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Court sets $4.6 million bail for Ukrainian ex-minister in biggest graft case of Zelensky era
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Court sets $4.6 million bail for Ukrainian ex-minister in biggest graft case of Zelensky era

by Kateryna Denisova

The High Anti-Corruption Court on Feb. 17 placed former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko in custody for two months in a major corruption case and set bail at Hr 200 million ($4.6 million). The official has been investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a case involving the state nuclear power company Energoatom. Eight other suspects have been charged, and Timur Mindich, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky, is the alleged ringleader. Halushchenko den

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