Zelenskyy sanctions individuals allegedly involved in Ukraine’s energy corruption probe
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday signed a decree imposing sanctions against two individuals reportedly involved in an ongoing $100 million corruption probe into the country’s energy sector.
Published on the website of Ukraine’s presidency, the decree imposed sanctions on Timur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 production company, and Oleksandr Tsukerman, both of whom are reported to be involved in an energy corruption probe launched by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies earlier this week.
Zelenskyy is one of three individuals who founded the production company based in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in 2003.
The decree was signed a day after Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko submitted letters of resignation, according to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who also declared suspending the deputy head of national nuclear energy provider Energoatom from his post.
The two ministers submitted their resignations after Zelenskyy called on Svyrydenko in an evening video address to ensure both ministers did so, arguing they “cannot remain in office” amid the ongoing probe.
“I will sign a decree to impose sanctions on two individuals implicated in the NABU case concerning Energoatom,” he added. Both Mindich and Tsukerman* are noted in the presidential decree as Israeli citizens*.