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The dismissals follow a probe into a $100 million nuclear contracting scheme and calls for government transparency amid Ukraine's ongoing war and political crisis.
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Ukraine fires two ministers as corruption crisis spreads anger
Ukrainian lawmakers fired two ministers ensnared in a major corruption probe on Wednesday and called for more sweeping measures to restore faith in the country's leadership as the scandal provokes the country's biggest wartime political crisis.
On Tuesday, 19 November, the Ukrainian Parliament voted to remove the Ministers of Energy and Justice, at the heart of a major inquiry into an alleged system of retrocommissions in the energy sector, a rare decision that is part of a sensitive political moment for Kiev, in the midst of war and under strong international pressure to clean up governance.
Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal
Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers submitted their resignations amid a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state nuclear power company. The move comes as Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the 4-year-old war cause rolling blackouts ahead…
The Supreme Council of Kiev has sent ministers Gherman Galuscenko and Svitlana Grinciuk, in the context of an energy sector corruption scandal involving Energoatom.
Ukrainian parliamentarians sent Wednesday two ministers involved in a major corruption investigation and asked for greater measures to restore confidence in the country's leadership, under conditions where the scandal caused the largest political crisis during the war.
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