German Galushchenko was detained by Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau whereas making an attempt to depart the nation.
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Ukraine’s Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) says it has arrested the nation’s former power minister, German Galushchenko, who resigned in November amid an enormous corruption scandal, as he tried to cross Ukraine’s border.
“Right now, whereas crossing the state border, NABU detectives have detained the previous Minister of Power as a part of the ‘Midas’ case,” the NABU mentioned in a press release.
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It didn’t identify Galushchenko in its assertion, however he served because the nation’s power minister final yr and resigned in November.
“Preliminary investigative proceedings are ongoing, carried out in accordance with the necessities of the legislation and court docket sanctions. Particulars to comply with,” the NABU added.
Galushchenko was considered one of a number of ministers who resigned in 2025 because the NABU unveiled an alleged money-laundering conspiracy within the nation’s power sector that investigators consider was orchestrated by an ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In response to Ukraine’s Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Workplace (SAPO), the alleged $100m scheme was orchestrated by businessman Timur Mindich.
SAPO’s investigators say Galushchenko helped Mindich handle illicit monetary flows within the power sector, whereas contractors working with Energoatom had been pressured to pay bribes of 10 to fifteen p.c to keep away from shedding contracts or dealing with fee delays.
Ukraine’s earlier two power ministers had resigned amid the fallout from the scandal, which additionally claimed the job of Zelenskyy’s chief of workers.
The 2 ministers and the chief of workers have all denied wrongdoing.
Battling corruption is a key precedence in Ukraine’s reform effort because it eyes membership within the European Union, which requires the nation to shake off a decades-old scourge of graft.
Authorities in latest weeks have focused lawmakers, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and a former presidential adviser over varied expenses.
