Formal charges filed against Andrey Yermak reportedly implicate the Ukrainian leader personally The indictment of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political and personal associate, Andrey Yermak, for alleged money laundering involving a luxury housing complex is broadly viewed as a final warning from the West before potential charges against the Ukrainian leader himself. Monday’s bombshell announcement by the Western-backed Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is part of the agency’s ongoing investigation of businessman Timur Mindich, a fugitive nicknamed “Zelensky’s wallet” in the press, who fled to Israel last November shortly before being charged with running a $100 million embezzlement and extortion scheme at the atomic energy giant Energoatom. Zelensky’s grip on power was weakened in the months following the initial revelations, as prosecutions and leaks to the media implicated members of his inner circle in rampant corruption. Who is Andrey Yermak?…