By KYIV. Sept 1 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has chosen a measure of restraint for First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky in the form of a bail of UAH 805,000.
“The High Anti-Corruption Court chose a measure of restraint in the form of a bail of UAH 805,000,” the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) told Interfax-Ukraine.
The press service of the SAPO said on Telegram the first deputy minister of agricultural policy will be entrusted with procedural duties: to arrive at the request of the detective, the prosecutor and the court; not to leave Kyiv without the permission of the detective, the prosecutor and the court; notify the detective, the prosecutor or the court of a change in their place of residence and work; refrain from communicating with another suspect – the ex-deputy minister of economy and witnesses; deposit your passport (passports) for traveling abroad, other documents giving the right to leave Ukraine and enter Ukraine with the appropriate state authorities.
The validity period of the obligations is determined until October 24, 2023. The issue of appealing the preventive measure will be resolved after reading the full text of the court decision.
The SAPO recalled that on August 24, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) accused First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Vysotsky of abusing UAH 62.5 million in the purchase of food products to meet the needs of the state during martial law.
“These food products were intended as humanitarian aid for the population of Donetsk, Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions and the city of Kyiv,” the report says.
