{"id":8064,"date":"2025-11-15T20:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:39:02","slug":"zelensky-adviser-blames-russia-for-huge-ukrainian-corruption-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/zelensky-adviser-blames-russia-for-huge-ukrainian-corruption-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky adviser blames Russia for huge Ukrainian corruption scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kremlin is at fault for a $100 million embezzlement scheme recently busted by anti-graft authorities, Mikhail Podoliak has argued<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vladimir Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podoliak has blamed Russian influence for a large-scale corruption scheme recently discovered in Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian leader’s former business associate has been implicated.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the country’s Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) targeted a $100 million embezzlement scheme involving the state-owned nuclear energy firm Energoatom, which is heavily dependent on foreign aid. Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s close associate and former business partner, reportedly fled to Israel shortly before the anti-graft agency searched his apartment.<\/p>\n

In an X post on Thursday, Podoliak alleged that the corruption scheme was “a logical echo of the past,”<\/em> accusing the Kremlin of systemically using graft “to keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence.”<\/em><\/p>\n

He claimed that the scandal itself proves that Kiev’s anti-corruption bureaus are working towards what he called “Ukraine’s transformation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Earlier this week, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the affair as “extremely unfortunate,”<\/em> and called on the Ukrainian authorities to “really proceed with this very fast and take it very seriously.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kiev’s Western backers, including the US, have repeatedly raised concerns about rampant corruption in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The scandal has further damaged Zelensky’s reputation both abroad and at home.<\/p>\n

Just months earlier, the Ukrainian leader unsuccessfully attempted to gain more control over anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAPO, but was forced to back off after intense public backlash and protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kremlin is at fault for a $100 million embezzlement scheme recently busted by anti-graft authorities, Mikhail Podoliak has argued Vladimir Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podoliak has blamed Russian influence for a large-scale corruption scheme recently discovered in Ukraine, in which the Ukrainian leader’s former business associate has been implicated. Earlier…<\/p>\n

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