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Court hearing on preventive measure for Andriy Yermak in Kyiv

Judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) Viktor Nohachevskyi listens to prosecutor Valentyna Hrebeniuk of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office during a bail hearing in the case of former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, who is suspected of money laundering, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2026. The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requests that the suspect be held in custody with the alternative of bail set at UAH 180 million. Investigators allege that the former official was involved in laundering 460 million hryvnias through the construction of luxury cottages near Kyiv. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)