{"id":1319509,"date":"2025-11-12T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T14:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-announced-sanctions-against-those-involved-in-the-nabu-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:37:08","slug":"zelenskyy-announced-sanctions-against-those-involved-in-the-nabu-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-announced-sanctions-against-those-involved-in-the-nabu-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Strikes Back: Sanctions Hit Alleged NABU Corruption Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zelenskyy moves decisively: sanctions incoming for key figures in Energoatom corruption scandal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/16844\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Telegram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"233\">According to Zelenskyy, at a time when Ukrainians are enduring power outages and Russian attacks, any corruption schemes in the energy sector are unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"568\">As a result, economic sanctions will be imposed on two individuals implicated in the investigation. Prime Minister Yulia Svirydenko confirmed that these are Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman. The Cabinet of Ministers has already submitted a proposal for the National Security and Defense Council to consider personal sanctions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"711\">In addition, the president stressed that, in his view, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Energy cannot remain in their positions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"876\">\u201cThis is ultimately a question of trust. If there are accusations, they must be addressed. Decisions on dismissals must be prompt\u2014the fastest possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"1039\">Zelenskyy asked Svirydenko to submit statements regarding the dismissal of the heads of these ministries and called on parliament to support their resignation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1151\">\u201cAnd from now on, everything must be resolved strictly within the legal framework,\u201d the president concluded.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/operatsiia-midas-tryvala-ponad-rik-nabu-opryliudnyly-pershi-audiozapysy-fihurantiv-koruptsii-v-enerhetytsi\/\">the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office are conducting a large-scale operation &#8220;Midas&#8221; to expose corruption in the energy sector<\/a>. According to the investigation, the activities of a high-level criminal organization were established, which controlled financial flows and personnel decisions in state energy structures.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/operatsiia-midas-nabu-oholosylo-pidozru-7-fihurantam-koruptsii-v-enerhetytsi\/\">the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office reported suspicions against 7 individuals<\/a> involved in a large-scale corruption scheme at JSC NNEGC Energoatom.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/koruptsiia-zv-iazky-zi-zradnykom-nevykonannia-obov-iazkiv-u-radi-proponuiut-zvilnyty-ochilnykiv-min-iustu-ta-minenerhetyky\/\">, the Verkhovna Rada registered draft resolutions on the dismissal of the heads of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Energy<\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Herman Halushchenko and Svitlana Hrynchuk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelenskyy moves decisively: sanctions incoming for key figures in Energoatom corruption scandal. He reported this on Telegram. According to Zelenskyy, at a time when Ukrainians are enduring power outages and Russian attacks, any corruption schemes in the energy sector are unacceptable. As a result, economic sanctions will be imposed on two individuals implicated in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1274271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76873,76875,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1319509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-other-news","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319704,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319509\/revisions\/1319704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1274271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}