Overview
- Ukraine’s NABU and SAP announced the “Midas” probe on Nov. 10, released wiretap excerpts, and filed charges against multiple suspects, with businessman Timur Mindich reported abroad.
- Lawmaker Alexey Goncharenko says Security Council chief Rustem Umerov prolonged official travel to Nov. 19 and is now in the United States seeking a deal with investigators, while Ukraine’s disinformation center says he is holding consultations in the U.S.
- Russian lawmaker Adalbi Shkhagoshev contends the case will serve as a “hook” for Europe to pressure Kyiv, as state media promote claims the investigation touches defense procurement.
- Russia’s FSB says it foiled a planned attack at Moscow’s Troekurovskoye cemetery attributed to Ukrainian services, and Moskovsky Komsomolets reports the intended target was Security Council secretary Sergey Shoigu.
- Russian envoy Rodion Miroshnik says Moscow has received no formal Ukrainian notice halting the Istanbul talks, and Rosfinmonitoring added Mikhail Kasyanov, Sergei Guriev and Kirill Martynov to its terrorist/extremist list.