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Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court has chosen a pretrial restriction for the former people’s deputy, the head of Energomerezha company, Dmytro Kriuchkov, in the form of detention for 45 days with the alternative of a Hr 7 million bail, the Anti-Corruption Action Centre has reported.

“Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court has chosen a pretrial restriction for Dmytro Kriuchkov in the form of detention for 45 days with the alternative of a Hr 7 million bail,” the center said on Twitter.

As reported, Kriuchkov is suspected of committing crimes under Part 5 of Article 191 and Part 3 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 364 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code for the damage to the state in the amount exceeding Hr 346 million.

He was detained in Germany on July 14, 2018, but was soon released on bail. Kriuchkov later agreed to the extradition procedure and was again imprisoned. The NABU reported on the preparation of a package of documents necessary for the extradition of the suspect to Ukraine.