Ex-official gets suspended sentence in Chernyshov graft case
Vasyl Volodin, former state secretary of Ukraine's Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure, has entered into a plea agreement. Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) approved the deal and handed the former official a suspended sentence, according to a verdict dated Aug. 17, published in Ukraine's Unified State Register of Court Decisions.
Vasyl Volodin, a former Ukrainian official, has received a suspended eight-year prison sentence for his involvement in a corruption case, according to a verdict dated August 17. The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACCU) approved the plea agreement and handed Volodin the sentence. In addition to the suspended term, the court imposed a two-and-a-half-year probation period, confiscated an apartment received illegally, and ordered Volodin to pay approximately 500,000 hryvnias in damages and transfer 2.5 million hryvnias to the Come Back Alive foundation.
The court cited mitigating factors such as sincere repentance, active cooperation with authorities, and partial compensation for damages caused by the criminal offense. In June 2025, Volodin had faced a pre-trial restriction in the form of detention, with bail set at 20 million hryvnias. The corruption allegations arose from a large-scale scheme involving senior officials from the Community Development Ministry, which was led by then-state secretary Oleksiy Chernyshov.
Chernyshov, who was charged with abuse of office and receiving illegal benefits, is currently facing separate charges under "Operation Midas" and a case involving possible corruption at the state NPP operator Energoatom.
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