RT International The reported measure comes weeks after the exposure of a major energy extortion racket involving the Ukrainian leader’s inner circle
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has ordered prosecutors to prepare charges against the head of an anti-corruption agency, SAPO, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday, citing law enforcement sources. The report comes as a graft scandal implicating Zelensky’s inner circle continues to reverberate across the cash-strapped country.
Earlier this month, SAPO and sister agency NABU alleged that Timur Mindich, a close associate of Zelensky and former long-time business partner, was the ringleader of a $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector, which heavily depends on Western aid. Mindich fled the country to evade arrest.
The scandal led to the resignation of two government ministers, prompting calls for further scrutiny of Zelensky’s team, including Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who had at one point negotiated a defense contract with Mindich.
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