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Ukraine says ex-minister named in corruption scandal arrested while trying to leave country
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Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko speaks during a joint press conference with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Kyiv on February 4, 2025 (Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)
Ukraine’s NABU anti-corruption force says it arrested the country’s former energy minister German Galushchenko — who resigned last year during a massive corruption scandal — as he tried to cross Ukraine’s border.
“Today, while crossing the state border, NABU detectives have detained the former Minister of Energy as part of the ‘Midas’ case,” NABU says in a statement, referring to a giant corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector that rocked Ukraine last year.
It does not name Galushchenko in its statement, but he served as the country’s energy minister last year and resigned in November.
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