“The Supervisory Board takes the recent allegations of corruption involving Energoatom employees with the utmost seriousness,” the statement said.
The meeting will include the initiation of an independent review of relevant transactions, as well as a comprehensive assessment of the company's internal procedures and control systems, the press service added.
The Supervisory Board noted that it is “committed to the principles of full transparency, accountability, the highest standards of integrity within the organization and cooperation with authorities.”
Context
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 law enforcement officers, the persons involved in the case were the adviser to the Minister of Energy, the executive director for physical protection and security of Energoatom and a businessman. RBC-Ukraine, citing sources, indicated that these are, respectively, Igor Mironyuk, Dmitry Basov and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Timur Mindich. There are other defendants in the case.
Later, 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 “Voice” Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced the involvement of Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk in this story; he registered a draft resolution on her dismissal in the Verkhovna Rada. Grinchuk herself stated that “doesn't understand the claims.”
In an address following the results of November 10, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called for punishing those involved in corrupt practices, which, according to investigators, concern the national energy company Energoatom.
