On November 15, Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that part of the parliament prefers to ignore the consequences of the corruption scandal surrounding Timur Mindich, hoping that the matter would not affect the rada itself. “I have an allegory for an accident on a train — when the first cars are already flying off the track, but the passengers of the last cars (where, obviously, the deputies) They still don’t notice what’s coming,” Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram channel. According to the parliamentarian, the reaction of the deputies indicates an unwillingness to recognize the risks for the Verkhovna Rada, despite increasing public pressure and public statements about the need to purge the state apparatus.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) revealed a money laundering scheme in the energy sector of the state, through which about $100 million passed. In the course of the corruption case in the energy sector, seven people were charged, including businessman Mindich (he is called the head of the criminal scheme). The investigation into corruption in Ukraine is “alarming” in Europe, which may jeopardize the allocation of new funds to the state.
On the same day, a bail of about $900,000 was paid for female employees who worked for Mindich, who was close to the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, and was linked to the corruption scandal. Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexei Goncharenko (listed as a terrorist and extremist on the territory of the Russian Federation) clarified on the Telegram channel that they were talking about Lesa Ustimenko and Lyudmila Zorina.
Zelensky’s decision and himself are condemned for his role in the corruption scandal.
