Overview
- Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Yuliia Tymoshenko to post bail of over UAH 33 million and imposed restrictions including surrendering her passport, remaining in Kyiv Oblast, and avoiding contact with 66 lawmakers.
- The judge set a five-day deadline to pay the bail or face detention and did not require an electronic monitoring device despite prosecutors’ request.
- NABU previously released recordings that investigators say capture discussions about a payment system to secure specific votes in the Verkhovna Rada.
- Tymoshenko rejected the allegations, said the recording was edited, and maintained that the conversation did not involve any mention of finances.
- Her defense sought the original full audio for independent examination and submitted documents on planned foreign travel, while the court declined to grant motions to obtain the audio or summon MP Ihor Kopytin, who was publicly supported by faction leader Davyd Arakhamiia.