The court refused to return the indictment in the case of Pyvovarskyi
15.01.2025 - 11:14
The court in the case of former Minister of Infrastructure Andriy Pyvovarskyi has refused the defense to return the indictment.
As Andriy Pyvovarskyi reported on Facebook , the court refused to grant the defense’s request to return the indictment.
According to the former minister, the text of the indictment does not provide a clear understanding of the essence of the charges.
“It is quite difficult to understand from the indictment what I am accused of. The court decided that it will deal with this already in the trial,” commented Pyvovarskyi.
The court in the case of former Minister of Infrastructure Andriy Pyvovarskyi also decided on public access to the hearings. The hearing, which took place on January 13, can be viewed on the official channel of the High Anti-Corruption Court on YouTube.
The next hearing is scheduled for February 10, although the court may schedule it earlier.
Earlier, USM reported that the court refused to transfer $30 million to ARMA in the case of former Minister Pyvovarskyi.
Recall that in February 2024, NABU and Special Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office informed the former Minister of Infrastructure Andriy Pyvovarskyi about suspicions of abuses, due to which the state allegedly suffered losses of more than $30 million. The former official commented on the situation.
According to the investigation, in July 2015, the then minister, together with his deputy (at that time also the head of the Tariff Council of the Ministry of Infrastructure), ensured the adoption of an order according to which private companies began to collect ship dues from vessels in the seaport “Pivdennyi” together with the SE “USPA” (in a 50/50 ratio). While by law, the collection of such a fee is the exclusive prerogative of the state-owned enterprise as a user of the port’s water area, the NABU Telegram channel reported.
The investigation established that the order was adopted without proper economic justification and contrary to the observations of the Department of Economics and Finance of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the State Enterprise “USPA”.
On April 4, the former First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Shulmeister, was chosen as a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 4 million.
The suspect was also required to:
• appear at the first request of the detective, prosecutor and court;
• notify the detective, prosecutor or court of a change of his place of residence and work, travel abroad;
• refrain from communicating with another suspect in the case and witnesses.
On May 15, the preventive measure was extended for former Minister Pyvovarsky. He, like Shulmeister, must appear at the request of the investigator, prosecutor and court, notify of a change of place of residence and work, etc.
“We have confirmation that there is still no civil claim against me for compensation for damages to the injured party. Because there is no injured party. Because there are no losses. Because if there were, there would be an injured party. But on February 27, 2023, the assets were seized to compensate the injured party for losses. It turns out that something in the case went wrong as the prosecution wanted from the very beginning. The main plan broke down. That is why the investigation was extended for six months after the suspicion was served. They will have a different plan,” Andriy Pyvovarskyi commented on Facebook.
