“The defense of the leader of “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of offering a bribe and to whom the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court will choose a preventive measure on January 16, asked to add to the case file the information that in January and February the people’s deputy needs to go abroad to participate in certain events.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The leader of “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko at VAX on January 16. Photo “Radio Liberty” Source: Tymoshenko’s lawyer Mykola Tytarenko in court
Direct speech of the defender: “I ask the court to attach to the case file documents confirming the need for Tymoshenko to attend events planned in the United States, as well as in other international institutions. The events are planned for January and February.”
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Details: Tytarenko explained that his request is based on the fact that the subject of consideration of the petition for the selection of a preventive measure, among other things, is the restriction of travel abroad.
The judge clarified whether these foreign events are planned for the coming days, to which the defense attorney said that “not for today and not for tomorrow.”
“Then let’s first decide the issue of choosing a remand, and then we’ll see… Because no one has made a decision yet… But join in, please,” said the judge.
What happened before: The specialized anti-corruption prosecutor’s office announced that it will ask the State Security Committee to grant Tymoshenko a preventive measure in the form of a bail of 50 million hryvnias.
Before VAX meeting Tymoshenko said that tapes made public by NABUfalsified, because such a conversation “never happened in her life.”
Prehistory:
- On the evening of January 13, NABU and SAP announced that they had exposed the head of one of the factions in the Verkhovna Rada for corruption, while sources in the UP reported that they were talking about Yulia Tymoshenko.
- Anti-corruption authorities said that the head of one of the parliamentary factions was exposed for offering illegal benefits to a number of people’s deputies who belong to factions not headed by this person, for voting “for” or “against” specific draft laws. Preliminary qualification of the case: Part 4 of Art. 369 (offer, promise or provision of an unlawful benefit to an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
- On the morning of January 14, UP’s interlocutors in political circles reported that anti-corruption authorities had announced suspicion against Yulia Tymoshenko, the head of the “Batkivshchyna” faction. Later, Tymoshenko confirmed that the party’s office had been searched, but said that she rejected all the accusations. Later, she stated that the searches in her office began at 9:30 p.m. on January 13, when she was in the premises alone, that anti-corruption agents arrived on 5 buses, without a court order, did not allow her to summon a lawyer, and also searched the office of People’s Deputy of the Police Serhiy Vlasenko, which was closed.
- NABU and SAP officially announced the announcement of the suspicion of the leader of one of the parliamentary factions of the Verkhovna Rada in the proposal to grant illegal benefits to people’s deputies on a permanent basis.
- In the recordings made public by the National Anti-corruption Bureau, Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the “Fatherland” faction, is allegedly discussing the payment system for specific votes in the Verkhovna Rada with an unknown deputy.