State Capture

Andriy Yermak, aka Ali Baba, central to Mindichgate, directed law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies, protected allies, and influenced key decisions, while the President appears unwilling to dismiss him.

The Ukrainian government moved against corruption in Energoatom: Mindich and associates face sanctions, Basov jailed, Halushchenko suspended, and supervisory board members resigned or were dismissed.

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.

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.