A bail of UAH 33 million (US$761,000) has been set for Yuliia Tymoshenko by the Excessive Anti-Corruption Court docket of Ukraine. Tymoshenko, chief of the Batkivshchyna occasion and parliamentary faction, is suspected of providing a bribe to MPs.
Supply: Excessive Anti-Corruption Court docket listening to broadcast
Particulars: Choose Vitalii Dubas partially permitted a movement from prosecutors, who had requested for bail of UAH 50 million (US$1.2 million).
The courtroom has additionally imposed a variety of procedural obligations on the suspect, particularly showing when summoned by the courtroom, an investigator, or a prosecutor; not leaving Kyiv Oblast; notifying authorities of any change of residence or employment; refraining from contact with specified MPs; and surrendering passports for journey overseas.
There is no such thing as a requirement to put on an digital tag.
In her tackle to the courtroom, Tymoshenko requested the decide to not impose any pre-trial restrictions or restrict them to non-public obligations.
Attorneys for the Batkivshchyna occasion chief additionally objected to the procedural obligations. The defence stated {that a} ban on leaving the capital and Kyiv Oblast and the give up of Tymoshenko's passport would considerably have an effect on her capacity to hold out political exercise. As regards an digital tag, the lawyer argued that "ladies's footwear differs from males's, it has sure options, so the requirement to put on an digital tag will be thought to be a type of torture".
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