Appeals court sentences MP Lyudmyla Marchenko to two years for abuse of influence

Appeals court verdict

The appeals court has concluded the review of the criminal case against Lyudmyla Marchenko, a Member of Parliament from the Ternopil region. She was charged with abuse of influence. The judge sentenced Marchenko to two years of imprisonment.

Regarding the MP's assistant, Anastasiia Kolesnyk, the decision of the lower court was partially amended. Instead of two years in prison, the court ordered her to pay a fine of 92,000 hryvnias.

Circumstances of the case

According to the materials of the criminal case, Marchenko and Kolesnyk promised citizens, for a fee, to secure permission to leave Ukraine and to enter the relevant data into the "Shliakh" information system. It was established that they received 11,300 US dollars from two citizens for crossing the border.