Rustem Umierov. Photo: official social media accounts
Midas corruption case: Ukraine's national security chief will not attend commission hearing, citing business trip
Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) has informed a temporary investigative commission that NSDC Secretary Rustem Umierov will be unable to attend a commission meeting regarding the Midas corruption case, as he is currently on an official overseas visit alongside President Volodymy
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Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) has informed a temporary investigative commission that NSDC Secretary Rustem Umierov will be unable to attend a commission meeting regarding the Midas corruption case, as he is currently on an official overseas visit alongside President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
Quote: "The Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council will be unable to attend the meeting of the temporary investigative commission, as the commission has been duly informed through official channels, due to his participation in an overseas visit with the president of Ukraine."
Previously:
On 1 May, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, an MP from the Holos (Voice) faction, announced that the temporary parliamentary investigative commission into the Midas operation by Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies had summoned Umierov to attend its meeting on 5 May.
On 4 May, Zhelezniak said that Umierov's attendance has been postponed until 14 May. "As for the participants, Rustem Umierov, Arsen Zhumadilov and Andrii Pyshnyi are on official business. Their attendance has therefore been postponed until 14 May. These officials must attend the next meeting," the MP said.
Fedir Venislavskyi, an MP from the ruling Servant of the People faction and a member of the parliamentary committee on national security, defence and intelligence, said it would be a "wise political decision" to dismiss Umierov after Ukrainska Pravda released conversations involving Tymur Mindich, one of the main suspects in the Midas case.
Background:
On 29 April, Ukrainska Pravda released recordings of conversations between individuals involved in the Midas case, as documented by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). One of the conversations was between Mindich, a businessman subject to sanctions, and Umierov, a former defence minister, in which they discussed the potential sale of a stake in FirePoint, a major Ukrainian arms manufacturer, to investors.
Umierov's press office said that the authenticity and relevance of the recordings must be established by law enforcement agencies. It added that Umierov had already provided all necessary explanations to law enforcement and that "communication regarding armaments is part of the defence minister's duties".
In November 2025, Denys Shtilerman, co-owner and chief designer at Fire Point, confirmed that businessman Tymur Mindich, a suspect in a corruption case in the Ukrainian energy sector, had sought to acquire a 50% stake in the company.
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