Overview
- NABU released recordings it says capture Yulia Tymoshenko discussing payments for parliamentary votes.
- The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office says charges have been filed and it will petition a court for pretrial measures.
- Prosecutors plan to ask for bail set at $1.15 million, while Tymoshenko denies the voice on the tapes is hers.
- Tymoshenko states her Ukrainian bank accounts are blocked and that she cannot post the proposed bail.
- Hungarian officials cast the accusations as evidence of systemic corruption in Ukraine, and Ukrainian media report that other MPs, including Davyd Arakhamia, are named and that penalties could reach up to ten years in prison.