Banks do not issue a bail for Iryna Mudra: the Supreme Court of Justice ordered the National Bank to conduct an inspection

The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court recognized the violation of the rights of former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra due to problems with depositing bail and ordered the National Bank of Ukraine to check the actions of banks. The NBU was given 24 hours to comply with the court’s requirements.

The court’s decision was reported by the Miller law firm, which represents Mudra’s interests.

According to the defense, the court previously allowed Mudra to go on bail, and people who were ready to deposit the necessary funds faced refusals from banks and payment services to carry out transactions.

The law firm claims that the reason for the refusals was the designation of the payment with the word “bail” and the fact that the recipient of the funds is the VAKS account.

What the National Bank was ordered to do

The court recognized that such a situation violates the rights of a person who continues to be in a pre-trial detention center, and set specific requirements for the NBU.

Within 24 hours, the National Bank must:

verify whether banks are actually blocking payments for depositing collateral;
in the event of unfounded refusals, take measures to ensure that the payment of the collateral is made;
forward to the court and the defense the NBU’s letters and recommendations to banks regarding payments designated as “collateral”, as well as the information received on mass refusals;
report on the results of the inspection.
The decision is not subject to appeal

The decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court is final and not subject to appeal.

Previously, Iryna Mudra’s lawyer stated that banks are refusing to make a payment as collateral for her. According to him, one of the banks also refused to transfer funds for depositing collateral.

Now the National Bank must establish whether there is indeed a practice of blocking such transactions and whether the refusals of financial institutions were justified.