MOSCOW, November 18. /TASS/. It is too early to predict the outcome of the corruption scandal in Ukraine, but it is certain that it will have repercussions, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"It's hard to say now what this will lead to. It can be stated directly this scandal is unlikely to remain without consequences," he noted.
Peskov said that some European capitals are already questioning whether it is worth sending "a single penny" to Kiev now.
"This is why, of course, the fallout of this scandal is already visible. And how it will develop further, we will see together with you," the Kremlin representative summed up.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) held a large-scale operation called Midas to uncover a major corruption scheme in the energy sector. The offices of businessman Timur Mindich, Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who has now been dismissed from office, and the Energoatom company were searched. According to the investigation, the participants of the criminal scheme laundered at least $100 million. On the same day, NABU began publishing fragments of recordings of conversations in Mindich's apartment, in which corruption schemes were discussed. There are 1,000 hours of audio recordings in total.
