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A candidate linked to an infamous hierarch of the UOC-MP who refused to honor fallen Ukrainian soldiers could become a judge on an influential court
Obolonskyi District Court judge in Kyiv Mykola Zhuk wants to join the Specialized Administrative Court of Appeal. The court being created to replace the liquidated District Administrative Court.
Zhuk passed an interview at the High Qualifications Commission of Judges (HQCJ), but doubts about his ties to the infamous hierarch of the UOC-MP remain.
▪️In particular, in 2007 Zhuk received the right to use a Honda Accord that was registered to Maksym Cherepanov.
▪️In 2018 Zhuk bought a Volkswagen Touareg for 756 thousand UAH. And the seller again turned out to be Cherepanov.
👉 Who is Cherepanov?
📌 He is Archbishop Iona of the UOC-MP, who refused to stand as a sign of respect for Ukrainian soldiers killed in the ATO.
📌 Iona is known for his hostility toward the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and sees nothing wrong with clergy of the UOC-MP serving together with clerics of the ROC.
📌 He also linked the tragedy at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant to Ukraine’s demand that the UOC-MP vacate premises of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
📌 Earlier, back in 2020, under Iona’s leadership a film festival called “Pokrov” was held at the Lavra, attended by propagandists from the Russian Federation. By the way, the president of that festival was the Ukraine traitor Andrii Derkach. Yes, that same one.
The judge’s property relations with this hierarch are concrete. The cars are concrete. And after the interview there is still no convincing explanation why these ties should be considered coincidental.
Whether members of the HQCJ and the Expert Council bought this “coincidence” will be shown by the vote. What do you think of the candidate?
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