Third Day of Selecting Interim Measure for Kyrylenko: Info from AMCU Head’s Correspondence

On August 27, the investigating judge continued, but did not finish, considering the selection of an interim measure for Pavlo Kyrylenko. 

The hearing again began with a discussion about the ban on video recording of everything happening in court. According to the journalist, a free listener who initiated this issue, such a ban violated the rights of all Ukrainians, and the same stance was supported by the prosecutor. The defense, for its part, continued to deny the necessity of the stream, emphasizing the danger to Kyrylenko’s life, and this was confirmed by the suspect.  

In the end, having considered all the arguments, the investigating judge Voronko again banned streaming and video recording of the hearing, which caused noticeable indignation on the part of the military in the hall.  

After that, the prosecutor continued to add evidence in the case. She presented a sale and purchase agreement and an agreement on amendments regarding the apartment in the Obolon Plaza residential complex (UAH 5 million), a land plot, and a garage, and Kyrylenko’s wife was present during the design of this apartment. At the same time, the defense counsel stressed that Kyrylenko himself was not present when the agreements were drawn up.  

According to the prosecutor, these interrogations indicate that Alla Kyrylenko was saying from the very beginning that both the apartment and the land plot would be registered to her parents, although they had been bought for her. Similar processes took place when the Kyrylenko couple purchased an apartment in Uzhhorod.  

The prosecutor suggested that the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine still had property registered to unknown third parties. And, while at large, Kyrylenko may obstruct the investigation. By the way, the agreement for the sale of the apartment was sent to Pavlo Kyrylenko, although it had allegedly been purchased by Alla Kyrylenko’s mother, and the arrangements took place in the presence of his wife. 

Interestingly, since July 2024, all information about the purchase of seized property in the phone of Alla Kyrylenko has been deleted. Probably, it was then that Kyrylenko’s wife and he himself listened to the advice of the judge of the Pechersk Court Bortnytska.  

As for the BMW X5 vehicle, a sale and purchase agreement, an invoice, and a receipt were found in its trunk during the search, and all these documents were issued in the name of Alla Kyrylenko.  

The prosecutor also added data from Kyrylenko’s correspondence with various persons, which concerned his property in Horlivka, in particular correspondence with a notary, to which Kyrylenko noted that the self-proclaimed authorities in the occupied territory had put him on the wanted list. 

Given all the above facts, the prosecutor is convinced of the suspect’s alleged attempts to hide using fake orders of the Cabinet of Ministers. That is why he should be taken into custody.  

After that, the prosecutor filed another motion for permission to stream the hearing, and the investigating judge approved it.  

Right after this, the hearing was over. Kyrylenko’s lawyer asked the court to adjourn, as he had a hearing in another case at 3:00 p.m. in the Court of Appeal. The prosecutor objected, as the process of selecting an interim measure had been going on for two weeks.  

However, Judge Voronko still granted the defense counsel’s motion and scheduled the next hearing for 9:00 a.m. on August 28. The prosecutor shall finish prresenting the evidence, the defense counsel will comment on it, and then there will be a judicial debate.