Overview
- The Higher Anti‑Corruption Court declined the Specialized Anti‑Corruption Prosecutor's request to renew two reporting obligations on MP Yuliya Tymoshenko, reducing some pretrial limits while her bribery case remains before the court.
- Prosecutors had asked for the renewed duties to guard against witness tampering, obstruction and flight, but the court found those two specific obligations unnecessary for now.
- The same court extended multiple procedural duties for former vice‑prime minister Oleksiy Chernyshov but removed his requirement to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and left in place obligations to notify on moves and appear for investigators and court summons.
- Investigators say they documented more than $1.2 million and nearly €100,000 in cash tied to Chernyshov and an associate, and he previously posted a 120 million UAH bail that was paid in full.
- The rulings show VAKS is weighing prosecutors' risk claims against defendants' mobility and political stakes, a balance that will shape how both cases proceed and how the public reads future court decisions.