NABU employees ask court to consider complaint against arrest of colleague

Employees of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have signed a collective appeal to the Kyiv Court of Appeal with a request to ensure a public consideration of the complaint against the arrest of NABU employee Ruslan Maghamedrasulov.

"On August 25, 2025 at 12:30, the Kyiv Court of Appeal will consider a complaint against the detention of NABU employee Ruslan Maghamedrasulov," the NABU said in a message on its Telegram channel on Monday.

The message notes that the Bureau's employees have signed a collective appeal to the court with a call to ensure a public consideration of the case.

"It is important that society can hear the essence of the accusation and see the evidence on which the suspicion is based," the NABU emphasizes.

A scan of the appeal to the court with signatures is posted on the Bureau's Telegram channel.

The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office announced on July 21 that they had exposed Ruslan Maghamedrasulov, one of the heads of the interregional departments of NABU detectives, as doing business in the Russian Federation.

Maghamedrasulov was charged with suspicion under Article 111-2 (aiding an aggressor state) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He is suspected of doing business in the Russian Federation (he acted as an intermediary in the sale of his father's batches of technical hemp to the Republic of Dagestan). The father of the Bureau employee, a citizen of the Russian Federation, Sentyabr Maghamedrasulov, was also suspected and placed under preventive detention.

On July 22, the Verkhovna Rada supported in the second reading and with a total of 263 votes, draft law No. 12414, which limited the independence of the NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP).

Western politicians have declared threats to European integration, and protests have begun in Ukraine against the restrictions on the independence of the NABU and the SAPO.

On July 31, the Verkhovna Rada restored the independence of the NABU and the SAPO. On the same day, the president signed bill No. 13533 on strengthening the effectiveness of these bodies.

The heads of anti-corruption bodies asked the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to provide evidence to substantiate their suspicions. On August 7, SBU investigators provided the head of the NABU with separate information and separate materials confirming the validity of the suspicions announced against two NABU employees.

The heads of anti-corruption bodies also admitted intentions to replace the heads of the NABU and the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) as another stage of influencing the work of anti-corruption institutions.