Overview
- The Higher Anti-Corruption Court, which ruled Thursday, ordered former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak held for 60 days with a bail option set at ₴140 million.
- If bail is posted, the court said Yermak must report to investigators, stay in Kyiv without permission to travel, surrender travel documents, avoid contact with named suspects and witnesses, and wear an electronic monitor.
- Prosecutors had sought custody with ₴180 million bail and argued Yermak posed a flight risk, citing his possession of multiple diplomatic passports, while the defense rejected those claims.
- Yermak called the charges unfounded and said he does not have the money to post bail, adding that his lawyers will appeal the ruling.
- Reporters with Schemes said early payments toward bail total ₴14,500,666 from three individuals, including ₴8 million from culture official Roza Tapanova and ₴6.5 million from lawyer Serhiy Svyryba, as the wider probe into alleged laundering of over ₴460 million through a Kozyn luxury development continues with several other high-profile suspects.