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Solomiansky district court of Kyiv has extended the pre-trial preventive measure for suspended head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov until Oct. 21.

The corresponding decision was taken by the court at a meeting on Wednesday evening, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.

After the court session, prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Andriy Perov said investigators have reason to believe that Nasirov still has a British citizen’s passport, which he hasn’t handed in, and this is the grounds for extending the preventive measure against him.

On March 2, 2017, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine told Nasirov he is suspected of committing crimes pursuant to Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misuse of public office leading to serious consequences).

Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court on March 7 remanded Nasirov in custody for 60 days and set bail at Hr 100 million. On March 16, SAPO said Nasirov and his wife had posted Hr 100 million bail.

On June 2 Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court turned down a request by Nasirov to change the terms of his pretrial detention.

On July 28, director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk said that investigators of NABU completed the investigation of the case against the dismissed head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov, who had been handed a final suspicion.