US EditionUkraine's government suspends justice minister amid energy corruption investigation
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced the suspension amid a $100 million kickback scheme involving Energoatom, with 70 raids and 1,000 hours of wiretaps in a 15-month probe.
- Ukraine's prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that justice minister German Galushchenko has been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country's energy sector.
- Galushchenko said he supports the government's decision to suspend him and that he will defend himself in court.
- The investigation involves accusations that the former energy minister received personal benefits from an ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky in exchange for control over money flows in the energy sector.
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Ukraine justice minister suspended over $100M corruption case rocking Zelensky’s wartime government
Ukraine suspended Justice Minister German Galushchenko on Wednesday after an investigation linked him to an alleged $100 million energy procurement kickback scheme, a case that's shaking trust in President Volodymyr Zelensky's wartime government.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sverdenko announced on Wednesday the suspension of two ministers in her government following a "major corruption scandal"...
Ukrainian President Zelensky wanted both to resign because of a large-scale corruption investigation involving the state energy company Energoatom.
Ukrainian Ministers of Energy and Justice, Svitlana Grinchuk and Herman Galushchenko, resigned to Parliament.
86 million euros in bribes are alleged to have been paid in Ukraine: It's a huge scandal. But not everything is going badly.
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