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Russian presidential envoy commends German newspaper for report on Mindich case

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Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special presidential envoy, commended the Berliner Zeitung for covering the Mindich corruption case in Ukraine on the X social network. He stated that the coverage was an official anti-corruption effort, criticizing 'legacy media’s silence' regarding the issue. The article notes that Ukraine’s Ukrainskaya Pravda published recordings involving businessman Timur Mindich and Ukrainian officials, with Umerov’s press service declining to comment.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/politics/2125287

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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special presidential envoy and the chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, commended Germany’s Berliner Zeitung newspaper for its continued effort to cover the Mindich corruption case in Ukraine.”
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Two separate web search results report the same event: Kirill Dmitriev commending Berliner Zeitung for its coverage of the Mindich corruption case. One source attributes the praise directly to TASS, and another quotes the praise regarding the corruption investigation. This confirms the claim across multiple independent web reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Timur Mykhailovych Mindich is a Ukrainian-Israeli entrepreneur, film producer and the co-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur_Mindich
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web search NEUTRAL — Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special presidential envoy and the chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, commended Germany’s Berliner Zeitung newspaper for its continued effort to cover the…
https://tass.com/politics/2125287
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web search NEUTRAL — "Bravo to Berliner Zeitung for not burying the corruption investigation in Ukraine.This is how he commented on a newspaper post about the corruption case of Timur Mindich, a businessman and friend of …
https://en.iz.ru/en/2089409/2026-05-01/dmitriev-praised-germ…
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“Late on April 28, Ukraine’s Ukrainskaya Pravda outlet published recordings of businessman Timur Mindich discussing defense contracts with then-Defense Minister, now National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Secretary Rustem Umerov, as well as conversations with an associate of Vladimir Zelensky, Sergey Shefir, about pooling money for bail for minister Alexey Chernyshov, with Umerov’s press service declining to comment.”
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Two distinct web search results confirm the core elements of the claim. One source explicitly states that Ukrainskaya Pravda published recordings of Mindich discussing defense contracts with Rustem Umerov. A second source, from World.Archive, corroborates this by mentioning the publication of recordings involving Mindich and Umerov, confirming the release of the 'Mindich tapes' and the involvement of the relevant parties.
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web search NEUTRAL — Timur Mykhailovych Mindich is a Ukrainian-Israeli entrepreneur, film producer and the co-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur_Mindich
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web search NEUTRAL — World. Archive. Pravda EN. Ukraine. The Ukrainskaya Pravda outlet published recordings of businessman Timur Mindich discussing defense contracts with then-Defense Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, in…
https://news-pravda.com/ukraine/2026/04/29/2271337.html
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web search NEUTRAL — April 28, Ukrainska Pravda released the so-called "Mindich tapes"According to the publication, they contain recordings of conversations, including those involving the Secretary of the NSDC. Rustem Ume…
https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/the-mindich-tapes-ant…
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