Monitoring the case of Vladimir Dovgalyuk (session 01/14/20) 01/14/2020 in the Bogunsky district court of Zhitomir, a hearing was held in the case of Vladimir Dovgalyuk, accused of the murder of the Zhytomyr businessman A. Zhadko, which occurred on July 11, 2014 (paragraph 7 of part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Hearing progress One of the victims did not appear at the hearing, having previously warned the court about poor health. By agreement of the participants in [...]

Monitoring the case of Natalya Kulish (session 12.16.19) On December 16, 2019 in the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of the city of Lvov with the participation of the panel of judges A. Kiriluk, N.  Rumilov, A. Liusha a session was held in criminal proceedings No. 12019140000000394 dated 04/17/2019 on charges of Kulish N. for committing a crime under the Part 3 of the Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - “Human Trafficking”. At the hearing arrived defender of Kulish N., Savayda [...]

Monitoring of the case of Kernes G.A., Blinnik V.D., Smitsky E.N. (session 12/20/19) On December 20, the Poltava Court of Appeal held a regular court hearing on the case of a Ukrainian politician, a Mayor of the city of Kharkov, Gennady Kernes, accused of unlawful imprisonment of two people by torture, conducted by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, as well as a threat of murder. At this hearing, the accused Kernes took part in a video conference with the Kharkov [...]

Monitoring of the case on charges of Konstantin Chernyshov (session 12/23/19) On December 23, 2019, a hearing was held in the Ordzhonikidze district court of Kharkov in the case of Konstantin Chernyshov, accused of committing criminal offenses under Part 1 of Art. 111 (encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine), part 1 of article 263 (illegal handling of weapons) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to information provided by the Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU), the inspector of the response sector of [...]

Monitoring the case on charges of Chubarova Larisa (12/13/2019) On December 13, 2019, the Kharkov Court of Appeal examined the appeal of Chubarova Larisa, a citizen of the Russian Federation, accused of committing a criminal offense on the grounds of part 4 of Art. 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - the creation of paramilitary or armed groups not prescribed by law, part 1 of article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, [...]

Monitoring of the case S.V. Kozak and S.V. Kustovetskaya (session 12.12.19) 12.12.2019 in the Bogunsky District Court of Zhitomir, a hearing was held in the case of Kozak C.V. and Kustovetskaya S.V., accused of extortion and subsequent murder (part 4 of article 189, paragraph 6, 12 part 2 of article 115, Criminal Code of Ukraine). The incriminated articles provide for the possibility of life imprisonment. The International Society for Human Rights continues to monitor this criminal case. Proceedings of the hearing 12.12.2019 [...]