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✅✅The defendant in the “Forrest Gump” and “Themis” cases, Vadym Stolar, returned to Ukraine with 300 million hryvnias for bail and a plan to make a plea deal with investigators. But this plan has a vulnerable point.
According to sources of ZN.UA, the member of parliament from the now-banned OPZZh prepared the money in advance for a possible bail payment.
The calculation — to post the funds immediately, right after the end of the court hearing, so as not to end up in pretrial detention and to continue personally controlling his affairs.
The final conditions of the preventive measure are determined by VAKS. Next — investigation, trial, time.
It is possible that Stolar is also counting on a plea deal with investigators and inculpatory testimony.
For example, regarding another defendant in the “Forrest Gump” case, Maksym Mykytas, who already faces several criminal cases investigated by NABU.
In such a calculation, testimony against a person whose procedural position is already precarious may seem a convenient way to negotiate one’s own future.
This is a possible scenario, not confirmed information about negotiations with the SAP.
His hope may lie precisely in this: to provide testimony, pay an amount he can bear, and remain afloat in business. To keep assets, connections, and the ability to continue working.
However, this calculation has a vulnerable spot. According to our information, the SAP is revising its plea agreement policy regarding the determination of criteria, transparency, and communication with the media.
The current benchmark in high-profile cases is actual serving of punishment if the charged article provides for imprisonment.
A deal may allow for a reduced term, but not avoidance of imprisonment. Example — former head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyaziev, who, despite a plea agreement, received an actual prison term.
This is precisely where Stolar’s hope to preserve both his freedom and his business empire may fail.
As UP reports, the High Anti-Corruption Court has already imposed a preventive measure on the deputy. He was assigned 300 million UAH without being taken into custody.
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