The court lifted Yulia Tymoshenko's procedural obligations in the case involving the bribery of lawmakers
The High Anti-Corruption Court refused to extend the procedural obligations previously imposed on Yulia Tymoshenko, a member of parliament and leader of the “Batkivshchyna” faction. During a preliminary hearing, the judge rejected a motion to that effect filed by a prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. The term of the restrictions, in the form of a personal obligation, was set to expire on July 7.
Thanks to this decision, the politician is no longer required to inform investigators and prosecutors of any change in her place of residence or employment, to appear whenever summoned by them, or to surrender her passport to the migration service. She is now free to move about within Ukraine and travel abroad. The only remaining restriction in this case is the previously imposed bail of over 33 million hryvnias.
After the court session ended, Yulia Tymoshenko herself told reporters that she considers the case against her to be politically motivated. She added that after the indictment was submitted to the court, she lost her status as a suspect, so the legal grounds for continuing the restrictions no longer exist. Despite the lifting of the restrictions, the leader of “Batkivshchyna” promised not to miss any further court proceedings and to appear at all High Anti-Corruption Court hearings, the next of which is scheduled for July 22.
Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) concluded their investigation into the case involving an alleged bribe offer to members of parliament by Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna party, and made the case files available to the defense prior to the trial. The lawmaker herself did not appear for the review.
As a reminder, the court lifted the seizure of some of Yulia Tymoshenko’s and her husband’s property.
