High Anti-Corruption Court continues to select preventive measure for Chernyshov (updated). VIDEO+PHOTOS
The High Anti-Corruption Court continues to select a preventive measure for former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, who is suspected of illegal enrichment.
This was reported by Censor.NET.
Before the start of the hearing, Chernyshov stated that he considers the suspicion to be unfounded.
He also stated that, in addition to detention, a preventive measure in the form of house arrest or bail could be applied to him, as he does not intend to flee anywhere.
"We are shown dialogues between third parties discussing various issues. They discuss a certain Che Guevara, who, according to the investigation, is somehow connected to me. I want to inform everyone that my surname is Chernyshov. I do not suffer from identity disorders yet. I have no connection to Che Guevara," Chernyshov stated in court.
Chernyshov believes that "there may be some mistake here" and that he does not know any of the individuals mentioned and has never known them. "When two people discuss a third person, and it is unclear who that third person is, it is certainly not possible to place them under suspicion, let alone put them behind bars. The suspicion is baseless," said the former deputy prime minister.
Two individuals expressed their desire to vouch for Chernyshov and arrived at the High Anti-Corruption Court. They were Oleksandr Savchenko, director of the Scientific Research Institute of Construction Production, and a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Ukraine, titular bishop of Komansk, Mykhail, whose secular name is Anishchenko Mykhailo.
Mindichgate
- Earlier, Censor.NET reported that NABU was conducting searches at Mindich's residence, who left Ukraine a few hours before the searches.
- As reported, on Tuesday, 4 November, searches were conducted in one of the branches of the separate divisions of NNEGC "Energoatom" in connection with a corruption case.
- The NABU is also conducting searches at the home of former Energy Minister Halushchenko and at "Energoatom".
- The NABU and the SAPO announced a large-scale operation to expose corruption in the energy sector.
- Current Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk appears on recordings obtained by NABU as part of its investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Later, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau uncovered an office in central Kyiv belonging to the family of former MP and current Russian senator Andrii Derkach, where a "black ledger" was kept, cash was tracked, and money-laundering operations were organized.
- On 11 November, NABU released recordings featuring Minister Halushchenko and Mindich.
- Chernyshova has been served with a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment under Operation "Midas."
- One of the suspects, Dmytro Basov, was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 40 million.
- Halushchenko's former adviser Myroniuk was remanded in custody with bail set at UAH 126 million.
- The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted proposals to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose personal sanctions against Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman following an NABU investigation into corruption in the energy sector.
- Earlier, Ihor Myroniuk and Energoatom’s executive director for security, Dmytro Basov, featured on the NABU tapes under the alias "Tenor", were remanded in custody for 60 days.
- Another suspect, Lesia Ustymenko, was also placed in pre-trial detention for 60 days.
- The High Anti-Corruption Court has ruled on a preventive measure for Ihor Fursenko, a suspect in an energy-sector corruption case (known on the NABU tapes as "Roshyk").
- On 13 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrested Liudmyla Zorina, with bail set at 12 million hryvnia.
- Zelenskyy imposed sanctions against Mindich and Tsukerman.
