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The High Anti-Corruption Court once again postponed the hearing in the Kuzminykh case: the MP is now even closer to avoiding responsibility
Judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court are again postponing hearings in the case of Servant of the People MP Serhii Kuzminykh.
If last time Kuzminykh’s defenders “were not ready,” this time the situation has hardly changed. One of the defenders has only partially familiarized himself with the case materials.
The free defender believes that his authority has been terminated entirely, although he has so far been unable to document this.
The defense, citing a “violation of Kuzminykh’s right to defense,” asked the court not to begin his interrogation and to extend the time to review the materials by another week.
The court granted the motion. The new defender must familiarize himself with all case materials by 28 September.
At the same time, we emphasize that if the proceedings continue in the same pattern as before, Kuzminykh will easily avoid responsibility. After all, the statute of limitations in this case expires in January 2027.
❗️That means the High Anti-Corruption Court and its Appeals Chamber have only 4 months to deliver a verdict in the Kuzminykh case.
We have repeatedly written that judges quite often have to postpone hearings due to Kuzminykh being in treatment, participating in sessions of the Verkhovna Rada, and being on business trips.
In addition, it is not uncommon for hearings to be disrupted due to the absence of defenders.
Today Kuzminykh’s interrogation was to begin, followed by debates and his final statement, so a verdict is still far off. And currently the High Anti-Corruption Court can only hear the case once a week on Mondays from 12:30 to 18:30. The panel cannot provide any other continuity at this time.
Recall that, according to the prosecution’s version, the Servant of the People MP Kuzminykh allegedly promised for 558 thousand UAH to help arrange contracts between private companies and a hospital in the Zhytomyr region.
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