{"id":2515,"date":"2025-11-24T22:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:34:57","slug":"zelensky-aide-orders-probe-into-anti-corruption-agency-chief-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/zelensky-aide-orders-probe-into-anti-corruption-agency-chief-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky aide orders probe into anti-corruption agency chief \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The reported measure comes weeks after the exposure of a major energy extortion racket involving the Ukrainian leader\u2019s inner circle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, has ordered prosecutors to prepare charges against the head of an anti-corruption agency, SAPO, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday, citing law enforcement sources. The report comes as a graft scandal implicating Zelensky\u2019s inner circle continues to reverberate across the cash-strapped country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1722\">Earlier this month, SAPO and sister agency NABU alleged that Timur Mindich, a close associate of Zelensky and former long-time business partner, was the ringleader of a $100 million kickback scheme in the energy sector, which heavily depends on Western aid. Mindich fled the country to evade arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1722\">The scandal led to the resignation of two government ministers, prompting calls for further scrutiny of Zelensky\u2019s team, including Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who had at one point negotiated a defense contract with Mindich.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"2053\">According to Ukrainska Pravda, following the scandal, Yermak<em>\u00a0\u201conce again tasked investigators to prepare charges\u201d<\/em> against SAPO chief Aleksandr Klimenko.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT composite.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/6915a01785f54002bf673cd0.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627713-energygate-corruption-scandal-ukraine\/\">Ukraine\u2019s \u2018EnergyGate\u2019 scandal explained: Why it spells danger for Vladimir Zelensky<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The newspaper cited a source close to Zelensky\u2019s office as saying the Ukrainian leader earlier summoned the heads of NABU and SAPO, but <em>\u201cthe conversation didn\u2019t go anywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"2053\">The Ukrainian Security Service and the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office called\u00a0Ukrainska Pravda\u2019s report <em>\u201ccompletely false.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2186\" data-end=\"2466\">Although Yermak has not been charged, opposition politicians and pundits have argued that he was either aware of the embezzlement scheme or was involved himself. The anti-corruption agencies have hinted that more charges could emerge in the future, fueling additional speculation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2468\" data-end=\"2628\">In July, Zelensky introduced a law stripping NABU and SAPO of their independence, but was forced to back down following protests in Kiev and pressure from the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reported measure comes weeks after the exposure of a major energy extortion racket involving the Ukrainian leader\u2019s inner circle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions\/2523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}