{"id":1360790,"date":"2026-02-21T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mindichgate-if-the-smoke-is-coming-from-bankova-then-dont-look-for-the-fire-in-your-neighbor\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:25:14","slug":"mindichgate-if-the-smoke-is-coming-from-bankova-then-dont-look-for-the-fire-in-your-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/mindichgate-if-the-smoke-is-coming-from-bankova-then-dont-look-for-the-fire-in-your-neighbor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindichgate: if the smoke is coming from Bankova, then don’t look for the fire in your neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

We say Mindich – but we mean Zelensky. Because in Ukrainian politics, a simple rule has long been in effect: if smoke is coming from Bankova Street, then look for the fire not from your neighbor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The name of Timur Mindich, the president’s business partner, was officially mentioned for the first time in a report by the US Congress. And not in the section on cultural ties or an investment breakthrough, but in the context of large-scale corruption schemes. It is symbolic that what Ukrainian journalists have been talking about for years has now been recorded in black and white by American congressmen.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is bad for Ukraine. Because every such line in the report is an additional argument for those who in Washington or Brussels are tired of explaining to their voters why their taxes should go to a country where \u201creforms\u201d often exist only in presentations by the President\u2019s Office. The US no longer gives weapons for free. But financial, institutional, and budgetary support is questionable. And the EU is carefully reading the same documents.<\/p>\n

The most ironic thing is another. The same report states: Americans continue to help Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies. 150 detectives have undergone training under the guidance of FBI instructors. That is, the West is investing not in individuals, but in institutions. In detectives, not in \u201cquarterly\u201d friends.<\/p>\n\t\t