Identity of another person caught on energy corruption tapes is revealed

Another person caught on tape by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has been identified – Serhii Pushkar, who currently sits on the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities.

Source: Ekonomichna Pravda article

Quote from the article: "Another person caught on the NABU tapes is Serhii Pushkar, a current member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities. He appears in conversations discussing the transfer of US$20,000."

Details: Just three months ago, Pushkar served as executive director for legal affairs at Energoatom, Ukraine's state-run nuclear power company, and he was executive director for legal support from 2022 to 2025.

In early September, Pushkar was appointed a member of the National Commission, even though according to the outcome of the selection procedure, he did not merit the post.

A parliamentary source told Ekonomichna Pravda: "In the selection process for the commission, he scored the lowest and was ranked fourth, but the person who came second was removed, and Pushkar was pushed through instead. He's linked to Myroniuk." [Ihor Myroniuk, a former advisor to the energy minister, is also on the tapes – ed.]

Background:

• Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) revealed details of a scheme in which officials and associated individuals had systematically received unlawful gains from Energoatom's contractors.
• Ukrainska Pravda sources reported that on the morning of 10 November, NABU detectives conducted searches at the home of Tymur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian TV production company Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president.
• According to the same sources, Mindich left Ukraine hours before the search began.
• NABU confirmed that, together with the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), it is conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
• "Fifteen months of work and one thousand hours of audio recordings. The activities of a high-level criminal organisation have been documented," NABU stated.
• The investigators have uncovered an extensive corruption network influencing strategic state companies, including the state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom.
• NABU and SAPO have released part of the audio recordings from Operation Midas, their investigation into the large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector.

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