Accused of Parubiy's murder remains in custody without bail

The arrest of the accused in the murder of Andriy Parubiy was extended for 60 days without the right to bail, as announced by the judge in the courtroom, UNN reports.

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"The court ruled - the prosecutor's petition... is granted, to extend Mykhailo Stselnikov's... preventive measure in the form of detention without determining an alternative amount of bail for a period of 60 days until May 30, 2026," said the presiding judge.

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The investigation into the murder of Ukrainian People's Deputy and former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy has already been completed. The indictment against the 53-year-old suspect has been sent to court - the defendant faces life imprisonment.

The detained Mykhailo Stselnikov is charged with the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: high treason, encroachment on the life of a statesman, committed in connection with his state and public activities, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, public calls for violent change and overthrow of the constitutional order using the media, illegal handling of weapons by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, as well as glorification of Russian aggression (Part 3 of Article 109; Part 2 of Article 111; Part 2 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Article 112; Part 2 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 263; Parts 1, 3 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Andriy Parubiy was killed on August 30, 2025, in Lviv near the house where he lived. A man disguised as a courier approached the politician and fired eight shots from a pistol from a few meters away - Parubiy died on the spot.

The killer fled the crime scene and tried to hide, but on the night of September 1, he was detained in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

The Security Service of Ukraine found the weapon used to kill People's Deputy Andriy Parubiy. It was a Makarov pistol with a silencer: it was in a cache set up by the killer and contained his DNA.