{"id":1331489,"date":"2025-12-11T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/this-is-dirty-money-sergey-criticized-the-kvartal-95-studios-concerts\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:12:37","slug":"this-is-dirty-money-sergey-criticized-the-kvartal-95-studios-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/this-is-dirty-money-sergey-criticized-the-kvartal-95-studios-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This is dirty money.&#8221; Sergey criticized the Kvartal 95 studio&#8217;s concerts."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ct-header\">\n<p><strong>Ukrainian showman, freelance adviser to Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, and founder of the &#8220;Cultural Landing&#8221; group, Mykola Serga, criticized the activities of the Kvartal 95 studio, co-founded by Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindich, a defendant in the &#8220;Midas&#8221; case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Sergey expressed his opinion in an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cbz-pjFa2G8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">published<\/a> on December 10 on Ukrainian blogger Marichka Dovbenko&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8220;How do you feel about the cancellation of Kvartal?&#8221; Dovbenko asked Sergi.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I think what&#8217;s happening is right. Look, this is corruption. This is dirty money. And that&#8217;s one of the reasons. The second reason is that I don&#8217;t share the pleasure of participating in such entertainment shows during a war,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> According to Sergi, the activities of the Kvartal 95 studio are highly distracting and undermine the sense of reality.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;When it comes to inspiring, positive content, we need fairy tales first and foremost, because fairy tales have morals, fairy tales have conclusions, fairy tales have a rational balance between good and evil. I think all these corrupt figures, the &#8216;mindiches,&#8217; and others wouldn&#8217;t be interested in funding fairy tales,&#8221; he says, referring to fairy tales.<\/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 NABU and SAP are conducting a large-scale operation, &#8220;Operation Midas,&#8221; to expose corruption in the energy sector<\/a> . According to investigators, the activities of a high-level criminal organization controlling financial flows and personnel decisions in state energy structures have been established.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/komu-nabu-povidomylo-pro-pidozru-v-mezhakh-koruptsiynoi-spravy-nazvani-imena\/\">Journalists from &#8220;Schemes&#8221; have identified the names of individuals who were notified of suspicion by NABU detectives<\/a> as part of an investigation into corruption in the energy sector. Timur Mindich is among those involved.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenskyy-zmenshyv-strok-sanktsiy-dlia-mindicha-ta-tsukermana\/\">Zelenskyy imposed National Security and Defense Council sanctions against Kvartal-95 co-owner Timur Mindich and businessman Alexander Tsukerman<\/a> , who are linked to a corruption case in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p> As noted, the State Border Service conducted an internal investigation and found that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yak-mindich-vyikhav-z-ukrainy-poiasnennia-dpsu\/\">businessman Timur Mindich left Ukraine legally<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Incidentally, a puzzling situation has arisen regarding the case of businessmen Timur Mindich and Alexander Tsukerman&#8217;s departure abroad: <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/dpsu-unykaie-poiasnen-shchodo-vyizdu-mindicha-ta-tsukermana-naperedodni-obshukiv\/\">the State Tax Service of Ukraine (GNU) refused to participate in the meeting of the Temporary Investigative Commission<\/a> , which was supposed to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/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>Ukrainian showman, freelance adviser to Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, and founder of the &#8220;Cultural Landing&#8221; group, Mykola Serga, criticized the activities of the Kvartal 95 studio, co-founded by Ukrainian businessman Timur Mindich, a defendant in the &#8220;Midas&#8221; case. 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