The High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the consideration of the case against former Member of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Onyschenko for May 4.

The High Anti-Corruption Court held a preparatory hearing in the framework of the so-called ‘gas case’ on charges of the parliamentarian of the seventh convocation and his financial director.

"Gas case" is the conventional name for criminal proceedings involving the theft of public funds during the production and sale of natural gas under joint venture agreements with the public joint-stock company Ukrgazvidobuvannya. As a result of this corruption scheme, the state suffered damage in the amount of about 3 billion UAH.

The panel of judges granted the motion of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office prosecutors to carry out special judicial proceedings on both accused.

In addition, the judges decided to appeal to Germany in order to call the former MP.

In this connection, the hearing was postponed until 10 a.m. on May 4.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, German law enforcement authorities detained former MP Onyschenko in late November.