Cabinet suspends Ukrainian minister implicated in Energoatom corruption scandal

"Herman Halushchenko, who is implicated in a corruption scandal at state nuclear power

company Energoatom, has been suspended from the job of justice minister, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Nov. 12.
Halushchenko is being investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a large-scale corruption case into Energoatom involving Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky. He has not been officially charged yet.
An extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers has suspended Halushchenko and appointed Lyudmila Suhak, deputy justice minister for European integration, as acting justice minister, Svyrydenko said on Telegram." KI