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Suspicions of corruption against Zelensky European taxpayer’s money embezzled in kyiv
Timur Minditch, co-owner of Kvartal 95 and close to Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, is suspected of having led a vast money laundering network in the energy sector. These revelations, which also implicate the former Minister of Energy, mark a turning point in the fight against corruption, a key issue for Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
These accusations constitute a turning point in the vast corruption scandal which is shaking the country’s energy sector, and the ongoing standoff within the Ukrainian authorities.
Mr. Minditch is a co-owner of the audiovisual production company Kvartal 95, founded by Mr. Zelensky, who was a star comedian in Ukraine before entering politics. “Mr Minditch exercised control over the accumulation, distribution and legalization of funds of criminal origin in the Ukrainian energy sector,” a prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) declared in court.
The suspect took advantage of his “privileged relations with the Ukrainian president” for his criminal activities, he added.
The current Minister of Justice himself, German Galushchenko, former Minister of Energy for four years, was accused by SAPO of having received “personal benefits” from Mr. Minditch in exchange for his control over financial flows in the energy sector.
Accusations of embezzlement in the energy sector, which is also suffering massive attacks from Russia, arouse indignation among the Ukrainian population. And the eradication of corruption is one of the main conditions for the country’s membership in the European Union (EU).
President Zelensky came under strong criticism this summer from Ukrainian public opinion and from Brussels when he tried to place NABU and SAPO under government control.