{"id":4913,"date":"2025-11-13T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:25:44","slug":"skandal-energetyka-ukraine-risik-vstupu-do-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/skandal-energetyka-ukraine-risik-vstupu-do-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine's energy scandal has become a risk for EU accession"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Corruption scandal in the energy sector could slow down Ukraine's accession to the EU<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"1015\">Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>La Repubblica<\/strong><\/a> reports that a corruption investigation in the energy sector involving Energoatom and businessman Timur Mindich is creating serious obstacles to Ukraine's path to European Union membership.<br data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"625\" \/>The investigation reportedly concerns a group that received more than $100 million in bribes through the wartime energy security system.<br data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"822\" \/>In this regard, the EU authorities emphasise the need to <strong data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"912\">Strengthen the fight against corruption<\/strong>, This has become a key criterion for Ukraine in the process of integration.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1020\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1040\">Details of the case<\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1655\">\n<li data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1263\">\n<p data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1263\">La Repubblica journalists note that the investigation concerns individuals who received criminal proceeds under the guise of contracts to protect energy infrastructure from shelling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1466\">\n<p data-start=\"1266\" data-end=\"1466\">One of the investigative journalists interviewed claims that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could not have been unaware of such schemes, but the question is whether he was an accomplice.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1655\">\n<p data-start=\"1469\" data-end=\"1655\">The EU document notes that the weak fight against grand corruption remains one of the main barriers to the country's development and integration.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1660\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1692\">Implications for EU accession<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"2191\">Anti-corruption standards are a key component of the EU integration criteria. The publication notes that \u00aba similar case could become an obstacle in the process of European integration\u00bb.<br data-start=\"1900\" data-end=\"1903\" \/>At the same time, EU representatives demand that Ukraine accelerate reforms, not just declarations.<br data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2035\" \/>If the authorities do not show clear progress in investigating and prosecuting corrupt officials, this may affect the assessment of the country's progress towards the Union.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041a\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u043b \u0443 \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0456 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043c\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u0404\u0421 \u0412\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f La Repubblica \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454, \u0449\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443 \u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0456 \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044e \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u0415\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u043e\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0456\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0422\u0456\u043c\u0443\u0440 \u041c\u0456\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0447 \u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044e\u0454 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0439\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0434\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0448\u043b\u044f\u0445\u0443 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u0447\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0432 \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043e\u044e\u0437.\u0417\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c, \u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0434 100 \u043c\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u0445\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0438 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0421\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u043b \u0443 \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0456","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806756],"class_list":{"0":"post-4913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-806756"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4915,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions\/4915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}