Businessman Oleksiy Tamrazov has paid a UAH 5 million bail for the release of Denys Polischuk, 25, who was detained as part of the inquiry into the murder of journalist Oles Buzyna, adviser to the interior minister, MP Anton Heraschenko, has reported.

"Mr Tamrazov paid a UAH 5 million bail for the release of a suspect in the Buzyna murder," Heraschenko wrote on Twitter.

According to information from open sources, in particular to theinsider.ua website, Tamrazov is the owner of the Ukrainian Media Group company. From 2010 until March 2014, he served as first deputy chairman of OJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia.