Pyshnyy has found himself at the center of the “Mindichgate” scandal: Sense Bank and the inner circle of the NBU governor are implicated
Andriy Pyshnyy, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, has found himself at the center of the scandal surrounding the so-called “Mindichgate,” which involves sanctioned businessman Timur Mindich.
According to UP sources, in conversations that became part of the investigation, Mindich mentions the state-owned Sense Bank, which was previously nationalized.
In particular, the recordings include discussions about the possibility of leveraging government decisions regarding the bank, as well as contacts with high-ranking officials.
According to the interlocutors, financial transactions related to Mindich’s and his partner’s projects could allegedly have been carried out through Sense Bank.
Separately, the role of individuals who, according to sources, may have coordinated these processes is highlighted—namely Vasyl Veselyi and Oleksii Stupak. Both, as noted, are well known to Andrii Pyshnyi.
The head of the NBU may have been aware of Mindich’s and the company’s potential schemes involving the use of the state-owned bank.
Sanctioned businessman Timur Mindich discussed with the then-Minister of Defense and current Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, the possible sale of a stake in the arms manufacturer FirePoint to investors.
The first part of the conversation recordings has been published; according to the publication, these were documented by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) as part of the “Midas” case. These are recordings from the apartment of businessman Timur Mindich, who is suspected of corruption schemes in the energy sector.
The U.S. dollar has risen against most global currencies in recent weeks amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty and turbulence in financial markets. This was stated by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy.
Earlier, MP Oleksandr Dubinsky claimed there was a “backroom deal” between anti-corruption agencies (NABU/SAPO) and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s inner circle, which is allegedly why new transcripts of conversations between Timur Mindich and Rustem Umerov are not being released.
Timur Mindich, a businessman implicated in the NABU case regarding corruption in the energy sector, along with his partner Ihor Khmelov and Ihor Myronyuk—whom NABU identifies as one of the shadow managers behind embezzlement at “Energoatom”—have residential, property, and financial ties in Slovakia. According to the Slovak Commercial Register, Timur Mindich has long been doing business in Slovakia, and his activities are additionally linked to Ihor Khmelov—a Ukrainian entrepreneur whose name appears in the case involving the drone manufacturer Fire Point. In 2017, Mindich joined Blackrock Consulting s.r.o. as a partner; the company had been founded a year earlier by three Russian citizens. On the same day, the firm changed its name to TIM&TIM.; Mindich acquired the company together with his partner, Ukrainian Igor Khmelov, who also registered as an entrepreneur in Slovakia in the same month, the same year, and at the same address as Mindich.
