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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Luke Harding in Kyiv

Zelenskyy pledges to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption scandal

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The alleged kickback scheme is the worst scandal to hit Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s presidency. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector after a $100m (£76m) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of his presidency.

Over the weekend, the Ukrainian president announced an overhaul of key state energy companies including a complete change of management at Energoatom, the nuclear power operator at the centre of the alleged criminal scheme.

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