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Shock in Ukraine as anti-corruption court places Zelensky’s former chief of staff under arrest

The Independent·Pavel Polityuk·19 days ago
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Ukraine's anti-corruption ⁠court on Thursday ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky and former head of his administration, on money-laundering charges. The court also set bail at 140 million hryvnias ($3.19 million), which would allow Yermak, ⁠who has denied the allegations against him, ​to ⁠be released pending a final ruling in his case. "I don't have that kind of money, and my lawyer will ⁠now work with friends and acquaintances (to raise the money for bail)," Yermak ​told ⁠reporters after the court's decision. "My ‌legal team will file an appeal. We will use every legal avenue to seek justice and the truth." Ukrainian authorities on Monday ‌named Yermak as a suspect in a major ‌corruption probe. His arrest was the closest that anti-corruption officials have come to the president's inner circle.…

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