HACC remanded Minister Solskyi in custody with a possibility of bail

HACC remanded Minister Solskyi in custody with a possibility of bail

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The Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky was arrested on suspicion of misappropriation of state land worth UAH 481 million with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 75.7 million.

On Friday, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACCU) imposed a pre-trial restraint on Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky, who is suspected of seizing state land worth UAH 291 million and attempting to seize land worth another UAH 190 million, in the form of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 75.7 million, UNN reports.

The motion is granted, and a measure of restraint in the form of detention is applied to the suspect Mykola Solskyi..

- the judge said.

The validity period, he said, is 60 days - until June 24, 2024.

"To set bail for the suspect Solskiy... at UAH 75 million 700 thousand," the judge added.

To add

On April 23, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced that the ex-head of the Verkhovna Rada's Agrarian Committee, a current minister, was exposed for taking over state land worth 291 million hryvnias and attempting to take over land worth another 190 million hryvnias. As the UNN source reported, it is about Mykola Solskyi, who currently holds the post of Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

On April 25, the Verkhovna Rada received a statement from Mykola Solsky about his resignation from the post of Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.