HACC Appeals Chamber Releases Pavlohrad Plant Executives from Punishment
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court acquitted the General Director of the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, Leonid Shyman, and the commercial director of the plant, Valery Kirillov, from punishment for abuse in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations.
This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.
As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court found Leonid Shyman, the general director of the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, and Valery Kyrylov, the commercial director of the state-owned enterprise, guilty of abuse of office, which caused the state more than 43.3 million UAH in losses. Shyman was sentenced to 5 years in prison, and Kyrylov to 4 years. The defenders of the head of the PHZ filed appeals. At the same time, they were charged with abuse of office, the statute of limitations for which expires 10 years after the offense. This term, after excluding one of the episodes, expired in 2025.
On October 12, 2026, the AC of the HACC considered appeals against the verdict of the HACC of August 12, 2026 regarding the former general and commercial directors of the State Enterprise "NPO "Pavlograd Chemical Plant" V. Kyrylov and L. Shyman, accused of abuse of office in a prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). What exactly did the AC of the HACC change: on the basis of Part 4 of Part 1 of Article 49, Part 5 of Article 74 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, both convicts were released from serving their sentences due to the expiration of the statute of limitations; the verdict regarding the satisfaction of the prosecutor's civil claim for UAH 36.2 million was canceled, and the claim was refused. After receiving the full text of the ruling, the prosecutors of the SAPO will decide on the issue of a cassation appeal against the decision of the AC of the HACC
Leonid Shiman is a suspect in the EBK database.
