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Operation Midas

13parts

First case: 17.11.2025
Latest case: 20.08.2026

Mindich, Halushchenko, Shefir and a scheme in the energy sector: notices of suspicion, offshore firms, the authorities' response.

Part0117.11.2025 · Top story · 1 minAfter the Mindich scandal, artists are refusing to take part in the Kvartal New Year showAfter Tymur Mindich fled abroad, Ukrainian artists who were due to perform in Kvartal 95's New Year concerts began pulling out. This was reported by Suspilne Kultura.
Part0228.11.2025 · Top story · 1 minNABU and SAPO may serve a notice of suspicion on Presidential Office head Yermak as early as today - sourcesAs early as today, 28 November, NABU investigators may serve a notice of suspicion on the head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak. RESISTANCE MEDIA learned this from its own sources in law enforcement.
Part0328.11.2025 · Top story · 1 minOn 29 November RESISTANCE will hold an anti-corruption rally on Maidan NezalezhnostiThe NGO "RESISTANCE" will hold a rally against corruption on Maidan Nezalezhnosti on Saturday, 29 November. The organisation calls on everyone to join the rally in Kyiv and in all regions.
Part0410.02.2026 · Politics · 1 minSecret visits to Koncha-Zaspa: Yermak is still running things, just not from BankovaAnalysis of video from Tkach's investigation confirms that Yermak's Mercedes enters the Koncha-Zaspa sanatorium for a reason. Service roads and "evacuation gates" run through the forest there, directly connecting the sanatorium with state dachas and President Zelensky's residence. This is the route Yermak uses to get into the closed area. In other words, everything happens just as before: running the country and key conversations take place next to the President, just not formally in the Office of the President but behind a fence.
Part0512.02.2026 · Investigations · 1 minMindich's sister lived for 10 years in an apartment owned by the family of a Russian general close to PutinThe sister of Tymur Mindich, who is linked to Zelensky's inner circle, lived for more than ten years in central Moscow in an apartment belonging to the family of a Russian general close to Putin. The general is Nikolai Abroskin. The property in a prestigious district of the Russian capital is registered to his family. This is reported in an investigation by Slidstvo.Info.
Part0616.02.2026 · Investigations · 1 minDetained Halushchenko may testify against Yermak, Mindich and ShefirAccording to sources in law enforcement, the detained Herman Halushchenko may testify against Yermak, Mindich, Shefir and other friends of Zelensky. If he really starts talking, it will concern how decisions are made inside Bankova.
Part0717.02.2026 · Investigations · 2 minHalushchenko, Mindich, Sivkovych and $112 million: "the tip of the iceberg" that leads to BankovaIt all started with an everyday story. The children of Halushchenko and Tymur Mindich went to the same school and were in the same class. Halushchenko himself names roughly 2018 or 2019 as the time they met. But the point of entry matters, because from there a financial story begins to unfold around Mindich, which later grows into the Midas case. And today we see $112 million in offshore accounts, trust structures and international financial intermediaries, so it is wrong to call the exposed funds Halushchenko's money, because in reality it is an "obshchak", a common fund. This is how a casual acquaintance grew into a connection at the centre of a large-scale energy scheme - Mindichgate.
Part0818.02.2026 · Investigations · 1 minOffshores, crypto, trusts and Halushchenko in pre-trial detention: how the financial scheme workedThe court's decision and the risk of a "golden cage". The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered pre-trial detention for Halushchenko, a figure in "Mindichgate", with the alternative of UAH 200 million bail. He is charged with serious crimes punishable by 7 to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. Halushchenko said he would challenge the amount of bail, saying he wants it to be UAH 30 million. This shows insolence and cynicism, because in practice bail in cases against top officials is just a delayed release.
Part0920.02.2026 · Investigations · 1 minGeneva, Midas and new suspicions: Serhiy Shefir has left for SwitzerlandSerhiy Shefir, a good friend of the president and his former partner at Kvartal, has left for Geneva. Shefir denied any connection with the Midas case. However, the facts suggest otherwise. Politics is not just formalities - it is also context and timing.
Part1025.02.2026 · Investigations · 1 minAnti-Corruption Policy Committee meeting on the Midas case: what to expect?On 26 February the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy will hold a special meeting on the investigation of the Midas case. It will hear representatives of NABU, SAPO, the SBU and Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Yevhen Pikalov. What will this achieve? Will the Committee be able to counter pressure on the investigation and outline the next steps for law enforcement? I think rather not than yes. The Office of the President has direct influence over parliament, and the format itself does not define any specific legal decisions.
Part1104.03.2026 · Investigations · 1 minMindich's businesses: how the state is losing millions on body armourThe Commercial Court of Kyiv has closed the hearing of a case on recovering UAH 97.34 million in penalties from Milikon UA LLC, a company linked to Timur Mindich, at the request of the Defence Procurement Agency. The decision to hear the case behind closed doors was taken without explanation, which means that information about the proceedings is practically inaccessible to the public.
Part1216.06.2026 · Politics · 1 minCaught running schemes? Ban talking about itAfter Tymoshenko was served a notice of suspicion, Batkivshchyna decided to protect politicians from NABU. Yuliia Tymoshenko's party colleague Serhii Vlasenko registered bill No. 15289, which could seriously hit the publicity of anti-corruption investigations.
Part1320.08.2026 · Politics · 1 minUAH 150 million, a state bank and people from the Office of the President: operation "Forrest Gump"NABU and SAPO carried out the special operation "Forrest Gump" - a continuation of the story around the "Midas" case. This time detectives are investigating how UAH 150 million of dubious origin could have been "laundered" to post bail for one of the suspects in the case. Cash was handed to a so-called "laundry", after which it reached accounts through controlled companies as non-cash funds. In total, UAH 150 million was legalised this way.