Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a decision by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose personal sanctions against businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Tymur Mindich and businessman Oleksandr Tsukerman.
The decree to that effect, No. 843/2025, titled “On the Decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of November 13, 2025, ‘On the Application of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions),'” was published on the official website of the head of state, Ukrinform reports.
The sanctions include, among other measures, revocation of state awards of Ukraine and other forms of distinction; asset blocking; restrictions on trade operations; prevention of capital withdrawal from Ukraine; suspension of economic and financial obligations; and termination or suspension of licenses and permits, including special permits for subsurface use, as specified in the annex to the decree.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been instructed to inform the relevant authorities of the European Union, the United States, and other countries about the sanctions and to raise the issue of imposing similar restrictive measures against the same individuals.
On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) announced a special operation to uncover corruption in the energy sector. Investigators found that members of a criminal organization had built an extensive scheme to exert influence over strategic state-owned enterprises, including Energoatom.
A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said that NABU officers had conducted searches at the premises of businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 studio Tymur Mindich, as well as at the residence of Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who previously served as energy minister.
On November 11, law enforcement officers detained five individuals and approved suspicion notices for seven in the energy-sector corruption case. Among them are a businessman who headed a criminal organization, a former adviser to the energy minister, Energoatom’s executive director in charge of physical protection and security, and four employees of a “back office” involved in money laundering.
According to the State Border Guard Service, Mindich left Ukraine before the NABU searches. It is also known that Tsukerman, another suspect in the case, has departed the country.
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