Preventive measure against Chernyshov upheld – SAPO
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the preventive measure against former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov.
This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) press service, according to Censor.NET.
On June 27, a preventive measure was imposed on him in the form of bail exceeding UAH 120 million, along with a set of procedural obligations.
The duration of these obligations is until August 27, 2025.
What is known about corruption in the Ministry of Reconstruction under Chernyshov?
Last week, the NABU served five people with a notice of suspicion in a case of corruption in the construction sector involving top government officials.
In particular, Vasyl Volodin, a member of the Board of "Naftogaz" of Ukraine, Maksym Horbatiuk, Chief Commercial Officer of "Ukrgazvydobuvannia" JSC, Alla Sushon, former Director of "Ukrkomunobslugovuvannia" SE, and Serhii Kopystyra, a developer, were suspected of abuse of office, receiving and giving an undue advantage in a particularly large amount.
On 13 June, the HACC arrested Horbatiuk with the option of posting UAH 25 million bail, on 17 June, the court arrested Volodin with an alternative of UAH 20 million bail, and on 20 June, the developer, Kopystyr was granted a preventive measure in the form of arrest with an alternative of UAH 100 million bail.
At the time of the crime, Volodin was the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Regional Development, and Horbatiuk was an adviser to the head of the ministry, Oleksii Chernyshov, who later became the head of "Naftogaz", where his associates also went to work. Chernyshov is now the head of the Ministry of National Unity and is abroad.
According to the investigation, the developer developed a scheme to illegally obtain a land plot in Kyiv for the construction of a residential complex. To do this, he turned to top officials of the Ministry of Regional Development, who created the conditions for the transfer of land to a state-controlled enterprise. The latter illegally entered into investment agreements with the construction company in question. At the same time, the land and the buildings on it were valued at almost five times cheaper, and the difference between this valuation and the market value exceeded UAH 1 billion.
According to the UP, NABU detectives planned to conduct a search of Chernyshov's place a year ago, but it was cancelled at the request of the Bureau's director, Semen Kryvonos. At the same time, Chernyshov secretly met with Kryvonos, later explaining that the meeting was to discuss the anti-corruption programme of "Naftogaz". Kryvonos himself denied any involvement in the cancellation of Chernyshov's searches.
On June 27, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure on Oleksii Chernyshov in the form of bail amounting to UAH 120,002,668, along with a set of procedural obligations.
On July 2, a bail of UAH 120 million was posted for the Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of National Unity, Oleksii Chernyshov.
On July 2, 2025, the High Anti-Corruption Court did not suspend Chernyshov from his position as Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of National Unity.
