Key facts
- A former official at Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom has been named a suspect in a bribery probe.
- The executive director responsible for physical protection and security at Energoatom is suspected of laundering over 30 million hryvnias ($674,000) from 2023 to 2025.
- The case, referred to as the Midas case, involves allegations of a $100 million kickback scheme.
- Ukraine's energy minister German Galushchenko, detained in February, is also a suspect.
- Timur Mindich, Zelenskiy's former business partner, and Andriy Yermak, Zelenskiy's former chief of staff, have also been named suspects.
A former official at Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom has been formally named a suspect in what Kyiv's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is calling the biggest wartime corruption case in the energy sector. The NABU stated on Telegram that the executive director responsible for the physical protection and security of Energoatom facilities is suspected of laundering more than 30 million hryvnias ($674,000) between 2023 and 2025.
Energoatom has previously stated its cooperation with the investigation and has suspended several employees at NABU's request. Protecting Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been a critical priority since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, with Moscow repeatedly targeting power facilities.
The case, known as the Midas case, reportedly involves a $100 million kickback scheme and has implicated figures close to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Ukraine's energy minister German Galushchenko, who served from 2021 to 2025, was detained in February as part of the investigation and has denied wrongdoing. Timur Mindich, identified as Zelenskiy's former business partner, has been accused of leading the kickback scheme, and Zelenskiy's former chief of staff Andriy Yermak has also been named a suspect. Both Mindich and Yermak have denied any wrongdoing.