The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a proposal to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) for approval to impose sanctions on the defendants in the corruption case in the energy sector, businessman, co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Tymur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced this on her Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"At an extraordinary meeting, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, on the grounds specified by the Law of Ukraine "On Sanctions," submitted proposals to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose personal sanctions on Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman," she said.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) announced that they were conducting a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
On the morning of November 10, NABU detectives came to the house of a businessman, co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Tymur Mindich, they also searched the offices of Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and Energoatom.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Energy should be dismissed and asked the Prime Minister to submit their resignations immediately. He also announced the NSDC sanctions against two defendants in the Energoatom case.
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