HACCU arrested Deputy Minister Solsky

HACC arrested Deputy Minister Solsky. Photo: euaci.eu

The higher anti-corruption court took into custody the current deputy minister Mykola Solskyi, who, together with other persons, is suspected of taking over land in the Sumy region.

This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

On May 9, the Investigating Judge of the State Administrative Court of Ukraine supported the position of the SAP prosecutor and imposed a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of paying a 20 million hryvnias bail to the current deputy minister. The preventive measure is valid until July 7.

Together with other persons, he is suspected of acquiring land in the Sumy region with an area of about 2.5 thousand hectares worth 291 million hryvnias and attempting to acquire land with an area of about 3.3 thousand hectares for another 190 million hryvnias.

Previously, Mykola SolskyI, commenting on the suspicion handed to him, noted that the events refer to the period of 2017-2018, when he was a lawyer and was neither the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, nor the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy.

According to him, the seven-year-old circumstances relate to a dispute between state-owned enterprises and individuals, in particular ATO soldiers, over land that was given to the latter in possession in accordance with the law.

He stated that disputes are resolved by the courts, including the Supreme Court, and that, as far as he knows, a number of decisions currently state that state-owned enterprises do not have the right to land, which is probably what NABU is referring to.

The higher anti-corruption court chose preventive measures against the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola SolskyI in the form of arrest with an alternative bail of 75.7 million hryvnias.

On the same day, a bail of more than 75 million hryvnias was made for him.