You're reading: Novinsky contributes Hr 30 million, Kolesnikov Hr 20 million to post bail for MP Dobkin

Opposition Bloc MP Mykhailo Dobkin has said that his fellow faction member Vadim Novinsky on Tuesday contributed Hr 30 million to pay part of his Hr 50 million bail, the remaining Hr 20 million will be provided by co-chairman of the Opposition Bloc party Borys Kolesnikov.

“Yes, I talked to Vadim Vladislavovich by phone and he confirmed that today he provided the first part of the bail, which amounts to Hr 30 million, and I have the information that the second part will be provided by Borys Kolesnikov,” he said on 112.ua TV channel.

Dobkin recalls the deadline for posting the bail is Thursday. “I will not pay the bail on my own, I do not have the money. My friends have the financial means and they have this money declared, because any amount that is posted as bail is checked by financial monitoring and the origin of the money, its legality is probed,” he said.

Later, a former lawmaker of the Party of Regions, Olena Bondarenko, wrote on her Facebook page: “Vadim Novinsky (Hr 30 million) and Borys Kolesnikov (Hr 20 million) contributed to Misha Dobkin’s (bail).”

As reported, on July 15, Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ruled to take MP Dobkin into custody for 60 days, setting bail at Hr 50 million bail.