Overview
- The High Anti-Corruption Court set a closed session to consider a Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s motion to arrest Yulia Tymoshenko’s property, with the judge citing protection of investigative secrecy and personal data.
- Released on bail set at 33.3 million hryvnias, Tymoshenko must pay by January 21 and is restricted to the Kyiv region, has surrendered passports, and is barred from discussing case materials with dozens of lawmakers.
- Tymoshenko criticized the closed proceeding as an attempt to keep her from meeting the bail deadline, presenting the claim as her position rather than a court finding.
- NABU published audio it says captures Tymoshenko offering MPs $10,000 per month for votes and discussing efforts to break the parliamentary majority, with conversations dated January 12.
- Anti-corruption officers searched Batkivshchyna’s Kyiv office on January 14, and prosecutors say charges for bribing deputies have been presented with additional pretrial motions planned.