Overview
- Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov into custody for two months and set bail at Hr 51.6 million ($1.2 million) in the Energoatom case, his lawyers denying wrongdoing.
- NABU and SAPO say a roughly $100 million kickback and laundering network operated through Energoatom procurement, releasing wiretaps, conducting about 70 searches, seizing millions in cash, and documenting more than $1.2 million and nearly €100,000 in cash transfers linked to Chernyshov.
- Businessman Timur Mindich is accused by investigators of running the scheme, has been sanctioned by President Volodymyr Zelensky, and is reported to be abroad after leaving Ukraine before the raids.
- Political fallout widened as parliament descended into a standoff over dismissing two ministers, Energoatom’s supervisory board was dissolved, and audits and leadership changes at state energy companies were ordered.
- Pressure grew on presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak, with opposition figures and some lawmakers from the ruling party urging his removal, while NABU’s chief said he could neither confirm nor deny claims tying him to case wiretaps and Zelensky planned meetings this week to address the crisis.