US EditionFormer Ukraine PM Tymoshenko Released on Bail in Graft Probe
Tymoshenko is restricted to Kyiv and must surrender her passport while awaiting trial on allegations of paying MPs $10,000 monthly to influence votes, court records show.
- On Friday, an anti-corruption court in Kyiv released former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on $762,000 bail and barred her from leaving the capital while surrendering her passport.
- Prosecutors allege a cash-for-votes scheme involving monthly payments of $10,000, while Yulia Tymoshenko denies charges and says NABU `was carrying out a political order specifically to discredit me.`
- Local media reported Yulia Tymoshenko was given five days to pay bail, she said her bank accounts were frozen, and appeared in court in her trademark crown braid calling it a `provocation`.
- The Tymoshenko case arrives amid heightened scrutiny of graft tied to EU requirements, following recent sweeping corruption scandals that ousted government ministers and Andriy Yermak in past months.
- Since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, political campaigning has largely been on hold under martial law restrictions, making the prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko, 65-year-old political stalwart and two-time prime minister, notable.
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Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeared in court on Friday, January 16th, where a judge is set to determine a pre-trial restraint measure against her in an expanding corruption case. Prosecutors are seeking a bail of UAH 50 million in connection with allegations that she offered undue benefits to members of parliament. The court appearance follows a series of developments announced earlier this week by Ukraine’s anti-corruption…
The specialized anti-corruption prosecutor's office will ask for a precautionary measure in the form of a pledge of 50 million hryvnias and certain duties for the leader of the parliamentary faction “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko.
The 65-year-old Ukrainian politician, who has served as prime minister twice since 2005, denies the charges and says the case is politically motivated.
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has started a meeting on a precautionary measure for the leader of the “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko. The prosecutor's office asks for a bail of UAH 50 million, an electronic bracelet and a ban on contacts with witnesses
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