Media publish new NABU details in the ‘Mindich case’ on corruption in the energy sector

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) claims that an office in central Kyiv—premises owned by the family of former MP and now Russian Federation senator Andrii Derkach—handled the laundering of funds stolen in the energy sector.

NABU states that about $100 million passed through this office.

Bookkeeping of the funds received was done there as well, with “black ledgers” kept and money laundering organized through a network of non-resident companies. A significant share of the operations, including cash withdrawals, was carried out outside Ukraine.

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) is also conducting an internal investigation into a possible leak of information that allowed Mindich to leave Ukraine on the eve of the searches.

“SAPO’s head made this decision based on a report by one of the prosecutors overseeing the investigation into a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector and a number of other cases,” the statement says.

Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources, reported that First Deputy Head of SAPO Andrii Syniuk (considered close to the President’s Office) may have been involved in the leak. Journalists recorded him repeatedly meeting with lawyer Oleksii Meniv, who was seen near Mindich’s house.

Syniuk denies this. He said he has long been friends with the lawyer and had no access to the Mindich case. He added that Meniv had moved his family into the building where Mindich owns an apartment.

As a reminder, former adviser to the energy minister Ihor Myroniuk—who previously served as an aide to Derkach—is a figure in the Mindich case.

Today, NABU detectives conducted searches targeting Tymur Mindich, one of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest associates.