Full UAH 33 million bail paid for bribery suspect Tymoshenko
The entire bail amount set by the court – UAH 33 million – was paid for the People's Deputy and head of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, suspected of bribery. This was reported by the anti-corruption organization Transparency International, citing the press service of the High Anti-Corruption Court.
"UP", citing sources in law enforcement agencies, specifies that a bail of 33 million 280 thousand UAH was paid for Yulia Tymoshenko. According to journalists, the money for her was paid by the People's Deputy from "Batkivshchyna" Kostyantyn Bondarev and donors associated with his entourage, namely:
· Liliya Zykova, a businesswoman from Vyshgorod, contributed UAH 3.22 million. She is engaged in market and public opinion analysis. In the past, she worked at the company Altana Investment Management, which is associated with Viktor Yanukovych's son Oleksandr;
· 3 million 850 thousand UAH was contributed by Olena Bondarenko. In 2025, she made contributions to the account of the Batkivshchyna party;
· 4 million 380 thousand UAH was transferred by Yevhen Zykov, the former head of the Mariupol Boxing Federation. He was also an assistant to Konstantin Bondarev on a voluntary basis;
· 5 million UAH was contributed by the People's Deputy from "Batkivshchyna" Konstantin Bondarev;
· 726 thousand UAH was transferred by an entrepreneur from the Khust district of the Transcarpathian region, Mykhailo Puyo;
· UAH 199,000 was paid by entrepreneur Vladyslav Repeshko from Dnipro;
· 2 million 75 thousand UAH was contributed by Oleksiy Peshyi. In 2021, he was involved in a corruption scandal. According to BIHUS Info journalists, Oleksiy Peshyi paid off an apartment with the then Deputy Head of the President's Office, Oleg Tatarov, for support in a conflict with former business partners.
As a reminder, NABU has declared Yulia Tymoshenko suspected of bribery. According to published conversations, the MP offered deputies illegal benefits and paid $10,000 for two sessions of the Verkhovna Rada.
On January 20, it became known that bail had begun being paid for Tymoshenko. As of that morning, more than a third of the required amount had been paid.
