PJ Media,
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Rick Moran
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11/16/2025 11:25:17 AM
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A former associate of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Timur Mindich, who owns the influential Kvartal 95 television studio, which created the popular sitcom that launched Zelensky's comedy career, has been indicted in a massive $100 million embezzlement scandal involving the control of procurement at the nuclear agency Energoatom and other state enterprises.
Mindich got wind of his pending arrest and fled the country, perhaps to Israel, according to Politico.
Two high-ranking cabinet ministers, Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, who was energy minister from 2021 to 2025, and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk have also been implicated in the scheme. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said "her government had taken measures to remove other