The court did not release Kolomoisky on bail: hosts Mazur and Moseychuk pleaded for him
19 July 2024 11:59
The court extended the term of detention for businessman Ihor Kolomoisky until 2 September 2024. The hosts of 1 1 TV channel asked to release him on bail. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Unian.
The decision was made by Judge Olena Chaika.
The court rejected the request to take Kolomoisky on personal guarantee. Representatives of a group of guarantors, including TV presenters Alla Mazur and Natalia Moseychuk, spoke at the court.
“The motion for a preventive measure in the form of a personal guarantee against Kolomoisky Ihor Valeriyovych is denied. The motion of the senior detective… to extend the measure of restraint in the form of detention to be granted,”
– the judge read out in the final part of the decision.
The court extended Kolomoisky’s term of detention until 2 September and kept the previous bail amount of UAH 1.96 billion.
“To extend the term of detention of suspect Kolomoisky for 47 days, i.e. until 2 September 2024. To set bail for Kolomoisky in the amount of 650 thousand times the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons…”
– the court’s decision reads.
If Kolomoisky is granted bail, he will be subject to a number of obligations. In particular, to appear in court when summoned in this criminal proceeding; not to travel outside the locality of his residence without the permission of a detective, prosecutor or court; to notify detectives of changes in his place of residence and means of communication; to refrain from extra-procedural communication with persons who are witnesses in this case; to deposit his passports and other documents for travelling abroad with the relevant public authorities.
What Kolomoisky is accused of in Ukraine
Ihor Kolomoisky is currently being held in a Ukrainian pre-trial detention centre. Ukrainian law enforcement officers have served him with three notices of suspicion under several articles and cases.
on 2 September 2023, the SBU notified Kolomoisky of suspicion under two articles: fraud and legalisation (laundering) of the proceeds of crime. According to law enforcement officials, between 2013 and 2020, Kolomoisky legalised more than half a billion hryvnias by transferring them abroad and using the infrastructure of controlled banking institutions.
on 7 September, NABU detectives served another suspicion on Kolomoisky and five members of the group he organised – of misappropriating PrivatBank’s funds worth over UAH 9.2 billion.
on 15 September, the SBU served Kolomoisky with a third suspicion – of illegal actions with bank documents, seizure of property by an organised group through abuse of office, and money laundering. According to the investigation, between 2013 and 2014, Kolomoisky illegally seized UAH 5.8 billion through a criminal group consisting of employees of his PrivatBank.
on 3 September 2023, the court for the first time imposed a pre-trial restraint on Kolomoisky: detention with an alternative to bail in excess of UAH 509 million. However, already on 15 September, after a new suspicion was announced, the court re-selected the measure of restraint and increased Kolomoisky’s bail to UAH 3 billion 891 million.
After that, the court extended Kolomoisky’s detention four times, while reducing his bail twice – on 28 November to UAH 3 billion and on 21 December to UAH 2.7 billion.
on 28 February, Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District Court extended Ihor Kolomoiskyi’s detention for another two months – until 25 April – and reduced his bail to UAH 2.4 billion.
It should be noted that on 8 May, Kolomoisky was served with a notice of suspicion of ordering the murder of a law firm director for personal revenge.
At the same time, back in 2005, a criminal case was already initiated against Kolomoisky in this regard, which was later closed. Back in 2015, former MP and current advisor to the head of the OP Serhiy Leshchenko wrote in his blog about why the case was closed and what it had to do with former Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun and oligarch Viktor Pinchuk.
