Yulia Tymoshenko (Photo: Batkivshchyna press service)

Head of faction Batkivshchyna, suspected of offering bribes to other MPs, Yulia Tymoshenko states that her accounts were blocked and that she would not be able to post bail.

"What is surreal? It's when you plan to pay bail in an openly ordered political case with money received as compensation for the political persecution of a certain 'dictator'. But you can't do it. Because your accounts have been blocked even before the court decision," she wrote.

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So far, there is no official confirmation that the elected official's accounts have been blocked.

In her 2020 declaration, Tymoshenko indicated that she received almost UAH 150 million (148,345,441) as compensation for damage suffered from political repression in 2011-2014, during the time of the fugitive former president Viktor Yanukovych. The compensation was received in the United States "at the stage of pre-trial settlement". The payment was made by the American law firm Reid, Collins, Tsai LLP.

Earlier, the spokesperson for the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Olga Postolyuk confirmed LIGA.net that agency would ask for Tymoshenko's bail in the amount of UAH 50 million.

A hearing of the High Anti-Corruption Court on this case is scheduled for the morning of Friday, January 16.

  • NABU and SAPO announce Tymoshenko's suspicion in offering bribes to MPs from other factions for voting. In particular, law enforcement officers published "wiretapping" with what is alleged to be a politician. She calls it "political order" against her.
  • Before that, the interlocutor LIGA.net one of the "servants", commenting on the fact that the Rada failed to approve new ministerial appointments for the first time, argued that through its votes Batkivshchyna wanted to get some personnel appointments.
  • After the announcement of Tymoshenko's suspicion, the interviewee LIGA.net in the SN faction said that this situation would not cause a crisis in the Rada, and that the "servants" had long since lacked the necessary number of votes to pass decisions.