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Court hearing on preventive measure for Andriy Yermak in Kyiv
Journalists cover a bail hearing in the case of former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak, suspected of money laundering, presided over by Judge Viktor Nohachevskyi of the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2026. The Specialized 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)