Father of NABU officer, who documented Mindich, released from jail
September and Ruslan Magamedrasulov (Photo: Maksym Kamenev / Graty)

Sentyabr Magamedrasulov, the father of former senior detective of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau Ruslan Magamedrasulov, was released from the pre-trial detention center under partial house arrest. The change in the measure of restraint was reported by the man's lawyer in the comments to Suspilne.

The defense counsel noted that the motion to change the measure of restraint was filed by the Office of the prosecutor general.

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The Pechersk District Court imposed a nightly house arrest on the suspect.

Last week, on November 26, the same court denied the man's lawyers' request to change the measure of restraint from custody to any other.

Father and son Magamedrasulovs are suspected of aiding the aggressor state. For data according to the investigation, the NABU official facilitated the illegal export of industrial hemp to Dagestan (a republic within the Russian Federation), acting as an intermediary between Russian buyers and his father. However, the men's defense points out that the actual destination was Uzbekistan (an independent country in Central Asia).

Magamedrasulov and another NABU officer, Viktor Husarov, were suspected on July 21, when the Security Service of Ukraine and the prosecutor general's Office announced "a special operation to neutralize Russian influence" on the anti-corruption agency.

However, the very next day, the Verkhovna Rada voted for a scandalous law that temporarily deprived the NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of their independence, and at the same day the document was signed by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Finally, the independence of anti-corruption bodies was returned after mass protests and the reaction of European partners.

In November, NABU director Semen Kryvonos confirmed that Ruslan Magamedrasulov participated in the organization of legal wiretapping of the apartment Timur Mindich – a former business partner and friend of president Zelenskyy, a suspect in the of the anti-corruption operation Midas.