{"id":1321207,"date":"2025-11-16T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/boycott-due-to-mindich-scandal-stars-massively-refuse-to-perform-at-the-new-years-concert-quarter-95\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:44:01","slug":"boycott-due-to-mindich-scandal-stars-massively-refuse-to-perform-at-the-new-years-concert-quarter-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/boycott-due-to-mindich-scandal-stars-massively-refuse-to-perform-at-the-new-years-concert-quarter-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Boycott due to Mindich scandal: stars massively refuse to perform at the New Year&#8217;s concert &#8220;Quarter 95&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Kyiv, several Ukrainian artists refused to participate in the New Year&#8217;s concert of the &#8220;Kvartal 95&#8221; studio, scheduled for December 6 and 7. The reason was the corruption scandal related to &#8220;Energoatom&#8221;, in which the studio&#8217;s co-owner Timur Mindich appears.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/glavcom.ua\/scotch\/showbiz\/skandal-z-mindichem-zirki-rozpochali-bojkot-kontsertu-kvartalu-1088584.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glavkom<\/a> &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p> Recently, star participants announced the cancellation of their performances in the New Year&#8217;s program of &#8220;Kvartal 95&#8221; due to suspicions of the involvement of the studio&#8217;s co-owner Timur Mindich in corruption schemes at Energoatom. The investigation is being conducted by detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Singer KOLA announced her cancellation on social media. In the message, she noted: &#8220;Attention! My performance at Vecherny Kvartal on December 6-7 will not take place! Good night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The Homin Choir also released a statement regarding the cancellation of its participation in the event. The group&#8217;s statement reads: &#8220;The Homin Choir will not participate in the Kvartal 95 concert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Representatives of singer Nadia Dorofeeva from DodoFamily also confirmed the cancellation of the planned performance on December 6, saying that the performance has been canceled.<\/p>\n<p> Other artists previously announced for the program, including MONATIK, &#8220;Antibody&#8221;, Pozitiv, Iryna Bilyk, &#8220;Drevo&#8221; and &#8220;KAZKA&#8221;, did not publicly comment on their positions.<\/p>\n<p> Following the artists&#8217; public statements, the Kvartal 95 studio published its own statement. In it, the team emphasized that the studio&#8217;s work is not related to political or business processes affecting its shareholders. The statement says that the company is &#8220;attempting to draw it into political confrontations,&#8221; although the studio&#8217;s main activity is the creation of humorous content.<\/p>\n<p> The studio noted that the concerts on December 6 and 7 will be held as scheduled. The event&#8217;s poster was changed so as not to create additional pressure on the artists who decided to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p> As is known, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mishky-z-hotivkoiu-ta-zolotyy-unitaz-iak-uriad-zelenskoho-skolykhnula-masshtabna-koruptsiyna-kryza\/\">the largest corruption scandal unfolded<\/a> in Ukraine during the term of President Volodymyr Zelensky, which engulfed his inner circle and led to resignations and high-profile political statements. The investigation by NABU and SAPO caused significant public resonance and attracted the attention of international partners.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, journalists published a story about a corruption investigation involving the inner circle of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The publication states that the revelations are already creating political pressure and <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/reputatsiiu-zelenskoho-pidirvaly-koruptsiyni-rozsliduvannia-na-shcho-tse-mozhe-vplynuty\/\">could affect his international support<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, after Operation Midas, which exposed large-scale corruption at Energoatom and shook up government offices, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/telegram-atakuie-nabu-perezhyvaie-nashestia-botiv-pislia-operatsii-midas\/\">a systematic campaign to discredit NABU and SAPO was launched on Ukrainian Telegram<\/a> . Anti-corruption authorities called the operation one of the most effective in 2025, but in parallel with its successes, a wave of identical posts appeared attacking investigators and prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the President&#8217;s Office, said that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/koruptsiia-nevid-iemna-chastyna-ekonomiky-radnyk-yermaka-podoliak-poiasnyv-dii-vlady-pislia-skandalu-v-enerhetytsi\/\">corruption is an integral part of the modern economy,<\/a> regardless of the country&#8217;s political system. He also reported that the Ukrainian authorities responded promptly to the corruption scandal in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">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=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Kyiv, several Ukrainian artists refused to participate in the New Year&#8217;s concert of the &#8220;Kvartal 95&#8221; studio, scheduled for December 6 and 7. The reason was the corruption scandal related to &#8220;Energoatom&#8221;, in which the studio&#8217;s co-owner Timur Mindich appears. This is reported by &#8221; Glavkom &#8220;. Recently, star participants announced the cancellation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1321346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76875,76878],"class_list":["post-1321207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321207","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}