Law enforcers detained the head of the permanent commission of the Kiev regional council on ecology, nature management, water resources, liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster and other emergencies, the press service of the city of Kiev.

It is a question of the deputy of the Kyiv Council of the Council of the Svoboda Maksim Zapaskin.

"The said deputy demanded from the director of one of the enterprises of the Kiev region 10 thousand. US dollars for the approval of the commission headed by the Commission of the draft decision of the Kiev Regional Council on granting the company a special permit for the use of subsoil, as well as the adoption of all measures that depend on it to adopt this decision at the session of the Kiev Regional Council, "the press service said..

The deputy was detained after receiving the second part of the illegal profit in the amount of 6 thousand. Dollars and the adoption by the Kiev Regional Council of a decision on the coordination of the petition of the business entity with respect to the granting of a special permit for the use of subsoil.

Recall that according to Transparency International Ukraine, in 2015 the average bribe amounted to about 40 thousand. UAH, whereas in 2014, officials took an average of 30 thousand. UAH. At the same time, only a fifth of officials (19%), who were tried for extortion or bribery, were behind bars. In total, for the corruption in Ukraine, law enforcement officers were convicted - 14% of all cases.