HACC Extends Duties for Ex-Kyiv Appeals Court Judges

The Hig nAnti-Corruption Court has extended the term of office of former judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal Viktor Hlynyany, Yuriy Slyva, Igor Palenyk, and Viacheslav Dzyubin until September 17. The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office accuses them of receiving illegal benefits.

To extend the term of the duties assigned to the accused (Glynyany – ed.) for two months. To establish the term of the duties assigned to the accused until September 17, 2025 inclusive.

As is known, the anti-corruption court arrested Hlynyany with the alternative of 5 million UAH bail. These funds were deposited and he was released from custody under the following obligations: to appear upon every request; not to leave Kyiv without permission; to report any change of his place of residence and/or place of work; to refrain from communicating with suspects and witnesses; to hand over his foreign passports and to wear an electronic bracelet.

Later, Hlyniany's electronic bracelet was removed and the obligations not to leave Kyiv without permission, to arrive upon every request, and to report a change of residence were canceled. The same list of obligations remained with the dismissed judge Yuriy Slyva. Therefore, the SAPO prosecutor requested that they be extended.

Recall, earlier the SAPO referred the case of four judges of the CAP to court. According to the prosecution, judge Vyacheslav Dzyubin received $35,000 in illegal benefits for lifting the arrest of two aircraft in the case of the former head of Motor-Sich Vyacheslav Boguslaev. Dzyubin kept $10,000 of this amount for himself, and the remaining $25,000 for three other judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal: Yuriy Slyva, Igor Palenyk and Viktor Hlynyany.

In particular, Palenyk received $25,000 from Dzyubin in a whiskey box. Later, he packed $8,300 in a coffee package and handed it to Judge Slyva. Judge Hlyniany received $8,300 in an advertising brochure of an Internet provider. During the searches, Dzyubin was found to have $10,000 transferred as illegal gain, and Palenyk was found to have all $25,000 of illegal gain, since, according to the investigation, he changed the bills before handing them over to Judges Slyva and Hlyniany. Slyva and Hlyniany each found $8,300.

We also previously wrote that the HACC of Ukraine extended Pashinsky's duties.