Kyiv, February 16 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv chose the former leader of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Efremov, as a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months – until April 14.
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The corresponding decision was announced by judge Olesya Batrin, arguing that Efremov might try to leave Ukraine and hide from the investigation.
At the same time, the ex-people's deputy can be released on cash bail. The judge increased its amount from 2464 minimum wages (UAH 3 million), which the prosecution insisted on, to 3000 minimum wages (UAH 3,654 million).
As PolitNavigator reported, Efremov was taken into custody on February 14 as a result of a joint special operation by the SBU and the Prosecutor General’s Office.
It is worth noting that a year ago, Efremov was one of the first to disown Viktor Yanukovych after his flight abroad, announcing that the ex-president put pressure on the “regionals” and often forced them to go against their will.
Under the leadership of Efremov, the Party of Regions gathered for meetings of the Verkhovna Rada after the victory of Euromaidan, thereby helping to legalize the participants in the coup in Ukraine.
The day before, former associates of Efremov, now represented in the Verkhovna Rada under the guise of “Opposition Bloc,” helped Petro Poroshenko find the missing votes for the appointment of a new Prosecutor General Shokin.
Efremov was previously repeatedly accused by Maidan supporters of secretly supporting the pro-Russian militia in the Lugansk region - allegedly, last spring he oversaw protests in the Donbass with the hope of putting pressure on Kiev, but then the situation got out of the control of the “regional” itself.