The arrest of Lviv pseudo-activist Ostap Stakhiv was extended and bail was set

The arrest of Lviv pseudo-activist Ostap Stakhiv was extended until December 25, 2024, and a bail of 908 000 hryvnias was set.

Suspilne writes about this from the courtroom.

Stakhiv was also banned from going out of the Lviv region.

The court remanded Stakhiv to custody on October 2 without the possibility of posting bail. It was not possible to make this decision right away — before that, Stakhiv did not appear at the meeting twice due to a summons for investigative actions in another criminal proceeding, and then he filed a motion to remove the judge and the prosecutor.

What preceded

On September 25, 2024, the organizer of anti-vaccination protests and pseudo-activist Ostap Stakhiv was searched in a fraud case. On the same day, the law enforcement officers informed him of the suspicion of "draining" locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fraud.

According to the investigation, a few months before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Stakhiv incited people to organize mass riots and seize state institutions under the guise of the "anti-vaccination movement".

In social networks, he claimed that Russian aggression was allegedly caused by "third countries", which "provoked" Moscow to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Also, during one of his live broadcasts, Stakhiv publicly announced the exact location of one of the units of the Ukrainian army, putting the soldiers in danger.

In addition, Stakhiv organized online "journalism" courses, where, among other things, he taught students to counter mobilization in Ukraine. Babel previously wrote that Stakhiv opened paid courses in April 2023. Stakhiv directly stated that these courses are not for future work in the media, but for the "protection" of his rights. After passing the course and a practical exam, he issued a "journalist-human rights defender" certificate.

However, instead of an "international certificate", he issued fictitious certificates of a local newspaper, which lost its accreditation in the spring of this year.

Stakhivʼs affairs

A criminal case has been initiated against Stakhiv since 2021 under the article on the overthrow of the constitutional order. According to SBU, he collected weapons, supporters and operated in a network coordinated from Russia.

On November 18 of the same year, Stakhiv was sent to the pre-trial detention center for 60 days with the possibility of bail. On November 30, a deposit of 998 800 hryvnias was made for Stakhiv. After the pre-trial detention center, he was sent to the Lviv Regional Psychiatric Hospital for examination.

And at the beginning of 2024, it became known that Stakhiv created a network of supporters to oppose the mobilization.

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