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Bail has been posted for two “back-office” employees of Energoatom, Lesia Ustymenko and Liudmyla Zorina — ₴25 million and ₴12 million respectively — journalist Oleh Novikov reported on Telegram.
According to him, the funds have already been transferred to the account of the High Anti-Corruption Court, and the women are expected to be released from custody within the next day.
The suspects will be subject to several restrictions: they must appear when summoned, cannot leave Kyiv and the region without permission, must report any change of residence or workplace, avoid contact with individuals named in the court order, surrender their passports, and wear electronic tracking bracelets.
If they violate these conditions, the bail will be confiscated, and they will be re-arrested. Authorities will also monitor their compliance.
Earlier, NABU and SAP exposed a large-scale corruption scheme involving top-level influence over Ukraine’s strategic state enterprises, including Energoatom. The organizers allegedly received 10–15% kickbacks from company contracts, laundering around $100 million through an office in central Kyiv linked to the family of former MP Andriy Derkach.
Five suspects have been detained and seven charged, including Timur Mindich, former energy ministry adviser Ihor Myroniuk, Energoatom’s executive director for physical protection Dmytro Basov, and four “back-office” employees involved in money laundering.
