Zelenskyy may dismiss Yermak if NABU recordings contain direct conversation with head of the Presidential Office about corruption – sources
Sources close to the President’s Office do not believe that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will dismiss the head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak.
This is stated in Censor.NET’s article "Revolt of the masses: will Zelenskyy dismiss Yermak before his birthday."
"Judging from the latest photos, including those with Macron, it doesn’t look that way. And overall I don’t believe this resignation will happen.
In this context, it is possible under two conditions: the NABU tapes would contain a direct conversation with Yermak about corruption or that he is in on it. Then the decision would be immediate. Or it would emerge there that Yermak coordinated a crackdown on NABU and SAPO. In that case, the president would simply have no choice," the source said.
According to him, he is more inclined to believe that on Thursday NABU will give Yermak a "birthday present".
Versions from the President’s Office
The source says that Bankova is considering two versions of NABU’s actions.
"The first is that this is all ordered by Kolomoiskyi and here I wouldn’t rule out that there is a strong note of Dnipro score-settling in this story). And the second is even simpler: that the United States is behind NABU’s actions and that in this way they will push President Zelenskyy into talks with Russia," he explained.
Possible dismissal of Yermak
- Earlier, MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak stated that Head of the President’s Office Andrii Yermak appears in NABU recordings.
According to media reports, key government figures are advising President Zelenskyy to dismiss Yermak.
Servant of the People MP Fedor Venislavskyi believes that the head of the President’s Office should resign.
Mindichgate
- Earlier, Censor.NET reported that NABU was conducting searches at Mindich's residence, who left Ukraine a few hours before the searches.
- As reported, on Tuesday, 4 November, searches were conducted in one of the branches of the separate divisions of NNEGC "Energoatom" in connection with a corruption case.
- The NABU is also conducting searches at the home of former Energy Minister Halushchenko and at "Energoatom".
- The NABU and the SAPO announced a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
- Current Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk appears on recordings obtained by NABU as part of its investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Later, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau uncovered an office in central Kyiv belonging to the family of former MP and current Russian senator Andrii Derkach, where a "black ledger" was kept, cash was tracked, and money-laundering operations were organized.
- On 11 November, NABU released recordings featuring Minister Halushchenko and Mindich.
- Chernyshova has been served with a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment under Operation "Midas."
- One of the suspects, Dmytro Basov, was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 40 million.
- Halushchenko's former adviser Myroniuk was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 126 million.
- The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted proposals to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose personal sanctions against Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman following an NABU investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Earlier, Ihor Myroniuk and Energoatom’s executive director for security, Dmytro Basov, featured on the NABU tapes under the alias "Tenor", were remanded in custody for 60 days.
- Another suspect, Lesia Ustymenko, was also placed in pre-trial detention for 60 days.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court has ruled on a preventive measure for Ihor Fursenko, a suspect in an energy-sector corruption case (known on the NABU tapes as "Roshyk").
- On 13 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrested Liudmyla Zorina, with bail set at 12 million hryvnia.
- Zelenskyy imposed sanctions against Mindich and Tsukerman.
