Zelenskyy promises audit results of state companies will be handed over to anti-corruption authorities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised that the government will conduct an audit of state-owned companies and hand the results over to law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies.

Source: Zelenskyy's address on 14 November

Quote: "Today, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko delivered her report. The government has already begun an audit of all state-owned companies, and the inspection results will be passed to law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies. And the government must provide them with full support. That is exactly what I expect."

Background:

• On the morning of 10 November, it was revealed that detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) had conducted searches at the homes of Tymur Mindich and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko (who has been suspended as of 12 November). Ukrainska Pravda sources also reported that Mindich left Ukraine hours before the searches.
• That same day, NABU reported that they had exposed a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector and released audio recordings.
• On 11 November, journalists identified all the individuals implicated in the large-scale investigation into corruption at Energoatom who have been formally notified of suspicion by NABU. An investigative reporting project by Skhemy found that notices of suspicion have been served on Tymur Mindich (referred to as "Karlsson" on the NABU tapes), former adviser to the energy minister Ihor Myroniuk ("Rocket"), Energoatom's executive director for security Dmytro Basov ("Tenor"), Oleksandr Tsukerman ("Sugarman"), Ihor Fursenko ("Roshyk"), Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina.
• Five of the suspects have been detained. Two – Mindich and Tsukerman – have left Ukraine. Ustymenko and Zorina were released on bail on 13 November.
• On 13 November, Zelenskyy enacted a decision by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions against businessman Tymur Mindich – co-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio, the Ukrainian TV production company Zelenskyy founded before he became president – and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman.

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