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Ukraine Removes Justice Minister and Energy Minister as $100 Million Energy Graft Probe Widens

Investigators say Operation Midas dismantled a network tied to Energoatom subcontracting that laundered funds, implicating a Zelensky ally.

Overview

  • NABU and SAPO reported 70 searches after a 15‑month investigation, securing thousands of hours of audio evidence, with five detentions and seven indictments.
  • Prosecutors accuse Timour Minditch, a Kvartal 95 co‑owner close to President Zelensky, of orchestrating the scheme, and investigators say he left Ukraine before the raids.
  • The government dismissed Energoatom’s supervisory board and ordered an emergency state audit, which the prime minister described as initial steps to overhaul the operator.
  • Justice Minister German Galushchenko was suspended over alleged personal benefits from energy‑sector dealings, and Energy Minister Svitlana Grintchouk submitted her resignation.
  • Officials prepared potential sanctions targeting Minditch and another businessman as authorities signaled the case remains open and could expand.