"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office issued a decree imposing "personal economic" sanctions on a former business associate of the president, Timur Mindich, and another businessman Oleksandr Tsukermann. Ukrainian media identified Timur Mindich, also a businessman, as one of the alleged ringleaders of a wide-ranging corruption scandal involving the state nuclear energy company Energoatom. Mindich is the co-owner of Kvartal 95, the media production company Zelenskyy founded before he went into politics."
"The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) which operates independently of the government announced this week after a 15-month-long investigation that several individuals had formed a network and built a "a large-scale corruption scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, in particular Energoatom." NABU released excerpts of tapes in which the network, using code names and secretive language, discussed blackmail and pressuring Energoatom contractors to extract kickbacks worth 10% - 15% of contract values."
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office imposed personal economic sanctions on Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukermann. Ukrainian media identified Mindich as an alleged ringleader in a wide-ranging corruption scandal tied to state nuclear company Energoatom. Mindich co-owns Kvartal 95, the media production company Zelenskyy founded before entering politics. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) concluded after a 15-month investigation that several individuals formed a network that built a large-scale corruption scheme to influence strategic public enterprises, particularly Energoatom. NABU released tape excerpts describing blackmail, pressure on contractors, and demands for 10–15% kickbacks. Investigators allege about $100 million was laundered through a Kyiv-based office, and the scandal constitutes a major crisis during Zelenskyy's presidency.
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