Andriy Yermak, g former chief of staff to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, attends a court hearing in a money laundering case in Kyiv on May 12, 2026.Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

Zelenskyy’s former top aide locked up on corruption charges, with bail set at $3M – POLITICO

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KYIV — Andriy Yermak once mingled with world leaders; now he’s languishing in a Kyiv cell over money-laundering charges.

Ukraine’s top anti-corruption court on Thursday locked up President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former adviser for two months in a pre-trial detention center with bail set at $3 million.

Earlier this week, state investigators charged Yermak with corruption. Yermak — who, until his spectacular fall in November last year, was the second most powerful person in Ukraine — firmly denied all accusations in court.