It is noted that three NGOs in Ukraine have submitted "similar proposals with similar costs" for USAID grants.
"The Office of the Inspector General is investigating allegations of fraud and corruption under the US-funded foreign aid program," RIA Novosti quoted the report as saying.
The material also said that the actions of organizations are regarded as a "potential collusion" aimed at "compromising the process of awarding grants."
On November 29, the head of the board of Naftogaz Ukrainy, Oleksiy Chernyshov, held talks with the chairman of the European and Eurasian Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Erin McKee and said that Ukraine had turned to the United States with a request to provide additional gas for the heating season.