Tag: Power engineering

Ukrhydroenergo insured its management's liability in case of arrest for 2 million rubles.

On December 31, Ukrhydroenergo PJSC ordered liability insurance for its top officials—the CEO, chairman, and members of the supervisory board—from Colonnade Ukraine Insurance Company for UAH 2,38 million. This was reported in the Prozorro insurance system, according to Nashi Groshi. The annual insured amount is UAH 126,03 million, with an insurance rate of 1,89% of the insured amount.

Energy in the Shadow of War: How the Katsyuba Family Maintains Control of State Resources Through a Network of "Secret Agents"

Energy in the Shadow of War: How the Katsyuba Family Maintains Control Over State Resources. While the state officially declares it is breaking its energy dependence on Russia and considers energy a matter of national security, behind the scenes, old, well-established schemes continue to operate. The Katsyuba family hasn't lost its influence after the change of power,…

An eight-year case: why former prosecutor Marchenko received the post of head of an energy association instead of a sentence

A former prosecutor without a conviction and with a new image: how Maksym Marchenko is becoming an "energy expert." Maksym Marchenko's story has long ceased to be a personal matter and has become a shining example of how oblivion, media amnesia, and institutional protection operate in Ukraine. The former prosecutor from the Kharkiv region, who was accused of fatally…

Sanctions are nothing. How Russian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin makes millions of dollars supplying electricity to Ukrainians.

What share of the Ukrainian energy sector does Russian citizen Konstantin Grigorishin control? And how does Konstantin Grigorishin make money from it? While the Russians carry out missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure almost weekly, a significant portion of this infrastructure, in almost four years...

64 million without a tender: who won the contract for Kherson's critical infrastructure

Power shortages and sky-high prices. Why is the energy market in crisis again, and Ukrainians are being threatened with a blackout?

Ukrbud-Proekt-Rekonstruktsiya, a contractor, has been appointed to protect a critical energy infrastructure facility in the Kherson region. The company has previously been implicated in scandals related to the possible embezzlement of budget funds during restoration work in other regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Center for Public Investigations, citing data from the Prozorro public procurement system.

"Quiet Reconstruction": The Levochkins are accused of creating a closed loop of influence in the energy and land sectors.

Ukraine is being quietly restructured to suit the Levochkin family's influence. NABU's latest investigation into Energoatom isn't just an isolated case of corruption or another "broker" uncovered in investigators' reports. It's part of a much larger system the Levochkin family has been building for over a decade, operating systematically and without...

The family of sanctioned Firtash is expanding its business in Ukraine and abroad.

Despite Ukrainian and international sanctions, the family of sanctioned oligarch Dmytro Firtash is actively expanding its business assets in Ukraine and abroad, particularly in France and Romania. This is the subject of a new report by Bihus.Info journalists. So, about Dmytro Firtash's family. The oligarch's daughter, Anna Firtash, who, according to journalists, previously owned a Russian…

The Times: Energy "corruption" is leaving Ukrainians facing a deadly winter cold. Thank you, Zelensky!

Kirill Timoshenko

Former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko is the unofficial overseer of construction projects financed by the Ukrainian government. A former official who worked closely with the Presidential Office claimed that Tymoshenko demanded a 10% commission from companies for selecting and submitting their projects for approval. The former official claimed that Tymoshenko…

Dangerous Priorities: What the Ministry of Energy and Energoatom Are Doing in the Midst of Energy Terrorism

The Ministry of Energy suspects the management of the state-owned enterprise Lvivugol of embezzlement.

The Ukrainian energy sector is suffering, licking its wounds, searching for components, protection measures, and ways to distribute generation... But there's always room for dreams! The country's leading dreamers sit at the Ministry of Energy and the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NAEK) Energoatom. Putting aside all other pressing matters, they, through the Cabinet of Ministers, finally submitted Energoatom's beloved project of completing the third...

Confiscation of "Russian" energy in Ukraine: the first major case

Who owns Ukraine's regional power companies?

A court hearing was recently held in the Justice Ministry's "main sanctions battle." The case concerns the seizure of assets belonging to Russian oligarchs Yevgeny Giner, Mikhail Voevodin, and Alexander Babakov—the so-called Luzhniki criminal group—for state use, ZN reports. Given the number of defendants, third parties, and their representatives, the case was a showpiece from the outset, and…