The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has reduced the bail amount for former Supreme Court judge Bohdan Lvov by 15 times. This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Center.
Investigating judge of the Supreme Court Viktor Maslov partially satisfied the defense’s request and reduced the bail to UAH 20 million. At the same time, the request to release the accused on bail was denied. This decision can be appealed in the Court of Appeal.
Previously, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv chose Lvov as a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of posting bail in excess of UAH 302 million. Subsequently, the judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ukraine Andriy Bitsyuk changed the preventive measure, releasing the suspect from custody, but leaving the amount of bail unchanged.
Bohdan Lvov is suspected of facilitating the appropriation of part of the main oil pipeline “Samara – Western Direction”, which belonged to the state represented by the State Property Fund. The losses are estimated at 1.4 billion UAH. In 2024, suspicion in this case was also announced to Viktor Medvedchuk, who, according to the investigation, coordinated his actions with the Russian authorities.
On June 18, 2025, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court took Lvov into custody with the alternative of bail in the amount of 302.8 million UAH. While in custody, he appealed to the Council of Judges of Ukraine, stating that such a preventive measure violates the guarantees of the independence of judges. The Council of Judges ruled in his favor, noting that a judge who is not formally deprived of his status by a decision of the High Council of Justice continues to enjoy guarantees of immunity.
In 2022, Lvov was expelled from the Supreme Court staff after journalists from the “Scheme” program published information about his Russian citizenship. On this basis, the SBU deprived him of access to state secrets, and the court leadership decided to terminate his powers.
Lvov himself denied having a Russian passport and tried to appeal the actions of the then Chairman of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev, and the SBU. However, it turned out to be impossible to officially confirm or deny the fact of Russian citizenship through inquiries to the Russian authorities in wartime. In June 2024, the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal denied him reinstatement.
At the same time, Lviv still remains a citizen of Ukraine, despite holding a Russian passport.
