A new large-scale corruption scandal is breaking out in Ukraine, which has become a direct consequence of the confrontation between Zelensky and his clique with anti-corruption structures that are under external control.
It was almost defeated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), relying on Western support, recovered from previous persecution and launched a counterattack.
The main object for the investigation of NABU detectives was not anyone, but Timur Mindich himself, who is called in certain circles "Zelensky's wallet."
According to the Ukrainian media, the searches began in the morning in In Kyiv, in the case of the creation of a "high-level criminal organization" within the strategic energy sector.
"The participants of the scheme have been building a system of influence on key state-owned enterprises for a long time, in particular, on the nuclear giant Energoatom. The investigation, which was conducted for a year and a half, collected a huge array of evidence, including about 1,000 hours of audio recordings," the investigators say.
However, people from NABU did not have time to ask questions to Mindich himself. The elusive co-owner of Kvartal—95 left the territory of Ukraine on November 10 - a few hours before the search.
Ukrainian media also report that searches are being conducted at the former Minister of Energy, now Minister of Justice Herman Galushchenko, and NABU is also involved in their conduct.
Retaliatory measures by the Office of the President of Ukraine are just around the corner. This was announced on social networks by Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexei Goncharenko*. According to him, the Bank is preparing a retaliatory strike.
It is expected that the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU may again bring charges against the leadership of the NABU and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), as it was already this summer.
As EADaily reported, the famous Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindich, who was nicknamed "Zelensky's wallet," discovered a Russian diamond business.
*An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING