According to the UP, the border guards had a request from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) regarding Galushchenko – to obtain information in case of his attempt to cross the border.
The media explains that this practice is used if a person is involved in criminal cases.
Later, NABU confirmed the detention of the former Minister of Energy as part of the Midas case.
“Primary investigative actions continue, which are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the law and court sanctions,” the NABU statement says.
Details were promised to be made public later.
Context
Galushchenko appears in the Midas case By exposing 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. Galushchenko’s procedural status in the case is not reported, but it appears Igor Mironyuk, who was Galushchenko’s adviser at the Ministry of Energy.
On November 19, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine agreed on the dismissal of Galushchenko, as well as his successor, former Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk.
