Extradition request for Midas case suspects sent to Israel Ministry of Justice – PGO

A request for the extradition of suspects in the Midas energy sector corruption case, including businessman Tymur Mindich, has been sent to the Ministry of Justice of Israel after the elimination of deficiencies and errors, the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

Mariana Haiovska-Kovbasiuk, head of the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office, said that after the office received a petition from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) to extradite the individuals to Ukraine, a number of procedural and technical deficiencies were identified in the document.

"In a working order, the Prosecutor General's Office, together with NABU, processed and completed 24 volumes of materials; the text of the request was also prepared and translated. After the final elimination of deficiencies and errors, the extradition request was sent to the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel," she informed.

Earlier, Oleksandr Abakumov, head of the NABU detective unit, reported on the program Ye Pytannia (There Are Questions) that anti-corruption authorities had sent documents regarding the extradition of Midas case suspect Mindich to the Prosecutor General's Office two weeks ago, but the request had not yet been signed or forwarded to the competent Israeli authorities.

As reported, on November 10, 2025, NABU and the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) announced a large-scale operation to uncover corruption in the energy sector, named Midas. The activities of a high-level criminal organization were documented, whose members built a massive corruption scheme to influence strategic state-sector enterprises, specifically Joint Stock Company "National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom" (JSC NNEGC) Energoatom.

Energoatom confirmed that investigative actions took place at the company on November 10.

Among the participants in the Midas scheme identified by NABU are National Energy Regulator (NEURC) member Serhiy Pushkar, businessman Mindich, former executive director for physical protection and security of Energoatom Dmytro Basov, and former advisor to the Minister of Energy and former deputy head of the SPFU Ihor Myroniuk.

According to NABU and SAPO, the primary activity of the criminal organization was the systematic receipt of unlawful benefits from Energoatom counterparties amounting to 10% to 15% of contract values. Specifically, "kickback" conditions were imposed on Energoatom counterparties to avoid the blocking of payments for services provided or products delivered, or to prevent the loss of supplier status.

Using official connections in the ministry and the state company, the former deputy head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, who later became an advisor to the Minister of Energy, and a former law enforcement officer who served as executive director for physical protection and security at Energoatom, ensured control over personnel decisions, procurement processes, and financial flows.

Mindich left Ukraine on November 10, a few hours before the searches. According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, he did so on legal grounds.

NABU Director Semen Kryvonos stated that Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities have no information regarding the alleged interrogation of Kvartal 95 studio co-owner Timur Mindich in Israel.