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Pecheriy Court fully acquitted Kyryl Tymoshenko of charges of corruption schemes.
Former deputy head of the Presidential Office won in court against the National Agency on Corruption Prevention.
Kyiv's Pechersky District Court closed the administrative case related to corruption against former deputy head of the Presidential Office Kyryl Tymoshenko. This is reported by Glavkom citing data from the court registry.
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) suspected Tymoshenko of acts in a conflict of interest and receiving gifts in violation of the law. In particular, the top official of the Presidential Administration was accused of receiving two gifts in the form of renting a Porsche Taycan, 2021 year of manufacture from a distant person (the value of the gift is 122 thousand UAH) and temporary accommodation at Emili Resort hotel (45,4 thousand UAH).
Also NACP considered that the former high-ranking official, using his influence, instructed an employee of the Department for Regional Policy Affairs of the Presidential Office to fulfill a delicate request – to obtain visas issued in the name of Kyryl Tymoshenko and his son.
Accordingly, regarding these facts, NACP Deputy Chairman Artem Sytnyk drew up an administrative protocol, which was sent to court. In court, the prosecutor insisted: the former deputy head of the Presidential Office should be fined 6,8 thousand UAH.
At the same time, the court uncovered interesting details that ultimately worked in Tymoshenko’s favor. Thus, the very fact of renting the elite car Porsche was confirmed in court. The car is secured by the Kyiv LLC Novem Logistics, controlled by businessman Vemir Davityan. In June 2022 year, Tymoshenko’s wife Alona signed an agreement with the mentioned company to rent the car. The term is until 31 October 2022 year. The amount 122 thousand UAH for use of the Porsche was fully paid by the wife of the former official. This is evidenced by copies of documents provided to the court.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko used the Porsche Taycan for personal purposes free of charge, car valued at $100 thousand.
photo: «Ukrainska Pravda»
Regarding the stay at Emili Resort hotel, the court emphasized that Tymoshenko and his family paid for services themselves at full market value. It is stated that Tymoshenko’s family rented hotel rooms during 17–18 August 2022 year, 21–25 September 2022 year and 21–23 October 2022 year.
Additionally, the court sided with the former deputy head of the Presidential Office in analyzing his subordinate’s foreign trip. The court is convinced: Kyrylo Tymoshenko did not influence the decision to send on a business trip the head of the Department for Interaction with Local Executive Authorities and Local Governments of the Presidential Office, Oleksiy Bondarev. He was in Warsaw for three days to prepare official events with the head of state. The judiciary believes that Tymoshenko only performed organizational and administrative functions, having drawn up a request to the State Border Service to grant permission for the subordinate to travel abroad.
Separately, in court the former deputy head added that he asked Bondarev, during his free time, to obtain visas for him and his son at the UK Visa Application Centre, which were issued. After obtaining consent from the subordinate, Tymoshenko arranged notarized powers of attorney and handed them over.
Given the absence of a corpus delicti in Tymoshenko’s actions, the court had to terminate proceedings.
Recall that in Zelensky’s team Kyrylo Tymoshenko was responsible for regional policy (coordination with regional administrations’ heads and city and community leaders) and oversaw the “Great Construction” project since 2020 year. In autumn 2022 year the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case under parts 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code (“Abuse of power or official position”) and part 2 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code (“ legalization (money laundering) of property obtained by criminal means”). Law enforcement authorities were interested in the company Budinvest Engineering, registered in Tymoshenko’s hometown Dnipro. According to the investigation, during half a year of the big war, Budinvest Engineering received 1,3 billion UAH for road repairs in Dnipropetrovsk region. Later, these funds were transferred to related companies with signs of fictitiousness.
“In this case, there are about ten defendants who have not yet been announced suspects. On the eve of the New Year, searches took place among beneficiaries of the Dnipro company, as well as in Kyrylo Tymoshenko. However, this fact was not made public,” said a Glavkom activist from Dnipro, who asked not to disclose his name.
At the beginning of December 2022 year, as a result of government reshuffle and reallocation of powers between ministries, the mega-competences were given to the Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine – Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. In effect, from that moment began Tymoshenko’s displacement from the “Great Construction,” which ended with his resignation “at his own will.”
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