Anti-corruption agency searches four of Mindich's apartments in central Kyiv

Officers from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have searched four apartments owned by Tymur Mindich at 9a Hrushevskoho Street in central Kyiv, an operation that took almost 12 hours.

Source: an investigative article by Mykhailo Tkach for Ukrainska Pravda

Quote: "On Monday 10 November at 06:30, two minibuses and a jeep stopped outside the infamous monster building at 9a Hrushevskoho Street. NABU officers crowded into the lobby of the building where Mindich, a friend of President Zelenskyy and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio, has apartments on the 14th and 17th floors.

Two special forces officers later had to go back to the jeep to collect a heavy tool for breaking down doors and return to the building."

Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda, the officers did not need to break into Mindich's apartment itself – the doors were wide open – but encountered problems with the doors to the floors.

Since Mindich had several apartments in the building, the searches took almost 12 hours, from 06:00 until 17:00.

The apartment where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy celebrated his birthday back in 2021 is on the 17th floor.

Ukrainska Pravda reported in July that it was in this three-bedroom apartment, covering 303 sq m, that listening devices were found. Mindich used the apartment as an office for meetings and decision-making, which is likely why the bugging equipment was set up there.

Mindich actually lived in another apartment on the 14th floor. This is where the famous "golden bathroom", recently revealed in a photo posted by MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, is located.

According to Ukrainska Pravda sources in law enforcement, Mindich also used two apartments on the third floor, where investigative actions were also conducted. However, at the time of the searches, the businessman was reportedly already in Poland.

Background:

• The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) accused Tymur Mindich, a close friend of President Zelenskyy and ringleader of a money-laundering scheme at Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom, of exerting influence over former energy minister and justice minister Herman Halushchenko through his links to Zelenskyy.
• Mindich managed to leave the country hours before the NABU searches.

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