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Zelenskyy Orders Rapid Overhaul of State Energy Firms After Nuclear Operator Corruption Scandal

The move follows NABU’s revelation of a roughly $100 million scheme at Energoatom that triggered the justice and energy ministers’ departures.

Overview

  • A new supervisory board at Energoatom is to be established within a week, with the company’s top management to be fully replaced.
  • Leadership changes are also planned at Ukrhidroenergo, the national gas transmission operator, and Naftogaz.
  • Authorities have launched comprehensive financial reviews of major state energy companies with instructions for continuous coordination with anti-corruption and law-enforcement agencies.
  • Investigators say $86–100 million tied to protective works was misappropriated, and at least two suspects, including presidential associate Tymur Minditsch, have fled abroad.
  • Procurement decisions are being suspended or re-run, including the halted selection for the gas pipeline operator’s chief, as pressure grows to reassure international partners.