SAPO Appeals Acquittal of Polishko

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has appealed the acquittal of the relative of former Poltava Regional Council deputy from the Servant of the People party, Oleksandr Smirnov. The convicted ex-deputy himself filed a cassation appeal for 5 years in prison.

As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court found Smirnov guilty and sentenced him to 5 years in prison. At the same time, his cousin Tatyana Polishko was acquitted due to lack of evidence of a criminal offense. Later, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court left this sentence unchanged.

To open cassation proceedings in the case on the cassation appeal of the prosecutor in criminal proceedings against the decision of the Administrative Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ukraine dated March 18, 2025 regarding (Smirnov and Polishko). To open cassation proceedings in the case on the cassation appeal of the defense lawyer of the convicted person (Smirnov – ed.) against the verdict of the HACC dated June 6, 2024 and the decision of the AC of the HACC dated March 18, 2025

Alexander Smirnov is a figure in the EBK database.

According to the investigation, Smirnov took possession of funds from the Poltava Regional Council, which were allocated to help vulnerable citizens living in the Poltava region (about 200,000 hryvnias per deputy). Smirnov, in collusion with a consultant from the department for ensuring the activities of the executive management of the Poltava Regional Council, sent 100,000 hryvnias of this amount to his cousin. The money in the account was seized.