Today, May 5, the High Anti-Corruption Court remanded former deputy head of the President's Office of Ukraine Andrii Smyrnov into custody with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of UAH 18 million.
It was reported by Suspilne.
Thus, the court changed the preventive measure for Smyrnov, and remanded him in custody until May 22. He also has the opportunity to post bail in the amount of UAH 18 million.
It is indicated that the prosecution requested Smirnov's detention with the alternative of bail in excess of UAH 20 million.
Meanwhile, Smyrnov's lawyer stated that the investigation did not provide evidence of money laundering.
"Also, the risks that are the grounds for such a preventive measure have not been provided. This petition is not justified. The investigation has been ongoing for six months and there is no new evidence in the case," he argued.
The former deputy head of the President's Office himself, in a comment to the publication, stated that he considers the decision unfair and "will prove his innocence."
"I consider it (the court's decision - ed.) unfair. I will fight, and I will prove my innocence. I have my own beliefs and guesses about who is behind this, but I think it is not worth discussing. But we will prove that we are right," said Smyrnov.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, former deputy head of the Presidential Office Andrii Smyrnov believes that he has been handed a new suspicion of bribery, because the case of illegal enrichment has no prospect of being proven.
As a reminder, in February 2023, the media conducted an investigation, the results of which stated that in 2022, the brother of the deputy head of the Office of the President Andrii Smyrnov, Ihor Smirnov, bought apartments in an elite new building in Lviv, a land plot in the Carpathians, a parking space in Kyiv, as well as a Volkswagen Multivan, BMW and a motorcycle.
In March 2023, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office registered criminal proceedings on the fact of possible illegal enrichment of the deputy head of the Office of the President Andrii Smyrnov.
On May 22, 2024, on the instructions of the head of the SACPO, the prosecutor reported suspicion of illegal enrichment of UAH 15.7 million to the former deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. The person's actions are qualified under Art. 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On May 29, the court issued a certificate that the former deputy head of the Presidential Office had been bailed in full – UAH 10 million.
On April 17, 2025, the former deputy head of the President's Office Smyrnov was informed of suspicion of bribery and money laundering. In particular, according to the investigation, Smyrnov illegally acquired cash, which he decided to legalize by building private houses with a total area of over 300 sq. m. in the recreation area of the Odesa Region. In total, he transferred UAH 6.5 million. Also, according to the NACB, he received an illegal benefit from the owner of a construction company in the form of works and services worth USD 100,000.
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