Kyiv's appeal court has accepted the arguments of the prosecutor and
validated the arrest of funds accumulated on the bank pension account of former
Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov.
"Kyiv's appeal court on March 29 accepted the arguments of the
prosecutor of Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) and confirmed that
the funds accumulated at the bank account [of Azarov] for pension payments is
subject to restrictions applicable under Article 170 of Ukraine's Code of
Criminal Procedure. Their arrest is declared lawful," the press service of
Prosecutor General's Office reported on Wednesday.
The Prosecutor General's Office said that the funds have been accumulated
in the account opened at Oschadbank.
Kyiv's appeal court on February 4 upheld the appeal by Azarov's defense
team, saying that the ex-premier's pension could not be arrested, as the court
of the first instance arrested not his funds, but his right to receive pension.
On March 10, Social Policy Minister Pavlo Rozenko said that Ukraine will
not be paying pension to Azarov anymore.
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