"Reuters noted that erlier this month, the two agencies unveiled a sweeping investigation into an alleged $100m kickback scheme at the stage atomic energy company, involving Zelenskyy's ex-business partner. While Yermak has not been named a suspect in the investigation, but opposition lawmakers and some members of Zelenskyy's own party had called for his dismissal as part of Ukraine's worst wartime political crisis, the agency said."
"Earlier this year, Ukraine had been engulfed in a political crisis over Zelenskyy's controversial plans to reform the anti-corruption authorites, which ultimately had to be reversed after intense international criticism, including from the European Union, which continues to say that the fight against corruption remains one of Ukraine's key task on its path to join the bloc. The searches come at a tricky time for Ukraine amid growing pressure from the US to agree"
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) carried out authorised searches at properties linked to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak. Yermak confirmed on Telegram that authorities were given full access to his apartment and that he is cooperating with officers with lawyers present. The agencies said the searches are part of an unspecified investigation. Earlier, NABU and SAPO opened a sweeping probe into an alleged $100m kickback scheme at the state atomic energy company involving Zelenskyy's ex-business partner. Yermak has not been named a suspect, but opposition and some ruling party members demanded his dismissal amid political turmoil and international scrutiny.
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