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Ukraine Launches Sweeping Energy Sector Corruption Probe Amid War

OilPrice · RFE/RL staff · last updated
Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdog has announced a “large-scale operation” exposing tens of millions of dollars of graft in the energy sector in the midst of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said the joint operation with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has found the scheme involves “a high-level criminal organization” aimed to “influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, in particular JSC ‘Energoatom.’” The home of businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio,…