Appeal court keeps MP Hunko under electronic monitoring

The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court extended the term of office of People's Deputy Anatoliy Hunko until July 25. The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court sentenced him to 7 years in prison.

As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court found People's Deputy Anatoly Hunko guilty and sentenced him to 7 years in prison with a 3-year ban on holding certain positions and confiscation of all property. He was given the following obligations: to appear before the court upon every request; not to leave the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region without the permission of the court; to notify the court of a change in his place of residence and place of work; to hand over his foreign passports and to wear an electronic bracelet.

The prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and Hunko's defense lawyers filed appeals against the verdict. The prosecutor also requested an extension of his duties for another two months.

The prosecutor's request is granted. The term of the duties imposed on the accused (Hunka - ed.) is extended for two months (but not longer than until the verdict enters into legal force). The prosecutor is to be responsible for supervising the fulfillment of the duties imposed on the accused.

 Anatoliy Gunko is a figure in the EBK database.

As a reminder, the SAPO has sent an indictment to the court against People's Deputy Anatoly Hunko and his assistant. According to the prosecution, Hunko, in collusion with his assistant Igor Kalinichenko and another accomplice Volodymyr Ivasyk, demanded and received an illegal benefit from Nikulin, a representative of the agricultural enterprise Agroform-2019 LLC.

They received funds for the provision of state lands for cultivation. These lands are used by research farms from the structure of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences. In particular, it was about the household "Tuchynske", which is located in the village of Tuchyn, Rivne region. As the prosecutor claimed, for each 1 hectare of land it was necessary to pay 130 dollars. In total, it was about 1700 hectares for 221 thousand dollars. Of this amount, it was necessary to transfer a deposit of 85 thousand dollars, and the rest - after the harvest.

We also reported that the court allowed Pashinsky to leave for the Czech Republic.