List of those who contributed money towards Zelenskyy's former top aide Yermak's bail revealed

Mykhailo Tkach, Oleksandr Shumilin - 18 May, 11:55

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Money for the bail of Andrii Yermak, former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, was transferred by seven individuals and seven legal entities.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources familiar with the situation

Details: The following seven individuals contributed to the bail:

Serhii Svyryba – UAH 6.5 million (about US$147,000)
Roza Tapanova – UAH 8 million (about US$182,000)
Serhii Rebrov – UAH 30 million (about US$681,000)
Volodymyr Petrov – UAH 80,000 (about US$1,800)
Ihor Fomin – UAH 5 million (about US$113,000)
Alina Voloshyna – UAH 368,000 (about US$8,400)
Oleksandr Krykunov – UAH 500,000 (about US$11,300)

In addition, seven legal entities contributed almost UAH 100 million:

Miralif LLC – UAH 9.8 million (about US$222,000)
Scientific Research Forensic Expert Institution – UAH 30 million (about US$681,000)
A.DVA.KA.T Law Association – UAH 4 million (about US$91,000)
SU SEM LLC (Stroielektromontazh, Specialised Construction and Electrical Installation Department) – UAH 32 million (about US$726,000)
SV-GROUP Private Enterprise – UAH 10.2 million (about US$231,000)
De Lege Lata Law Association – UAH 14 million (about US$318,000)
Arena Marine LLC – UAH 4 million (about US$91,000)

The Skhemy (Schemes) investigative project published additional information about the companies that contributed to the bail.

According to the report, the Scientific Research Forensic Expert Institution is a private organisation founded in Kyiv in 2017. Until September 2025, the company participated in tenders held by state institutions and municipal companies for forensic examinations and research services.

The head of the A.DVA.KA.T Law Association is Yaroslav Kuts, who ran from the European Solidarity party in elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2019 and to the Irpin City Council in 2020 as an independent candidate.

Stroielektromontazh (Specialised Construction and Electrical Installation Department) was established in 2000 in Dnipro and lists "construction of residential and non-residential buildings" as its primary business activity.

SV-GROUP Private Enterprise is engaged in car sales.

The De Lege Lata Law Association is based in Kyiv and owned by Vitalii Marfin.

"According to Roman Maselko, a member of the High Council of Justice, the man is a former employee of the Main Department for Counterintelligence Protection of the Economy of the Security Service of Ukraine office in Kyiv and the husband of Dniprovskyi District Court judge Nataliia Marfina, who during the Revolution of Dignity upheld on appeal the driving ban imposed on one of the Automaidan activists. In 2011, Marfin himself was detained on suspicion of accepting a US$180,000 bribe and was later found guilty and fined UAH 25,000 (about US$566)," Skhemy reported.

Arena Marine LLC is listed in the register as a logistics company from Odesa with a charter capital of UAH 40,000 (about US$906). Its owner is 76-year-old Oleksandr Rusniak.

Background:

Yermak was released from a pre-trial detention centre on the morning of 18 May after bail was posted on his behalf.
On 14 May, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine ordered Yermak to be held in custody with the possibility of release on bail set at UAH 140 million (about US$3.18 million). He is suspected of laundering money during the implementation of the elite Dynastiia elite construction project in Kozyn. According to investigators, funds used for the construction may have originated, among other sources, from corruption schemes linked to Energoatom.
After the court hearing, Yermak said he had not expected such a decision, did not personally have that amount of money, but had friends who could help.

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