No Progress in Lazarenko Case in the U.S. — SAPO
There have been no significant developments in the case of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko in the United States. At the same time, the Ukrainian side continues to discuss this case with its American partners.
This was reported by Oleksandr Klymenko, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, in response to a question from a Ukrinform correspondent during a briefing on the results of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) in the first half of 2026.
“The Prosecutor General traveled to the United States this year, just as every Prosecutor General travels to the United States, and this case is being discussed, with certain steps being planned, but we are at the same point we were before. There have been no significant developments,” Klymenko noted, according to Ukrinform.
Earlier, the SAPO reported that the confiscation of Lazarenko’s assets is nearing completion.
As a reminder, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating officials who are hidden owners of defense companies.
In the first half of the year, as of August 10, courts handed down 55 guilty verdicts in cases investigated by NABU and the SAP. Among those convicted are four high-ranking government officials, 11 heads of state-owned enterprises, as well as judges and prosecutors.
The state-owned enterprise “NAEK Energoatom” does not have the status of an aggrieved party in the “Midas” criminal case. At the same time, according to Kryvonos, as of August 10, the investigation had established that more than $100 million had been transferred through a so-called “laundromat”—a back-office operation for money laundering.
The level of corruption in Ukraine is not decreasing, and corruption among top officials, according to SAPO Head Oleksandr Klymenko, is even on the rise. He stated that the fight against bribery is hampered, in particular, by a lack of political will and a number of problems in the functioning of the anti-corruption system.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has remanded one of the suspects in the “Midas” case, Ihor Myronyuk, into custody. Bail in the amount of 85 million hryvnias was set as an alternative to pretrial detention, but it has not yet been posted.
As a reminder, NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) announced new charges against a former Energoatom official in connection with the “Midas” case. According to “Suspilne,” citing case materials, the suspect is Dmytro Basov, the company’s former executive director for physical protection and security.
