Zelenskyy pledges to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption scandal
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Luke Harding in Ky from World news | The Guardian on (#71GMP)
President to overhaul state energy firms after $100m kickback scheme alleged by anti-corruption investigators
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine's energy sector after an $100m (76bn) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of his presidency.
Over the weekend, the Ukrainian president announced an overhaul of key state energy companies including a complete change of management at Energoatom, the nuclear power operator at the centre of the alleged criminal scheme.
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