{
  "id": 7585652,
  "title": "Ukrainian court lets former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak remove his ankle monitor after a specialist warns it could ‘threaten his health’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ukrainian-court-lets-former-presidential-chief-of-staff-andriy-yermak",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T15:55:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/15/ukrainian-court-lets-former-presidential-chief-of-staff-andriy-yermak-remove-his-ankle-monitor-after-a-specialist-warns-it-could-threaten-his-health"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court has terminated the necessity for former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak to wear an electronic ankle monitor while investigations into the alleged criminal case against him continue. The court's ruling was based on the testimony of an independent medical expert who claimed that maintaining the usage of the monitoring device might \"threaten Yermak’s life and health.\" Yermak is accused of facilitating the illicit acquisition of 460 million hryvnias ($10 million) during the building of the upscale \"Dynasty\" project near Kyiv.\n\nThe court further prolonged the existing restrictions on Yermak for another 60 days. During this period, he is obliged to notify the authorities of any changes in his residential or employment status, surrender any passports required for international travel, and refrain from leaving the locations already specified. Yermak was initially implicated as a suspect in the case back in May 2026. In the early stages of the investigation, he was detained by pretrial authorities for several days before being granted bail of 140 million hryvnias (over $3 million).\n\nAt Meduza, our commitment to transparency extends to our use of artificial intelligence in the creation of our news. The aforementioned story was authored by one of our human journalists and subsequently translated from Russian by an AI model, which has undergone rigorous testing and refinement to ensure the English-language version is both timely and precise. Every draft is meticulously reviewed by an editor at Meduza before it is published online. Should you detect any inaccuracies in this translation, we invite you to contact us at reports@meduza.io. For access to Meduza's exclusive English-language content, please consider subscribing to our newsletter.",
  "summary": "Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has lifted the requirement that Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Presidential Office, wear an electronic ankle monitor while authorities investigate the criminal case against him.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}