HACC to consider motion to remove Chernyshov from office on July 1
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) will consider the petition of the anti-corruption authorities on Tuesday, July 1, to remove Oleksiy Chernyshov from the post of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Unity.
"The petition to remove the suspected top official from the post is scheduled for consideration on July 1, at 4:30 p.m.," the court told the agency.
Earlier, HACC chose a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 120 million for Chernyshov, suspected of abuse of office and obtaining illegal benefits in an especially large amount.
The court partially granted the petition, since the prosecution requested, among other obligations, wearing an electronic monitoring device (bracelet), which was not specified in the court decision.
By court decision, the suspect is assigned the following duties: to appear at every summons of a detective, prosecutor or court, to report a change in his place of residence and place of work, not to leave the territory of Ukraine without the permission of the investigator, prosecutor or court.
The term of the duties assigned to Chernyshov is two months, that is, until August 27, 2025.
Along with this petition, the anti-corruption authorities sent a petition to the Supreme Court of Ukraine to remove Chernyshov from his position. At the time of the election of a preventive measure, it was not being considered.
During the meeting on the election of a preventive measure, Chernyshov stated that he did not plan to flee anywhere, did not sincerely understand the essence of the charges and would cooperate with the investigation.
As the agency learned, at present, bail has not been posted by or for Chernyshov.
After the court session, Chernyshov told reporters: "No, I do not plan to resign. I have a lot of work."
On June 23, NABU and the Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) reported suspicion of abuse of office and obtaining unlawful benefit in an especially large amount for himself and third parties to Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Unity of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov. In particular, his actions in his former position as Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine were qualified under Part 2 of Article 15, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 364, Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, the developer and his proxy developed a scheme to illegally obtain a land plot in Kyiv for the construction of a residential complex, and Chernyshov was involved in the implementation of the scheme when he held the position of minister, his advisor, then state secretary of the ministry, and director of a state enterprise. Law enforcement officers believe that the minister created the conditions for transferring the land plot to the management of the specified state enterprise, the state secretary granted permission to make a significant economic commitment, and the director of the state enterprise illegally concluded investment contracts with the "necessary" construction company. According to them, the developer was to give the state a part of the future apartments in a quantity proportional to the cost of the land plot. In order to minimize this quantity, the land and the buildings on it were valued almost five times cheaper, and the difference between such an assessment and the market value exceeded UAH 1 billion. It is this amount that the state would have received less real estate in the event of the execution of the contracts. This was prevented by the arrest of the plot, which was imposed at the request of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and SAPO.
Earlier, five people received suspicion notices, including: the former state secretary of the Ministry of Regional Development, the former advisor to the minister, the former director of the state enterprise and a real estate developer and his trustee (scheme organizers).