Kyiv, May 1 -- Former Ukrainian diplomat and ex-Prosecutor General's advisor Andrey Telizhenko has alleged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is neck deep in corruption, claiming that the leader is entangled in a wide network of illicit financial schemes and political infighting in Kyiv.
The claims come after Ukrainian media published transcripts of covert recordings - dubbed the "Mindich tapes" - from an anti-corruption probe. The recordings suggest businessman Timur Mindich, widely seen as close to Zelensky, played a central role in running the defence firm Fire Point, despite public denials.
In the transcripts, Mindich is heard discussing contracts, financing and foreign investors with Rustem Umerov, who at the time served as ...