00:01He's the most senior official so far detained in the so-called Midas case, an alleged $100
00:07million corruption scheme at Ukraine's state nuclear company.
00:11The announcement comes a day after German Galushchenko, energy minister between 2021
00:17and 2025, was detained by law enforcement while attempting to leave Ukraine.
00:23Last November, he had said he would defend himself in court as he was suspended from his post.
00:27He's accused of taking part in a kickback scheme involving contractors building fortifications
00:33to defend energy infrastructure against Russian attacks.
00:37Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies published these photos of bags of cash at the time.
00:42Investigators now allege they also found millions of dollars in bank accounts linked to Galushchenko's family.
00:48The case has led to the ouster of Volodymyr Zelensky's former chief of staff
00:52and fueled public anger at lingering corruption in Ukraine.
00:56But Zelensky's government had vowed to stamp out when it came to power in 2019.
01:03There must be convictions and government officials must work together with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
01:10and law enforcement agencies to achieve the necessary results.
01:14I thank everyone who is helping.
01:18The pressure is on, with the European Union urging sweeping reforms to stamp out corruption,
01:24as part of demands for Ukrainian membership to the bloc.
01:27retail and that its power is not the same thing as it is.
01:27The pressure is on, with the euster of a German man in the back of the presidential Union of Ukraine.
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