A major corruption scandal has once again engulfed Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned energy giant, after anti-corruption investigators uncovered an alleged embezzlement scheme involving nearly UAH170 million (€3.3 million) during the construction of critical infrastructure at the Tashlyk hydroelectric power plant.
The case was exposed by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), the same Western-backed agencies that previously uncovered an alleged $100 million extortion operation at Energoatom linked to businessman Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
