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Posted on 11/12/2025 4:51:26 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of a major investigation into corruption in the country's energy sector.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko's removal on Wednesday.
On Monday anti-corruption bodies accused several people of orchestrating a embezzlement scheme in the energy sector worth about $100m (£76m), including at the national nuclear operator Enerhoatom.
Some of those implicated in the scandal are - or have been - close associates of Zelensky's.
The allegation is that Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and other key ministers and officials received payments from contractors building fortifications against Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Among those alleged to be involved are former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and Timur Mindich - a businessman and a co-owner of Zelensky's former TV studio Kvartal95. He has since reportedly fled the country.
Halushchenko said he would defend himself against the accusations, while Grynchuk said on social media: "Within the scope of my professional activities there were no violations of the law."
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (Nabu) and Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (Sap) said the investigation - which was 15 months in the making and involved 1,000 hours of audio recordings - uncovered the participation of several members of the Ukrainian government.
According to Nabu, the people involved systematically collected kickbacks from Enerhoatom contractors worth between 10% and 15% of contract values.
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With billions scammed, who thought there wasn’t corruption?
It’s our money, just well laundered, and these are just the scum that got caught.
Good thing we’re robbing our kids for these s**tholians.
To be fair this is the BBC...I’ll wait for a real news report on it. :-)
It took long enough!
From the moment members of the democratic party started making sounds about the Ukraine connection, it stank.
They could only find 100 million .... really?
So how much of a cut from all that did the big boss get?
It sure took the Limey Media (and MSM) a decade to figure this out.
Wonder why they were so slow?
Wonder why the Zeepers are so scarce?
Shit hitting the fan for the dwarf dictator……and perhaps a few US demonrats.
Was it digital when it went missing?
The rebuild fund is going to be filled with fraud.
I don’t trust Epstein Buddy Leon Black’s son to prevent it.
“Ukrainian officials met with Ben Black, head of the US International Development Finance Corporation, to advance the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund “
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/62365
Sounds like Andrew Cuomo’s time as NY State Governor.
Zelensky is the most corrupt of all.
He concealed assets in his offshore dealings
through Kvartal 95 production studio, (founded by Zelensky) and was already uncovered in 2019 through the Pandoro Papers.
He was the beneficiaries of a network of offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Belize....
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6880
An insider revealed the accusation is a fortune was spent by Zelinsky on Paris and London fashion designers’ originals for his deluxe wardrobe.
Stefano Ricci
Men’s Crystal-Embellished Geometric Silk Tie
$2,590
Kiton
Multicolor Cotton Leather Crocodile Sneakers Limited Edition Kiton Multicolor Cotton Leather Crocodile Sneakers Limited Edition
$10,300.44
(kidding)
lots of detail omitted by BBC:
29 July 2025: EMPR: Who Is Timur Mindich? From Almost Kolomoyskyi’s Son-in-Law and Zelenskyy Ally to Multi-Sector Controversial Businessman and NABU suspect
https://empr.media/opinion/investigation/timur-mindich-from-almost-kolomoiskys-son-in-law-and-zelenskyy-ally-to-multi-sectoral-controversial-businessman-and-nabu-suspect/
They shut it down. That’s a good thing.
To be fair....
"NABU said it had documented the activities of a 'high-level criminal organization' allegedly led by a 'businessman well-known to the media.'Many more reports, with many more from Ukraine.'Its members built a large-scale corruption network influencing strategic state enterprises, including Energoatom,' NABU said in a statement. The bureau alleged that participants received illicit kickbacks worth 10% to 15% of contract values from Energoatom’s contractors."
Source: NABU raids Ukraine's Justice Minister and Energoatom in corruption probe New Voice of Ukraine, via MSN, 10 November 2025. [ Ukrainian source ]
"This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, according to Censor.NET.
" 'Let me remind you that they were leading the 'financial part' at Tymur Mindich. And they are defendants in the FBI case) Mykhailo Tsukerman is a long-time childhood friend of Mindich’s relative, Leonid Mindich. Who also tried to flee in the summer, but the NABU managed to intercept him ).
"A major corruption scandal and mounting accusations that the Ukrainian presidency is using the judiciary to intimidate and silence critics has rocked Kyiv, presenting a significant test for Volodymyr Zelensky almost four years into the Russian invasion."
Corruption scandal, court battles pose test for Zelensky France 24, 12 November 2025. [ French sourse ]
"...solid gold toilet and cupboards loaded with bagfuls of €200 bills are among the treasures linked to the prominent Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindich, after an investigation by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (Nabu). Mindich is big in real estate, fertilisers, banking and diamond trading – but he is best known as a long-time co-owner of Volodymyr Zelensky’s Kvartal 95 television production company. Nabu’s 15-month long investigation into what it describes as 'high level' corruption at the top of Ukraine’s political elite is likely to have momentous consequences for Zelensky’s political future."
The scandal that could bring down Volodymyr Zelensky Spectator UK, 12 November 2025. [ Otehr British media ]
"Herman Halushchenko — his appointee, now justice minister, but de facto still managing the energy sector.
"NABU also conducted a search of Ihor Myroniuk, Halushchenko’s adviser. He’s referred to as a fixer in the energy sector, and for decades was the aide to known collaborator and traitor Andrii Derkach.
"The Zukerman brothers — recently featured in our investigations. Journalist Mykhailo Tkach also reported that they appear in FBI inquiries. According to my sources, they — along with Mr. Mindich — left Ukraine just before the raids began.
Energoatom is also involved, but the list of names there is long...."
What’s known about NABU raids on Mindich and Halushchenko, how Zelenskyy should respond, and what to expect next — Zheleznyak New Voice of Ukraine, via MSN, 10 November 2025. [ Ukrainian source ]
I remember some Ukie was bragging here because Ukraine was 100th on the corrupt nation list while Russia was around 150th.
I just don’t believe anything the BBC says. How can you after what they did to Trump?
We need to stop relying on fake news as well.
Okay. How about a short list of those sources you adjudge to be not fake news? Thanks in advance.
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