Zelenskyy's former business partner Mindich left Ukraine hours before searches by anti-corruption agency – sources

Tymur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian production company Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president, left Ukraine on 10 November – just hours before a search by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in political circles

Quote from a source: "Mindich fled the country at night, just a few hours before the searches."

Details: Earlier, sources in law enforcement told Ukrainska Pravda that NABU detectives were conducting searches at Mindich's home.

Ukrainska Pravda has requested a comment from NABU and will publish it once received.

Background:

• In July, Ukrainska Pravda, citing an influential anti-corruption source, reported that NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) were preparing a notice of suspicion to be served on Mindich.
• Ukrainska Pravda sources in business circles said that employees of NABU and SAPO "managed to record Mindich in a flat at the same address where the president's birthday celebration took place five years ago".
• Ukrainska Pravda also reported that Mindich may become a subject of investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, potentially related to money laundering.
• According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, American investigators are looking into an offshore company from the British Virgin Islands, a company registered in the UK, and a man nicknamed "Sugarman". (This name appears to match businessman Mykhailo Tsukerman. As noted in investigations by Yaroslav Zhelezniak, MP from the Holos (Voice) faction, Tsukerman and companies associated with him "were involved with the Odesa Port Plant before the full-scale invasion.").

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