A bail of UAH 5 million has been paid for Vyshgorod Mayor Oleksiy Momot, Chairman of the Vyshgorod district administration Oleksandr Horhan has said.

"Bail of UAH 5 million for Momot has been paid," he wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.

He said that a wife of MP from the People's Will group Yaroslav Moskalenko paid UAH 2.585, MP Yuriy Derevyanko paid UAH 1.4 million and Serhiy Kostyrko (PivdenAtomEnergoBud Trust) paid UAH 1 million. Supportive Vyshgorod residents, meanwhile, sent to the account of Momot's wife Maryna Momot UAH 15,000.

"We are thankful to everyone who joined. We are waiting for Vyshgorod Mayor Oleksiy Momot in his native town," Horhan.

He said that Momot is to be released within 24 hours after receiving the document confirming the bank has received the funds.

Prosecutor General's Office in Kyiv region on April 14, 2016 reported that Momot was detained after he allegedly with an associate demanded a bribe of $300,000 and 4,000 square meters in a newly constructed building from a representative of a construction firm. The mayor was detained on the same day in his office after the transfer of EUR 200,000. He and his alleged accomplice were detained in downtown Kyiv as they deposited the first part of the bribe into a bank account.

The criminal case was opened under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (gaining improper advantage by an official under collusion by a group of persons accompanied by blackmail).

Pechersky district court in Kyiv on April 17, 2016 ordered Momot be arrested for the period of two months, or pay bail of UAH 5 million.