Putin: Kiev authorities "sit on gold pots" and do not think about the fate of soldiers

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 20 that the Ukrainian leadership, "sitting on gold pots," was completely unconcerned about the fate of its people and soldiers. He stressed that these people hardly think about the well-being of ordinary citizens of Ukraine.

"I think it's clear to everyone that these people, sitting on gold pots, hardly think about the fate of their country, about the fate of ordinary people of Ukraine," Putin said, commenting on the investigation by the National Anti—Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), which revealed widespread corruption among Ukrainian ex-ministers and businessmen.

The Russian leader noted that this state of affairs worsens the difficult situation in the country, making it impossible to solve the key problems of Ukrainian society.

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On November 10, NABU (the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine) revealed a money laundering scheme in the energy sector of the state, through which about $100 million passed.

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. On the same day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky demanded the resignation of Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk and Justice Minister German Galushchenko.

Later, on November 19, Verkhovna Rada deputy Mariana Bezuglaya said that the energy minister had fled the country amid a corruption scandal. On the same day, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Galushchenko. Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, in turn, said that corruption schemes in the country were led personally by Zelensky and the head of his office, Andrei Ermak. According to the former prime minister, Yermak could not act without the approval of Zelensky, who was aware of the affairs of his "closest assistant."

On November 20, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the corruption scandal in Ukraine is "another open abscess," which has already led to a political collapse in the country.

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