The Cabinet of Ministers made this decision against the backdrop of a corruption scandal surrounding the company. In the evening, Timofey Milovanov, a freelance adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, announced his resignation from the supervisory board of Energoatom.
“Today we made the first decisions to restart NNEGC Energoatom. The government prematurely terminated the powers of the company’s Supervisory Board,” Sviridenko wrote on the social network.
She recalled that corporate reform began in Ukraine in 2023.
“The composition of this supervisory body was chosen through a competition. All the leverage from appointing management to monitoring the company’s activities lies with the supervisory board. It is important that the government did not interfere in its activities. The supervisory board must be responsible for the situation in the company,” the prime minister emphasized.
According to Sviridenko, the Ministry of Economy, in consultation with international partners, must submit a new composition of the Supervisory Board of Energoatom for approval by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine within a week.
“The task of the new composition is to quickly restart management, conduct a full audit of the company and provide all possible assistance to law enforcement agencies in investigating facts of possible corruption,” the prime minister noted.
Sviridenko added that she instructed the State Audit Service to conduct an urgent audit of Energoatom, including on procurement.
“We expect the results of the audit as soon as possible. We will transfer the materials to law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies,” summed up the head of the Ukrainian government.
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On November 10, NABU reported about Operation Midas to expose a “high-level criminal organization” that was engaged in extortion at Energoatom. According to the investigation, the state-owned company's contractors were offered to pay a kickback of 10% to 15% for goods and services, threatening to block payments from the budget or break off cooperation.
According to “Ukrainian Pravda”, businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Timur Mindich was searched, but a few hours before he left Ukraine.
NABU reported that The legalization of funds received by the defendants took place through an office in the center of Kyiv, which belongs to the family of former people’s deputy Andrei Derkach, suspected of treason (hiding in Russia). According to anti-corruption authorities, about $100 million passed through the center.
People's Deputy from “Golos” Yaroslav Zheleznyak declared involvement in this story Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk, he registered a draft resolution on her dismissal in the Verkhovna Rada. Grinchuk herself stated that she “does not understand the claims.”
The Ministry of Justice reported on November 11 that investigative actions are being carried out by the former Minister of Energy of Ukraine, who holds the position of Minister of Justice, German Galushchenko.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on the evening of November 10 called for the punishment of those involved in corrupt practices.
