SAPO to ask court for UAH 50M bail for Tymoshenko
Ukrinform
Ukraine's Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) will ask the High Anti-Corruption Court to set a preventive measure of UAH 50 million for Yulia Tymoshenko, the head of the Batkivshchyna faction who is suspected of attempting to bribe lawmakers.
SAPO spokesperson Olha Postoliuk said this in a comment to Ukrinform.
"This is UAH 50 million in bail and obligations," Postoliuk said.
On January 13, SAPO and Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced that they had exposed the head of a parliamentary faction in an attempt to bribe deputies to "correctly" vote for or against specific bills.
On January 14, Tymoshenko confirmed searches at the Batkivshchyna office, but denied all charges.
NABU and SAPO purt forward charges against the head of a faction in the Verkhovna Rada in offering to provide illegal benefits to MPs.
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