Opinion

NABU and SAPO raided Timur Mindich’s Kyiv apartments, uncovering surveillance devices and links to corruption. Close presidential ties shielded Chernyshov, while embezzlement schemes and offshore funds continue.

NABU found millions in U.S. dollars at Mindich’s office, likely delivered via Ukrainian state-owned Sens Bank, controlled by Mindich allies and overseen by Vasyl Veselyi.

Wiretaps from NABU and SAPO reveal Timur Mindich, aka “Carlson,” discussing the freezing of a massive Kozyn construction project funded with hundreds of thousands from an Energoatom kickback scheme. The recordings link former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, nicknamed “Che Guevara,” to the luxury mansions, showing close ties between Mindich, Chernyshov, and the President’s Office.

On November 10, NABU searched the home of businessman and presidential ally Tymur Mindich, who had already left Ukraine. Ukrainska Pravda’s reporters documented secret meetings between SAPO’s first deputy, Andriy Synyuk, and a lawyer connected to Mindich, raising questions about possible leaks of sensitive criminal cases.

Arresting the old boss failed; the Dnipro clan adapted, using financial schemes, media influence, and charities, while Zelenskyy emerged as the top figure in state capture.

A massive NABU investigation has exposed a deep-rooted corruption scheme inside Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom. Codenamed Operation “Midas”, the probe reveals how powerful insiders ran kickback schemes, laundered millions through global channels, and manipulated wartime contracts for profit.

Herman Halushchenko orchestrated a massive corruption scheme through Energoatom, manipulating both Parliament and the government. The “Shlagbaum” moratorium scheme allowed the company to avoid enforcement actions, forcing contractors to pay 10–15% kickbacks or face blocked payments. Despite legal violations, the scheme persisted under the influence of the Ministry of Energy and the President’s Office.

An analytical overview of how presidential allies execute corruption, manage large cash reserves, and operate through a complex network of officials, offshore schemes, and loyal intermediaries.

Three Ukrainian children were taken to Russia and are being tried for “Terrorism and Sabotage” after being abducted from occupied Melitopol, tortured, and forced to confess.

Once a film casting agency, Fire Point now holds $1 billion in drone contracts – raising questions about favoritism, failed designs, and the liquidation of Kasyanov’s unit.

Timur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95, has rapidly expanded his influence across Ukraine’s political and economic spheres. From controlling energy enterprises like Energoatom and Centrenergo, to banking influence over Sensbank, and stakes in film and amber businesses, Mindich’s network reaches deeply into state structures.

While the NABU detective Ruslan Magamedrasulov remains in pre-trial detention on fabricated charges of “aiding Russia,” the Deputy Prosecutor General Mariya Vdovychenko – whose father owns businesses in occupied Crimea and whose brother serves in Russia’s military prosecutor’s office – continues to sign documents in his case.