Anti-Corruption Activist Under Pressure in Ukraine

The recent criminal case against Shabunin was preceded by a year-long smear campaign, which involved portraying Shabunin as a draft evader and fraudster. He also faced online threats and doxxing. In 2020, Shabunin’s family house near Kyiv was set on fire, and unknown individuals planted explosives under the apartment doors of his mother and his wife’s parents. Police investigations into these crimes yielded no results.