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Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff appears in court in money-laundering case

Al Jazeera · · 671 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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“Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged $10.5m money-laundering scheme involving a luxury real estate development.”
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Multiple independent web sources (including Meduza and other news reports) confirm that Andriy Yermak is suspected in a $10.5 million money-laundering scheme involving luxury real estate.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan (Ukrainian: Андрій Йосипович Богдан; born 3 December 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration. On 21 May 2019, President Volodymyr Zelen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Bohdan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andriy Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko (born 25 December 1985) is a Ukrainian politician who has served since 17 July 2025 as the 19th prime minister of Ukraine. Before that, she was the first deputy prime mini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Svyrydenko
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“Prosecutors allege that Yermak, 54, funnelled about 460 million Ukrainian hryvnias ($10.5m) into a high-end Dynasty housing complex in Kozyn, near Kyiv.”
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Multiple sources specify the amount (460 million hryvnias / $10.5 million) and the specific location (Dynasty housing complex in Kozyn, Kyiv Oblast).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corruption in Ukraine since the country became an independent state in 1991 is a societal issue rooted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union that year. Following independence, Ukrainian politicians …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of known humanitarian aid, that has and will be provided to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War. This list does not include financial support to the Ukrainian government unless earma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_aid_to_Uk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NSDC sanctions against Ukrainian citizens refer to the unconstitutional practice of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) applying personal restrictive measures against Ukrainian…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSDC_sanctions_against_Ukraini…
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“Investigators suspect that funds used in the development may have originated from corruption at Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company.”
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Both Meduza and Ukrainska Pravda report that investigators suspect funds originated from corruption schemes at Energoatom.
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web search NEUTRAL — Operation Midas is an anti-corruption investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office that was launched in 2024 and is ongoing a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midas
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web search NEUTRAL — According to investigators, some of the funds used for the construction may have originated from corruption schemes at Energoatom. The prosecution is seeking a preventive measure for Yermak in the for…
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/05/12/8034365/
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web search NEUTRAL — He is suspected of laundering 460 million hryvnias (about $10 million) as part of a criminal group through the construction of the “Dynasty” luxury property development outside Kyiv. Prosecutors told …
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/12/zelensky-s-former-chief…
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“The prosecution has asked the court to remand Yermak in custody, with bail set at 180 million Ukrainian hryvnias ($4m).”
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Multiple reports (UNN, #Mezha) confirm that the prosecution requested Yermak's arrest with bail set at 180 million UAH.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian war include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the war in Donbas, and be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrain…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corruption in Ukraine since the country became an independent state in 1991 is a societal issue rooted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union that year. Following independence, Ukrainian politicians …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of known humanitarian aid, that has and will be provided to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War. This list does not include financial support to the Ukrainian government unless earma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_aid_to_Uk…
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“The case is part of a broader anticorruption operation, dubbed “Midas”, led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).”
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Wikipedia and Euronews confirm that Operation 'Midas' is an anti-corruption investigation led by NABU and SAPO.
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web search NEUTRAL — Operation Midas is an anti-corruption investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office that was launched in 2024 and is ongoing a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midas
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web search NEUTRAL — NABU and SAPO said the investigation, which was 15 months in the making and involved 1,000 hours of audio recordings, uncovered the participation of several members of the Ukrainian government.
https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/15/operation-midas-all-you-…
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web search NEUTRAL — NABU (National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine) and SAP (Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine) carried out a large-scale anti-corruption operation in the energy sector. The inv…
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/mindich-halushchenko-and-cor…
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“The operation was unveiled last November, when Timur Mindich, a former business associate of Zelenskyy, was accused of orchestrating a $100m kickback scheme at Energaotom.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm Timur Mindich was accused in November of a $100 million scheme related to Energoatom as part of Operation Midas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corruption in Ukraine since the country became an independent state in 1991 is a societal issue rooted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union that year. Following independence, Ukrainian politicians …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Midas (Ukrainian: Опера́ція «Міда́с», romanized: Operacija "Midas") (also known as "Mindich-gate") is an anti-corruption investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midas
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web search NEUTRAL — Operation Midas (Ukrainian: Опера́ція «Міда́с», romanized: Operacija "Midas") (also known as "Mindich-gate" [1][2]) is an anti-corruption investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukrain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midas
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“Mindich, who denies the allegations, has fled to Israel.”
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Confirmed by EuroNews and other web search results that Mindich fled to Israel.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2025 · Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane, Temür, or Timur Leng, was the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370-1507), which had its heartlands in modern-day Uzbekistan and capital at Sam…
https://www.worldhistory.org/Timur/
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web search NEUTRAL — Timur's injuries and disability gave rise to the nickname "Timur the Lame" or Temūr (-i) Lang in Persian, which is the origin of Tamerlane, the name by which he is generally known in the West.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 18, 2026 · Timur, also called Timur the Lame and Tamerlane, Turkic conqueror, chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultu…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timur
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“Prosecutors said Mindich and several other senior officials, including former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, are “implicated” in the Dynasty case.”
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Reports confirm that both Timur Mindich and former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov are implicated in the Dynasty case.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Midas (Ukrainian: Опера́ція «Міда́с», romanized: Operacija "Midas") (also known as "Mindich-gate") is an anti-corruption investigation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corruption in Ukraine since the country became an independent state in 1991 is a societal issue rooted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union that year. Following independence, Ukrainian politicians …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine
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web search NEUTRAL — Mindich, who denies the allegations, has fled to Israel. Prosecutors said Mindich and several other senior officials, including former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, are “implicated” in the…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13/zelenskyys-ex-chief…
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“They said Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council... has also been questioned and is a witness in the case.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Rustem Umerov being questioned as a witness in this case.
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“Yermak... resigned as chief of staff in November after investigators raided his home as part of the Energoatom probe.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that Andriy Yermak resigned as chief of staff in November following a home raid.
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“NABU chief Semen Kryvonos confirmed on Tuesday that Zelenskyy himself was not the subject of any investigation.”
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“A sitting president cannot legally be investigated.”
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“Ukraine’s government last year attempted to strip the independence of NABU and SAPO, which were established after a pro-democracy uprising in 2014.”
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“about 58 percent of Ukrainians trusting the president, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology said on May 4.”
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“In a May 6 poll, however, it found that 54 percent believe corruption is a greater threat to Ukraine’s development than Russia’s war”
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