(MENAFN- UkrinForm) He said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

“I believe that this may affect the level of support. I don't think it will lead to the cessation of aid-the bigger problem may be the flow of aid into the Ukrainian economy, but not military support,” the expert said.

There may be more delays and a desire to see control mechanisms, he added.

According to Karatnytskyi, there is growing concern in the West because“so many ministries and so many segments of the government have been found to be riddled with high levels of corruption and, to some extent, even ties to Russia and Russian intelligence.”

In his opinion, the President of Ukraine has the opportunity to prevent some of these problems by taking decisive measures that will show that“he is not obstructing investigations and is using his instruments of influence to cooperate fully with them,” and is also ready for changes in the government and“a completely new combination of forces, which will require consultations with reformers, anti-corruption groups, civil society, the volunteer sector, and the democratic patriotic opposition.” Karatnytskyi clarified that he meant the need to include technocrats and specialists who were not involved in corruption schemes in the government.

As reported by Ukrinform, on November 10, NABU announced a special operation to expose corruption in the energy sector. According to the investigation, members of the criminal organization had developed a large-scale scheme to influence strategic enterprises in the public sector, in particular Energoatom.

The main activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of illegal benefits from contractors of NAEK Energoatom. The amount of these illegal benefits ranged from 10% to 15% of the contract value.

A knowledgeable source in law enforcement agencies reported that employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches at the home of businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Timur Mindich, as well as at the home of Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko, who previously held the position of Minister of Energy.

The Ministry of Justice later confirmed that investigative actions were carried out with Halushchenko's participation as part of criminal proceedings.

Later, the bureau noted that there are seven suspects in the case: a businessman whom the investigation considers to be the leader of a criminal organization, a former advisor to the Minister of Energy, the executive director of physical protection and security at Energoatom, and four“employees” of the back office involved in the legalization of funds. Five people have been detained so far.

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According to information from the Schemes project, suspicions have been announced against Timur Mindich (who appears as“Carlson” in the published audio recordings of conversations), former advisor to the Minister of Energy Igor Myronyuk (“Rocket”), Energoatom's executive director of security Dmytro Basov (“Tenor”), as well as Oleksandr Tsukerman ('Sugarman'), Ihor Fursenko (“Roshik”), Lesya Ustymenko, and Lyudmila Zorin.

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