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Ukraine'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.
·New York, United States
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sverdenko announced on Wednesday the suspension of two ministers in her government following a "major corruption scandal"...
·Amman, Jordan
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Ukrainian President Zelensky wanted both to resign because of a large-scale corruption investigation involving the state energy company Energoatom.
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Ukrainian Ministers of Energy and Justice, Svitlana Grinchuk and Herman Galushchenko, resigned to Parliament.
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