On Wednesday, September 25, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of the city of Kyiv refused to change the preventive measure for businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi from bail in the amount of UAH 1,877,360,000 to house arrest or personal recognizance.
Such a decision was made by investigating judge Oleksii Hlian, the Ukrainian News agency reports
The decision is not subject to appeal.
During the court session, Kolomoiskyi explained why he refused to pay the bail set by the court in the amount of UAH 1,877,360,000.
"I believe that this is a criminal racket that comes from the very top. And from the very beginning, I was told that there would be 3 billion or something, even before I was imprisoned. I was warned by high-ranking SSU employees that there would be a billion bail," said Kolomoiskyi.
The businessman added that the amount of the bail has changed over the last year from about UAH 3.9 billion to UAH 1.8 billion.
"The most important task is for me to sit in prison. Here I am," said Kolomoiskyi.
He noted that the refusal to pay the bail is his principled position.
"Because I believe that this is a racket at the state level with the use of all power structures, including the judiciary," Kolomoiskyi emphasized.
The businessman believes that he is being held hostage.
"They took me as a hostage, put me in prison and demanded money," he said.
Kolomoiskyi's lawyer, Viacheslav Krahlevych, reminded that the final term of Kolomoiskyi's detention ended on September 2, 2024, but the prosecution submitted a motion to change the preventive measure from detention to bail.
At the same time, Krahlevych noted that Kolomoiskyi will not pay any amount of bail that will be determined by the court.
Another lawyer of the businessman, Oleksandr Lysak, emphasized that the bail was not paid because it was excessive.
According to him, Kolomoiskyi does not consider it necessary to contribute any funds, because there is no reasonable suspicion and there are no risks, on the basis of which the suspicion was announced.
Besides, the lawyer Oleh Pushkar noted that during the last year, during the detention of Kolomoiskyi, no risk, which the prosecution says, was justified.
In particular, Kolomoiskyi did not try to hide, did not influence anyone, did not destroy any documents.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Kolomoiskyi's arrest was changed to a bail of UAH 1.8 billion in the case of PrivatBank.
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