Ukraine’s agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar corruption probe

Mykola Solskyi is accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was the head of a major farming company and an MP

Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named a formal suspect in a multimillion dollar corruption inquiry.

Blighted by severe corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership.