The ex-deputy of the rada allowed the extradition of Mindich at the request of the FBI

Businessman Timur Mindich, an associate of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who fled to Israel, will be extradited at the request of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Vladimir Oleinik, a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, a member of the council of the Other Ukraine movement, said this on Thursday, November 13.

"The Zuckerman brothers and Mindich left for Israel. There is supposedly a general rule that Israel does not extradite its citizens. But at the request of the FBI, they will give out if they solve this issue with their own hands. There was such a precedent," Oleinik said in an interview with aif.ru .

He recalled that when Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky (listed as a terrorist and extremist by Rosfinmonitoring), as an Israeli citizen, was hiding from American persecution, Netanyahu said it was better for him to leave. The politician added that Kolomoisky had left for Ukraine and was now in prison there.

A corruption scandal broke out in Ukraine in Zelensky's entourage. Why is this important

Earlier in the day, Zelensky imposed sanctions against Mindich and another businessman, Alexander Zuckerman (Sugarman), who are involved in a corruption scandal in the country's energy sector. 360.ru . According to the decree, restrictions against them have been imposed for three years. At the same time, it is clarified that such sanctions are usually imposed for 10 years, RT reports.

A day earlier, the Ukrainian government took the initiative to impose sanctions against Mindich and Zuckerman, according to the website. kp.ru .

On the same day, Russian Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the corruption scandal surrounding the Ukrainian leader's entourage had attracted attention not only in Russia.

On November 10, NABU revealed a money laundering scheme in the energy sector, through which about $100 million passed. The office provided money laundering services to individuals outside the criminal group, receiving a percentage of the amounts processed. On November 11, it became known that seven people, including Mindich (he is called the head of the criminal scheme), were charged in the framework of the corruption case in the energy sector. The members of the group received illegal benefits from the contracts of Energoatom and legalized them through a "back office" in Kiev.

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