A member of the supervisory board of "Ukrposhta" became the accused in corruption Nataliya Bernatska

A member of the supervisory board of "Ukrposhta" became the accused in corruption Nataliya Bernatska

The former Deputy Minister of Justice, Nataliya Bernatska, who is accused of corruption, has become one of the two state representatives on the Supervisory Board of JSC "Ukrposhta". Her candidacy was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

Bernatska is a distinguished lawyer of Ukraine. From 2015 to 2018, she served as the First Deputy Minister of Justice. From October 2018 to October 2019, she was the Secretary of the Central Election Commission. She is married to Ruslan Bernatsky, a managing partner at the international law firm Integrites.

Bernatska is suspected by the NABU (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine) and the SAPO (Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office) of involvement in the embezzlement of over 54 million hryvnias from the state budget, in the so-called "Golden Mandarin Oil" case—a scheme to embezzle funds using the mechanism of appeals to the European Court of Human Rights. Bernatska was released on bail for seven million dollars.

The other state member of the board is Kristina Prasolova, the daughter of former Minister of Economy Ihor Prasolov. The independent board members are Rinat Abdrasilov (Kyrgyzstan, Senior Partner at Cambridge Management Consulting, United Kingdom), Jakub Karnowski (Poland, experience on the supervisory boards of "Ukrposhta" and Ukrainian Railways), Gary John Carroll (United Kingdom, postal business), Olena Malynska (Ukraine, strategic management and banking), and Ihor Mityukov (Ukraine, financial management).