The corruption scandal within the Ukrainian government related to money laundering, places this country in a “deep political crisis.”
MADRID, Nov. 28. (EUROPA PRESS).- The Head of the presidential office of Ukraine, Andri Yermakright hand of President of the country, Volodímir Zelenskipresented this Friday his resignation after the anti-corruption agency Ukrainian will carry out a series of records in his department within the framework of a investigation on corruption.
kyiv suffers a “deep political crisis”
Las Russian authorities They pointed to “a deep political crisis” in Ukraine after the Head of the presidential office of Ukraine, Andri Yermakresigned.
“Events are taking place in kyiv that indicate a deep political crisis, triggered by corruption scandals,” said Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov in statements to the press reported by the Russian news agency TASS.
Thus, he asserted that “corruption has been and continues to be associated with the money that Americans and Europeans have contributed to the war.” “Consequently, both the United States and European countries are probably wondering what will happen to the kyiv regime tomorrow,”
he added.
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Yermak’s resignation came days after an alleged plot surrounding the Ukrainian energy sector was uncovered in an operation that was named “Midas.” Anti-corruption agencies then searched the headquarters of the state atomic energy company, Energoatom.
Yermak’s office searched
This Friday, Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency carried out a series of searches in the office of Andri Yermak, right-hand man of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The National Anti-Corruption Office (NABU) indicated in a statement that, together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), it carried out a series of operations within the framework of an investigation, although it did not offer more details in this regard.
Several deputies previously warned of possible acts of corruption within the government and asked Zelensky himself to fire Yermak as investigations into an alleged network surrounding the Ukrainian energy sector progress.
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced on November 10 a series of large-scale measures to investigate the corruption scandal.
Thus, they pointed out that a “criminal organization” was laundering money from an office in the capital, kyiv, a property that belonged to the former Ukrainian parliamentarian and businessman Andréi Derkach, who is currently a Russian Senator.
According to NABU, this office received percentage payments for providing services to people outside the organization. “In total, about 100 million dollars (87 million euros) went through this laundering system,” he said through his Telegram channel.
Yermak is one of the country’s most important figures and has become Zelensky’s right-hand man since he came to office in 2019, a role that has become more relevant in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.