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"Vote trading" in Rada: HACC sets bail from UAH 16.6 to UAH 40 mln for five Servant of People MPs
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has set restraint measures in the form of bail for five MPs from the Servant of the People faction suspected in a case over taking bribes for "needed" votes in the Verkhovna Rada.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) reported this, Censor.NET says.
The suspicion notices in the paid-votes case were served on Servant of the People lawmakers Yurii Kisiel, Yevhen Pyvovarov, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Olha Savchenko and Mykhailo Laba.
Bail amounts for the Servant of the People MPs
- The court imposed a restraint measure in the form of bail of UAH 40 million and UAH 30 million on Yurii Kisiel and Ihor Nehulevskyi.
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The court set bail of UAH 20 million for Yevhen Pyvovarov and Mykhailo Laba.
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Olha Savchenko was granted bail set at UAH 16.6 million.
All suspects were also assigned procedural obligations, including wearing an electronic monitoring device.
What is known about the case
- On 29 December, NABU and SAPO announced that five "Servant of the People" MPs were suspected of taking bribes for "necessary" votes.
- According to the AntAC, the following were suspected: Yurii Kisel, Yevhen Pyvovarov, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Olha Savchenko, and Mykhailo Laba.
- Earlier, the media reported that "servants of the people" were given envelopes with money in an office where NABU had installed wiretaps.
- On 30 December 2025, a preventive measure was chosen for "servant of the people" Kisel.
- On December 31, a restraint measure was also set for Pyvovarov, but what exactly the court ordered remains unknown.
