Due to this delay, some perpetrators may avoid punishment in the future.
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In the three years since the start of the court's work, several corruption cases have already had time to essentially be suspended in the High Anti-Corruption Court. We are talking about the “amber case” regarding ex-Nardeputs Maksym Polyakov and Boryslav Rosenblat, as well as the mayor of Odesa, Gennady Trukhanov, VAKS writes in the article. A trigger for Putin and the future for Ukraine“for ZN.UA lawyer of the public organization “Anti-Corruption Center” Vadym Valko.
Yes, in the case regarding Maksym Polyakov and Boryslav Rosenblatthey still haven't even held a preparatory meeting, although the materials were submitted to the court as early as November 2019.
The situation is similar with the case regarding Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov and his accomplices, who are accused of illegal appropriation of UAH 92.6 million from the local budget. She has been “hanging” in court since March 2021.
“What's more, due to the delay in considering the case, we already have the first negative consequences, in particular, GPU whistleblower Apollinarius Nagalevsky, who was found guilty of accepting a $5,000 bribe, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations,” the lawyer points out.
However, during its existence, the court proved that it works in accordance with the law and without emphasizing the political weight of the accused. Among those involved in his cases were deputies-“servants” Oleksandr Yurchenko and Serhii Kuzminykh, deputy of the Kyiv City Council Vladyslav Trubitsyn, who is associated with Oleg Tatarov from the president's office, deputy Yaroslav Dubnevich, former heads of Privatbank Oleksandr Dubilet and Volodymyr Yatsenko and others .
“The work of VAKS in such cases was many times better than what we had seen before. Remember, at least, the circus performance with a checkered blanket when the Solomyansk court imposed a preventive measure on ex-head of the Federal Security Service Roman Nasirov. It would be impossible to even assume something similar in most of the meetings at VACS,” summarizes Vadym Valko. by link.
