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Zelenskyy faces the biggest corruption scandal of his presidency (www.atlanticcouncil.org)
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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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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (21 children)

Ukraine, like many of the former Soviet states, has always had corruption problems. At least they’re trying to work through them right now.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Always? Or just since roughly 1991?

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 0 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Well during the USSR too obviously

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is that obvious?

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is if you've ever looked into it. It wasn't much of a secret

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I have looked into it, and it isn't obvious

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Must've not looked into it very hard. A single search will reveal to you the same thing a much deeper dive into academic works will.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A screenshot of a Wikipedia title

I am in awe at your academic rigor

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Did you not read or understand this part?

A single search will reveal to you the same thing a much deeper dive into academic works will.

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