Overview
- Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutor says charges have been filed and a court motion will seek a measure of restraint and a $1.15 million bail.
- Yulia Tymoshenko denies that the voice on NABU’s published audio discussing payments for parliamentary votes is hers.
- Tymoshenko says her accounts in Ukrainian banks are blocked, preventing her from posting the proposed bail.
- NABU and the anti-corruption prosecutor earlier reported exposing a faction leader offering improper benefits for votes, and Ukrainian media say other politicians, including Davyd Arakhamia, are under suspicion.
- Hungarian official Balazs Orban calls the allegations evidence of systemic corruption in Ukraine, while former prime minister Mykola Azarov dismisses Tymoshenko’s denials.