On the same day, the HACC Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeals of both the prosecutor and the defense and left unchanged the interim measure for developer Serhii Kopystyra, who is a suspect in the same corruption case. Earlier, the HACC had imposed detention with an alternative bail of UAH 100 million.
The defense requested a reduction in the bail amount, arguing that the suspicion was unfounded and the bail sum was excessive.
The prosecutor, meanwhile, asked the court to increase the bail to UAH 400 million.
According to investigators, Serhii Kopystyra, together with senior officials of the Ministry, implemented a scheme to illegally acquire land in Kyiv for the construction of a residential complex, which could have caused losses to the state exceeding UAH 1 billion. Another figure in this case is the current Deputy Prime Minister and, at the time of the alleged offense, Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, Oleksii Chernyshov, whose possible suspension from office is also under consideration today.