PoliticsExplainer: How Ukraine’s biggest corruption scheme persisted despite all odds

Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities uncovered a $100 million money-laundering and bribery scheme through Operation Midas last November, implicating senior officials and associates of President Volodymyr Zelensky, including Timur Mindich. Arrests, sanctions and a political shakeup followed, but newly surfaced recordings and reporting suggest Mindich’s influence network survived his flight to Israel and reached courts, law enforcement and the state-owned energy company Energoatom.

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TThe Kyiv Independent★★★☆☆2026-09-12 08:27Original