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Zelenskyy faces the biggest corruption scandal of his presidency (www.atlanticcouncil.org)

submitted 4 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) exposed an alleged $110 million corruption scheme at state-owned nuclear company Energoatom. The charges are supported by a fifteen-month wiretap and over seventy searches carried out as part of a major investigation called Operation Midas.

According to NABU officials, the investigation uncovered a criminal enterprise run by Timur Mindich, a film producer and a former business partner of Zelenskyy. Additional suspects include former Minister of Energy and recently appointed Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko; former Naftogaz CEO and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov; former Minister of Defense and current National Security and Defense Council member Rustem Umerov; and Ihor Myroniuk, former deputy head of the State Property Fund and former advisor to Halushchenko.

Mindich fled Ukraine the day before his premises were raided and is reportedly now in Israel.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When western, pro-NATO outlets are forced to admit and report on ongoing corruption scandals in Ukraine, you really have to wonder how much overwhelming evidence it will take to convince you that something may be afoot in the Banderite-controlled Ukrainian government.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wonder if there is no limit, and these people will be the 21st century equivalent of the Southern "lost cause" people or the German "stabbed in the back" types

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

People generally operate by licensing themselves to believe what they want to. Until their material conditions force them into accepting reality, they will continue to license themselves purely to believe that which upholds their present worldview.

We all do this, to be clear, but understanding that process helps us understand our limitations.