Court Reduces Bail for Director in Kubrakov Bribery Case

The High Anti-Corruption Court reduced the bail from UAH 2 million to UAH 1.4 million and extended the term of office of Alla Sushon, the director of the state-owned enterprise Ukrkomunobslugovuvannya, until March 17.

NABU and SAPO accuse her of involvement in the case of an attempted bribery of former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

As is known, the anti-corruption court has imposed a preventive measure on Sushon in the form of a 2 million UAH bail. She was also given the following obligations: to appear upon request; not to leave the territory of Ukraine without permission; to report any change in her place of residence and place of work; to hand over her foreign passports; and to refrain from communicating with certain persons.

The defense requested a change in Souchon's restraining order. The judges partially granted the request, reducing the bail amount.

The defense attorney's motion to change the preventive measure shall be partially granted. To change the preventive measure applied to (Sushon – ed.) in the form of bail, reducing its amount to UAH 1,400,000. To impose on (Sushon – ed.) the following obligations until March 17, 2025 inclusive: to appear in court upon each summons; not to leave the territory of Ukraine 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 for safekeeping; to refrain from communicating with witnesses regarding the circumstances set forth in the indictment

Recall, according to the investigation, during August-November 2023, Kopystira, in collusion with the director of the state enterprise "Ukrkomunobslugovuvannya" Alla Sushon, made a proposal to provide an illegal benefit to Kubrakov for the benefit of his own company LLC "Citygazservice". The illegal benefit should be 2% of the area of ​​​​the residential complex, which in the future will be built on land in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv at the address Tiraspolska Street, 43. That is, the approximate size of the illegal benefit in the form of real estate should be from 4200 to 4900 square meters.

This property was offered in exchange for Kubrakov not making any changes or terminating the contracts dated December 9, 2022, concluded between the State Enterprise “Ukrkomunobslugovuvannya” (under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Development) and LLC “Citygasservice”. On October 5, Kopystyrya, through an intermediary, provided updated data on the transfer of the unlawful benefit – the area of ​​the property should be 5257.37 sq. m. In October-November, Kopystyrya provided part of the unlawful benefit to Kubrakov – he registered 15 apartments for Anton Hetman’s proxy.

We previously wrote that the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals extended the duties of two defendants in the Kubrakov case.

It also became known that the SAPO will refer the case of the UCP prosecutor Hunko to court.