Overview
- Investigators say 1,000+ hours of recordings document a high-level network that extracted 10–15% from Energoatom contractors after more than 70 searches during the probe.
- Portions of the audio feature speakers using the codenames Rocket, Tenor and Karlson discussing kickbacks, construction projects and possible staffing changes at the energy ministry and Energoatom.
- Energoatom confirmed investigative actions took place at its headquarters on 10 November by NABU and SAPO representatives.
- Law-enforcement sources reported searches at locations linked to businessman and Kvartal 95 co-owner Tymur Mindich and at the home of former energy minister German Galushchenko, with sources saying Mindich left Ukraine hours earlier.
- SAPO opened an internal inquiry into a possible leak of case files as President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko called for clear legal consequences, while NABU and SAPO have not publicly named suspects or announced indictments.