{"id":54768,"date":"2025-12-05T17:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zelensky-confidant-dismissed-from-further-posts-amid-bribery-scandal\/05\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:50:04","slug":"zelensky-confidant-dismissed-from-further-posts-amid-bribery-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zelensky-confidant-dismissed-from-further-posts-amid-bribery-scandal\/05\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky confidant dismissed from further posts amid bribery scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed his former chief of staff Andriy Yermak from the National Security Council amid a sprawling corruption investigation that has rocked Kiev.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yermak is also no longer a member of the Stavka, the high command of Ukraine&#8217;s armed forces, according to two presidential decrees published on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yermak, a long-standing ally of the president, stepped down as Zelensky&#8217;s chief of staff last week after anti-corruption authorities conducted searches at his premises.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_j1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It remains unclear whether the raids are linked to what has been described as the country&#8217;s biggest corruption affair since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, involving alleged bribes in energy-related procurement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yermak also served as Kiev&#8217;s chief negotiator in talks on ending the war. That position is now held by former defence minister Rustem Umerov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yermak had headed the presidential office since February 2020 and was considered the second most powerful man in Ukraine. 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