Rada deputy demanded Ermak's resignation amid corruption scandal
Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mariana Bezuglaya on Wednesday, November 12, called on the head of the office of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Andrei Ermak, to resign amid a corruption scandal in the Telegram channel.
According to her, it is necessary to "restart the Zelensky administration" and put a new head in charge, as well as strengthen the role of the cabinet and create a new coalition in parliament with the "relaunch of a number of key committees."
In addition, Bezuglaya also called on the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Alexander Syrsky to resign.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (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 were charged in Ukraine in the framework of the corruption case in the energy sector, including businessman Timur Mindich (he is called the head of the criminal scheme). The members of the group received illegal benefits from the contracts of Energoatom and legalized them through a "back office" in Kiev.
On November 12, a court in Kiev arrested Dmitry Basov, Director of Security at Energoatom, for two months with a $1 million bail. It was clarified that he held the post of executive director for security at Energoatom and, according to investigators, was one of the leaders of the corruption scheme.
On the same day, Zelensky demanded the resignation of Grinchuk and Justice Minister German Galushchenko amid a corruption scandal. Later, the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Svetlana Grinchuk, submitted her resignation. It is specified that the Verkhovna Rada will consider her resignation on November 18.
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