together with the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the High Anti-Corruption Court.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1855\">Discussion on <strong data-start=\"1752\" data-end=\"1799\">the effectiveness of anti-corruption bodies<\/strong> periodically arises in the public space and concerns:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1942\">\n<li data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1879\">\n<p data-start=\"1859\" data-end=\"1879\">the number of sentences;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1903\">\n<p data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1903\">asset recovery;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1942\">\n<p data-start=\"1906\" data-end=\"1942\">the ratio of costs and results.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"2099\">Experts emphasise that <strong data-start=\"1969\" data-end=\"2000\">final financial 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