Court arrested ex-Odesa regional deputy in absentia

The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court took into custody in absentia the former deputy of the Odessa Regional Council from the banned party "Opposition Platform-For Life" Viktor Baransky in the case of the seizure of 32 vessels of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company.

This decision was made by the AC HACC.

As is known, on January 14, the anti-corruption court refused to arrest Baransky in absentia. Therefore, the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office filed an appeal against this decision.

The appeal of the SAPO prosecutor shall be granted. The ruling of the investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court of January 14, 2025 shall be annulled. A new ruling shall be issued, by which the petition of the senior detective of the NABU, approved by the prosecutor, shall be granted and a preventive measure in the form of detention shall be chosen for the suspect (Baransky – ed.).

Let us remind you that Viktor Baransky is a figure in the EBK database.

We also previously reported that the HACC took into custody in absentia the former deputy chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Volodymyr Skorobagach, and the director of the private company Powerstock LLC, Iryna Khasianova, in the case of misappropriation of electricity.