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16 Nov 2025, 02:39 GMT+10
The Kremlin is at fault for a $100 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 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.
In an X post on Thursday, Podoliak alleged that the corruption scheme was "a logical echo of the past," accusing the Kremlin of systemically using graft "to keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence."
He claimed that the scandal itself proves that Kiev's anti-corruption bureaus are working towards what he called "Ukraine's transformation."
Earlier this week, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned the affair as "extremely unfortunate," and called on the Ukrainian authorities to "really proceed with this very fast and take it very seriously."
Kiev's Western backers, including the US, have repeatedly raised concerns about rampant corruption in Ukraine.
The scandal has further damaged Zelensky's reputation both abroad and at home.
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.
(RT.com)
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