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Corruption Scheme Jolts Ukraine’s Energy Sector
Where the Broad Anticorruption Investigation in Ukraine Will Lead
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NABU, SAPO SEARCH HOMES OF ZELENSKY ALLIES IN CRIMINAL PROBE INVOLVING KICKBACKS TO ENERGY CONTRACTORS; EXPERT: INVESTIGATION IS ATTEMPT TO MOLLIFY SOCIETY AMID GROWING ENERGY CRISIS
(By Nurlan Gasymov. Vedomosti, Nov. 11, 2025, https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2025/11/11/1153729-k-chemu-privedet-masshtabnoe-antikorruptsionnoe-rassledovanie-na-ukraine. Complete text:) On the morning of Nov. 10, the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) conducted searches in a case of large-scale corruption in the Ukrainian energy industry, NABU’s press service announced. Citing sources in local law enforcement, Ukrainskaya pravda [Ukrainian Truth] reported that the anticorruption agencies concurrently searched the home of Timur Mindich, an entrepreneur, co-owner of the Kvartal 95 [District 95] studio and an associate of [Ukrainian] President Vladimir Zelensky, and the home of former energy minister and current Justice Minister German Galushchenko. The paper did not provide further details…
Zelensky and Sviridenko Want Anticorruption Purge at Energy Companies
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ZELENSKY, SVIRIDENKO CALL FOR ‘EFFECTIVE FIGHT’ AGAINST CORRUPTION; NABU DETECTIVE SAYS CASE INVOLVES FORMER, CURRENT MINISTERS; EXPERT: NO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR ZELENSKY FROM CASE
(By Natalya Prikhodko. Nezavisimaya gazeta, Nov. 12, 2025, p. 1. Condensed text:) Following Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s lead, [Ukrainian] Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko has now also spoken about the need for an effective fight against corruption. And the national nuclear energy generating company Energoatom has promised to hold a special meeting to ensure the company’s integrity, in response to charges made by alternative anticorruption structures [i.e., NABU and SAPO – Trans.] of large-scale embezzlement involving members of Zelensky’s inner circle. It is likely that some figures in the scandalous case could lose their jobs…
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NGE: IT IS ‘ABHORRENT’ THAT UKRAINE’S POWER PLANTS ARE FACING ATTACKS FROM UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS THAT ARE AS ‘DEVASTATING’ AS RUSSIA’S BOMBARDMENTS OF ITS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
(By Olga Musafirova in Kiev. Novaya gazeta Europe, Nov. 12, 2025, https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/11/12/vynesti-vsio. Condensed text:) I am writing these lines as a court hearing on possible corruption involving Energoatom contracts is under way…
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RG: ZELENSKY’S ‘FARCICAL’ MEASURES AGAINST HIS ASSOCIATES HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO STAY IN POWER WHILE ALSO ASSURING EUROPEAN LEADERS OF HIS COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE
(By Pavel Dulman. Rossiiskaya gazeta, Nov. 14, 2025, p. 6. Complete text:) NABU has slowed the pace of its media assault against Zelensky’s entourage and given it the chance to take up a defensive position – that is, to impose sanctions on the elusive businessman Timur Mindich, who was given the codename Carlson by his coconspirators. In this way, Zelensky is declaring himself to be an unrivaled supporter of the fight against corruption, particularly to his senior comrades from Europe…
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Lavrov: ‘I Wouldn’t Conflate Nuclear Testing With the Budapest Summit’
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LAVROV: RUSSIA STILL WAITING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM U.S. ABOUT RESUMING NUCLEAR TESTS; DON’T TRUST RUMORS ABOUT BREAKDOWN OVER BUDAPEST; ONLY BRIEF STATEMENT NEEDED TO RESUME START
(By Mikhail Saltykov. Izvestia, Nov. 12, 2025, p. 1. Condensed text:) Editors’ Note. – Russia has not yet received a clarification on nuclear testing from the US, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian media. He stressed that Moscow is ready to address any suspicions of Russia secretly conducting such tests. But Russia does not conflate this issue with the potential summit in Budapest, Lavrov said when asked by Izvestia. . . …
Through the Thorns to the Stars and Stripes
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Author: Roman Romanov
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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
State and Law
There Won’t Be Any Gathering Like That Anymore
Altai Republic Head Andrei Turchak Moves to Place Restrictions on Meetings Between Deputies, Voters
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Author: Valery Lavsky
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Society
How Russians Are Squeezing the Soviet Out of Themselves Drop by Drop
NG: Poll Shows Changing Civic Attitudes Among Russians, but Political System Remains Entrenched
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Military Affairs
Pulling Out a Dagger
Izvestia: FSB Foils Western Plot to Hijack Fighter Jet Carrying Kinzhal Missile
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Author: Yulia Leonova, Maksim Vysochin, Andrei Buyevich
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Their Mission: To Help Restore Peace and Calm
KZ: North Korean Sappers Making Major Contribution to Mine Clearance in Kursk Province
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Author: Ruslan Sergeyev
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The Media
‘Eating Their Own’
Meduza: Z Blogger Angers Kremlin With Comments About Akhmat Commander Apti Alaudinov
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OTHER POST-SOVIET STATES
Armenia
Pashinyan Bets on U.S. President
Seleznyov: Pashinyan to Make TRIPP Centerpiece of Election Campaign, Claims Work ‘On Schedule’
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Author: Igor Seleznyov
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Georgia
Georgian Prosecutor’s Office Accuses Ukraine of Plotting Coup
Prosecutors Go After Opposition for ‘Crimes Against the State,’ Allege Kiev’s Involvement
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Author: Igor Seleznyov
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s Leader Comes to Russia a Week After Visiting US
Experts: Astana Now ‘Coveted Bride’ As Shown by Tokayev’s Recent Dushanbe, Moscow, US Summits
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Author: Yelena Mukhametshina, Nurlan Gasymov
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
World Politics
The Deep Freeze
Zhanna Nemtsova: New Initiative Seeks Sanctions Relief for Antiwar Middle-Class Russians in EU
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Author: Denis Morokhin
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United States
Secret Verdict
Experts: While Not Yet Legally Implicating Trump, Epstein Emails Likely to Upend US Politics
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Author: Maksim Bazanov
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