The Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv has chosen a bail as a pre-trial measure for the former mayor of Irpin, Oleksandr Markushyn. He announced this on Facebook, as reported by UNN.
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As Markushyn noted, he was chosen a pre-trial measure in the form of bail in the second criminal case - which he called "fabricated."
Both of these cases are stitched together according to the same scheme - based on the "testimonies" of people dependent on the developer Karpliuk, who at any cost tries to maintain control over the development of Irpin and access to land and the city budget
Markushyn also called the situation "politically motivated."
I once thought that the concept of "political persecution" was not about Ukraine. That it concerned totalitarian neighboring states where repression is the norm. But this year I became convinced: politically motivated criminal cases are a reality in our country as well
Context
The former deputy mayor of Irpin, Markushyn, was notified of suspicion of illegal seizure of communal property.
He is suspected of organizing the alienation of a land plot and a boiler house building from communal ownership in 2019.
Additionally
In 2025, the SBI notified the then mayor of Irpin, Markushyn, of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (organization of illegal transportation of persons across the state border). This concerned a case related to the mayor of Irpin's departure abroad from August 24 to August 30, 2022.
According to law enforcement officers, Markushyn allegedly went to Italy not to help the military, but to see his 2-year-old son.
Subsequently, the court suspended Markushyn from managing the Irpin community for the duration of the investigation. The Irpin City Council prematurely terminated the powers of Markushyn.