Ukrainian authorities suspends Energoatom vice chairman and board member

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has mentioned that the federal government has suspended Yakob Khartmut, a vice chairman and board member of Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear power firm, based mostly of the information from the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

Supply: Yuliia Svyrydenko on social media

Quote: "On the premise of information obtained from the NABU, the federal government has moved to droop with fast impact Yakob Khartmut, a vice chairman and board member [of Energoatom – ed.]."

Particulars: Svyrydenko mentioned that the Cupboard of Ministers (Ukrainian authorities) additionally instructed Energoatom's performing chair of the board to droop Dmytro Basov, chief adviser to the president of Energoatom, who had already been served with a discover of suspicion. The federal government has additional ordered the suspension of different Energoatom personnel whose attainable involvement in legal offences is at the moment being examined by regulation enforcement.

These talked about are:

• The director for finance and budgeting.
• The director for authorized assist.
• The pinnacle of the separate company unit "Centralised Procurement".

Quote: "If the NABU's investigation identifies different staff as implicated in legal offences, the performing chair of the board [of Energoatom – ed.] should droop them and cooperate totally with the inquiry in relation to these people."

Background:

• In December 2023, Khartmut was appointed performing member of the corporate's board.
• The NABU has earlier disclosed particulars of their investigation into a big corruption scheme at Energoatom often known as Operation Midas.
• The ringleader is alleged to be Tymur Mindich, a co-owner of Kvartal 95 and a former affiliate of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [Kvartal 95 is a TV production company that Volodymyr Zelenskyy founded before he became president.]
• The prosecution says that Mindich is alleged to have exerted affect over former power minister Herman Halushchenko and former defence minister Rustem Umierov.
• On the morning of 12 November 2025, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko mentioned that Herman Halushchenko had been suspended as justice minister following a high-profile investigation by the NABU into corruption at Energoatom.

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