The High Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a measure of restraint on Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky in the form of arrest with an alternative bail of UAH 75 million 700 thousand. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi with reference to the court session.
The NABU and the SAPO asked to arrest Solsky for two months. As an alternative, he was asked to set bail in excess of UAH 200 million.
The investigation believes that Solsky may be hiding abroad, as he has three minor children, which allows the minister to travel abroad, and his eldest son lives in Switzerland.
The court ruled to impose on Solsky a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention for 60 days(until 24 June 2024 inclusive) with the possibility of bail in the amount of 25 thousand subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons, namely UAH 75 million 700 thousand, which can be posted either by the suspect himself or by another person.
If bail is granted, Solskiy will
- report to the detective, prosecutor or court at every summons and request;
- not to leave Kyiv and Kyiv region without the permission of the detective, prosecutor or court;
- notify the detective, prosecutor or court of any change of residence;
- to refrain from communicating with other suspects, witnesses in criminal proceedings and other persons regarding the suspicion notified to him/her, except for defence counsels, detectives, prosecutors, investigating judge, court;
- to deposit his/her passport for travelling abroad and other documents giving the right to leave and enter Ukraine with the relevant state authorities;
- wear an electronic control device.
Solskiy case
Law enforcement agencies accuse Solsky of seizing state land worth UAH 291 million and attempting to seize another UAH 190 million.
The minister, for his part, stated that this relates to the period from 2017 to 2018, when he was engaged in lawyer’s activities. Solsky also said that the case is about a dispute between state-owned enterprises and individuals who were legally transferred land.
Solsky has been in office since March 2022.
on 25 April, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, said that the Parliament had received a letter of resignation from the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solskyi.
Stefanchuk noted that the letter would be considered at one of the next plenary sessions of the parliament.