Bureau alleges kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom
Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said on Monday that it was conducting a large-scale investigation into the country’s energy sector, alleging kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom.
The bureau, which operates independently of the government, alleged that several senior figures were involved. Ukrainian media identified one of them as Timur Mindich, a businessman and associate of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mindich reportedly fled abroad hours before investigators arrived at his Kyiv apartment to carry out a search. He is the co-owner of Kvartal 95, the media production company Zelenskyy founded before he became president.
The two were friends and business partners in the years before Zelenskyy went into politics. According to one source, there has been much less communication since Russia’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
