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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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[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I did actually start learning Russian. It makes a lot of sense considering my interest in Soviet history.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Awesome! I'd love to learn it too for that reason, I just have other languages that are a higher priority for me.

There's so much that was never translated, as you of course know.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, I haven't even gotten more than 2 books in (This Soviet World -> [Russian] Justice -> From Prisons to Educational Institutions) and I've already hit a russian book.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago

Godspeed, comrade 🫡