Mindich just "supervisor" in corruption scheme, key beneficiaries politically linked, says detained anti-corruption officer

Ruslan Mahamedrasulov, an officer from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), believes that businessman Tymur Mindich is only a manager in a corruption scheme at Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company Energoatom and that there are other "beneficiaries". Mahamedrasulov was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and has been held in custody since.

Source: Mahamedrasulov in written responses to Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Details: Mahamedrasulov is not revealing all the details of his work on the investigation, as the pre-trial inquiry is ongoing and documentation of those involved is still in progress.

Quote: "I can only say that I was directly involved in ensuring the necessary equipment was in the right places so that my colleagues could record all the participants in the scheme as part of special operation Midas."

Details: Mahamedrasulov said NABU had long been gathering information on the functioning of so-called back-offices of state companies in various sectors, including those under the Energy Ministry, Defence Ministry and Economy Ministry.

All leads in these investigations point to a fairly narrow circle of individuals who appeared as suspects in the special operation Midas.

Mahamedrasulov added that this activity is often supervised by law enforcement representatives.

Quote: "I was documenting schemes that were effectively covered by SSU employees, particularly the 'K branch' or the so-called political wing of the SSU. [The "K branch" refers to SSU's Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organised Crime – ed.]

These are former staff of SSU's anti-corruption department, now part of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood.

It is no secret that these people work under the patronage of SSU Head Vasyl Maliuk and his associate Serhii Duka. Notably, the latter directly managed the operation on 21 July concerning me and other NABU detectives."

Details: Regarding Mindich, Mahamedrasulov believes that he "used his business skills and resources to start implementing illegal multi-level schemes in the Energy Ministry and Defence Ministry".

Quote: "But again, I want to emphasise that he is only a top manager. Considering the scale, influence and depth of the implementation of corruption schemes in the relevant government bodies, it can be concluded that there are also beneficiaries, without whose political will these processes could not have been conducted."

Background:

• Ruslan Mahamedrasulov is the head of one of NABU's interregional detective divisions, coordinating the Bureau's work in the frontline Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
• The SSU claimed that the official has contact with Russian representatives and helps his father, a businessman, conduct illegal trade with Russia.
• The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv imposed pre-trial detention on Mahamedrasulov, suspected of assisting Russia, with no option for bail. The detention was set until 16 September 2025.
• Mahamedrasulov was one of the key staff documenting the activities of businessman Tymur Mindich, co-owner of Kvartal 95, the Ukrainian production company Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president.
• Sources in business circles told Ukrainska Pravda that NABU and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office managed to record Mindich's voice in an apartment at the same address where Zelenskyy celebrated his birthday five years ago.

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