Demanding a ‘15 Percent Cut’: Former Ukrainian Nuclear Official Sent to Trial Over Bribes

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Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent a former executive at the state nuclear operator to trial on charges of demanding more than $147,000 in kickbacks from private contractors, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine alleged that the defendant, a former deputy director general at Atomenergomash—a subsidiary of the state nuclear agency Energoatom—forced a contractor to…

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Primary source: OCCRP Stories About Corruption · July 28, 2026

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