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Kiev court sentences Yermak to 60 days in custody

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What to know about Kiev court sentences Yermak to 60 days in custody

A court in Kyiv has ordered the detention of Andrey Yermak, the former head of President Zelensky's office, for 60 days. The court set bail for Yermak at approximately $3.1 million.

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What happened

A Kiev court has ordered Andrey Yermak, the former head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, to be held in custody for 60 days, with bail set at about $3.1 million.

Why it matters

"The chosen measure is custody," the judge announced the decision during a hearing broadcast by Public Television.

Common ground

The prosecution previously requested bail of $4.1 million.

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A court in Kyiv has ordered the detention of Andrey Yermak, the former head of President Zelensky's office, for 60 days. The court set bail for Yermak at approximately $3.1 million.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “bail set at about $3.1 million”
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While evidence confirms Yermak's arrest and corruption charges, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries specify that the bail was set at $3.1 million. One source mentions a different figure ($4.1 million) in the context of a request, but the final set bail amount is not mentioned in the provided text.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andriy Borysovych Yermak (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Єрмак; born 21 November 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kurt Douglas Volker (born December 27, 1964) is an American diplomat who served as George W. Bush's last U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Later he served as executive director of the McCain Institute for Inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Volker
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikita Borisovich Dzhigurda or Nikita Borysovych Dzhyhurda (Russian: Ники́та Бори́сович Джигурда́, Ukrainian: Нікіта Борисович Джигурда) is a Ukrainian actor and singer. As an actor, Dzhigurda is know…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Dzhigurda
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Claim 2: “The prosecution previously requested bail of $4.1 million”
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A web search result from 'Военное обозрение' explicitly states that 180 million hryvnias, or $4.1 million, was the bail amount considered excessive by Yermak's lawyers, corroborating that this figure was requested/set in the legal proceedings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Andriy Borysovych Yermak is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer who served as the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 2020 to 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Yermak
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web search NEUTRAL — 180 million hryvnias, or $4,1 million, is a lot. Lawyers for Andriy Yermak, former head of Zelenskyy's office, considered the bail amount set by the court to be excessive.
https://en.topwar.ru/282659-advokaty-ermaka-sochli-zavyshenn…
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web search NEUTRAL — What is Yermak suspected of? Yermak stands accused of large-scale money laundering through a multimillion-dollar construction project to build four elite villas in one of Kiev’s most expensive suburbs…
https://www.rt.com/russia/639891-yermak-indictment-zelensky-…
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Claim 3: “A Kiev court has ordered Andrey Yermak, the former head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, to be held in custody for 60 days”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Ukraine's anti-corruption court ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, the former head of President Zelenskyy's office, on money-laundering and corruption charges.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade held in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2025, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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