Bakulin, suspected of embezzlement, is elected to the Rada.

Bakulin

Evgeniy Bakulin

According to data posted on the website of the Central Electoral Commission, Evgeny Bakulin, uhThe current chairman of the Naftogaz National Joint Stock Company is running for the eighth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in single-mandate constituency No. 106 in the Luhansk region, representing the Opposition Bloc.

11,222 voters cast their votes for Bakulin, which, according to the results of counting 100% of the electronic protocols of the precinct commissions, amounted to 43,01%.

As a reminder, Yevgeny Bakulin was detained on suspicion of embezzlement of state funds on an especially large scale on March 21 in his office.

On March 23, the court ruled to seize or set bail in the amount of 2 billion UAH, an amount almost equal to the amount of damages incurred.

According to Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs, "by a decision of the Court of Appeal, the amount of damages was reduced by almost 200 times—to a sum of approximately 20 million hryvnias, after which Bakulin was released on bail, despite the fact that the case is high-profile."

On September 18, the Prosecutor General's Office closed the criminal cases against Bakulin and the managers of Naftogaz Ukrainy. However, under public pressure, the criminal case against former Naftogaz CEO Yevhen Bakulin was reopened.

Also, during the election campaign, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov posted the following on his Facebook page: "The Investigative Department of the Severodonetsk City Department of Internal Affairs has opened two criminal cases under Article 157, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. These cases relate to voter bribery in favor of Yevhen Nikolayevich Bakulin, a candidate for People's Deputy from the Opposition Bloc. These two incidents occurred on October 15 and 17. In both cases, these are attempts at bribery. A cash reward of 200 hryvnias is being offered in exchange for voting for candidate Bakulin in the October 26 elections. A pre-trial investigation is underway."

 

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