by Oleg Sukhov, Kateryna Denisova, Dominic Culverwell and Tim Zadorozhnyy at The Kyiv Independent
Editor’s note: Andriy Yermak later submitted his resignation, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said on Nov. 28 that it was conducting searches at the premises of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak.
Yermak is being investigated by the NABU in a corruption case involving state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom, the biggest corruption investigation during Zelensky’s presidency. Eight suspects have been charged in the Energoatom case, and Timur Mindich, a close associate of the president, is allegedly the ringleader.
“Today, the NABU and SAPO are indeed carrying out procedural actions at my home,” Yermak wrote on Telegram. “The investigators are facing no obstacles. They have been given full access to the apartment, and my lawyers are present on site and are cooperating with law enforcement. I am providing full cooperation on my part.”
The President’s Office and Zelensky’s press service did not respond to requests for comment.
Ukrainian media outlet Dzerkalo Tyzhnia reported, citing its sources, that Yermak’s office on Bankova Street in Kyiv and his apartment were being searched…
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