The Supreme Court of Ukraine postponed the election of a preventive measure for Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov to June 27
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court (VACS) transferred consideration of the issue of preventive measures against the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Unity Oleksiy Chernyshov, who is suspected of abuse of official position and receiving an unlawful benefit in a particularly large amount, on June 27.
“The consideration of the petition of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office regarding the application of a preventive measure against the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Unity will take place on June 27, 2025 at 09:00. The court session will be held at the address: Prospekt Beresteyskyi, 41, Courtroom No. 5”, – says the message.
Before that, on June 25, judge Vitaly Kryklyvy postponed the hearing to June 26 due to the request of Chernyshov himself, who noted that he must attend the government meeting and government meeting on the same day.
We will remind, on June 23, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) announced that Chernyshov was suspected of having committed abuses in the position of Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine. He is charged with offenses under Part 2 Art. 15, ch. 2 Art. 28, ch. 2 Art. 364, ch. 4 Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigation established that the developer and his representative developed an illegal scheme for obtaining a plot of land in Kyiv for the construction of a residential complex. Chernyshov, when he was a minister, his adviser, the state secretary of the ministry and the director of a state enterprise were involved in the implementation of this scheme.
The minister, according to the investigation, created the conditions for the transfer of the land plot to the management of this state-owned enterprise. The State Secretary gave permission for a significant economic commitment, and the director of the state-owned enterprise concluded investment contracts with the required construction company. According to the terms of the contracts, the developer had to transfer to the state a part of the apartments corresponding to the value of the plot.
In order to reduce the number of apartments, the land and buildings on it were valued almost five times cheaper, and the difference between the understated and real value exceeded 1 billion hryvnias. This is the amount the state could lose as a result of the implementation of contracts. This was prevented thanks to the seizure of the site at the request of NABU and SAP.
