HACCU extends Kobolyev’s procedural obligations, but no longer prohibits him from traveling outside Ukraine
14 July 2025 19:25
At the end of June, the SAPO once again filed a motion with the court to extend the procedural duties imposed on the NABU accused, former Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev. The HACC granted the prosecutors’ motion partially, according to the Register of Court Decisions, [komersnt] reports.
According to the HACCU decision, Kobolyev must notify the court of his change of residence and refrain from communicating with a certain list of people until August 05, 2025.
However, the court’s decision does not impose any restrictions on Kobolyev’s travel abroad.
This ban had been in place for a long time and was first lifted by the HACC in November last year.
Later, the SAPO stopped initiating the extension of Kobolyev’s obligation to surrender his passports.
Kobolev’s case
According to the NABU, Kobolev misappropriated over UAH 229 million in 2018 – his actions are qualified under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office).
This article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 7 to 12 years with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 3 years and confiscation of property.
The NABU detectives believe that Kobolyev, while holding the position of the head of Naftogaz , “himself initiated consideration by the Supervisory Board of the company of the issue of approving the payment of a bonus to him “for achieving significant goals”, and subsequently prepared amendments to the proposal for the bonus for extraordinary achievements, determining its amount at USD 10 million.”
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NABU is investigating another criminal case against former Naftogaz CEO Kobolyev
NABU’s case against former Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev for illegally paying himself UAH 229 million in bonuses has now been submitted to the court and is being heard by the HACC (case No. 42018000000001782). At the same time, it turned out that the NABU currently has another criminal proceeding against Kobolyev – No. 52023000000000177. And the facts investigated by detectives within its framework are also related to the accrual and payment of multimillion-dollar bonuses to Kobolyev.
The text of the relevant HACC Ruling, in particular, states that proceedings No. 52023000000000177 were separated from case No. 42018000000001782. And this new proceeding concerns “the circumstances of payment of the second part of the bonus to Kobolyev and approval of the extension of the employment contract”.
