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Pharmaceutical attack on public oversight: how big business is trying to silence the NGO “NON-STOP UKRAINE”
LLC “APTEKA911.YA” (EDRPOU 43631965) and LLC “TRANSFARM-KHARIV” (EDRPOU 32676600) have launched a massive and systematic legal attack against the NGO “NON-STOP UKRAINE” and our director Kyrylo Yakovets. ❗️Between May and September 2026 these two related business entities initiated at least 13 separate commercial proceedings against our organization in the Commercial Court of the Kharkiv region and a whole series of civil cases in the Osnovyanskyi District Court of Kharkiv.
The pretext for the legal persecution was our publications, analytical materials, videos, and official inquiries dedicated to issues in the functioning of Ukraine’s pharmaceutical market, the excessive concentration of pharmacy chains, drug pricing mechanisms, storage conditions, and the need for inspections by regulatory authorities.
Instead of taking part in an open public discussion or exercising the right of reply, the plaintiffs’ representative A. Kolisnichenko used manipulative tactics: 🤷♂️isolating individual phrases and quotes from the overall context of our analysis and massively filing identical lawsuits in different courts.
In just three known commercial cases — No. 922/1422/26, No. 922/1424/26 and No. 922/1425/26 — the total amount of financial claims against the NGO is 💰2 000 000 hryvnias.
The cases have been distributed among a large panel of judges of the Commercial Court of the Kharkiv region — L. V. Sharko, R. M. Ayupova, I. V. Trofimov, V. S. Yurchenko, K. V. Arit, Ye. M. Zhyliaiev and O. V. Pohorelova — as well as judges of the Osnovyanskyi District Court A. O. Shykhovtsova, S. V. Klimova, B. M. Chorna and O. V. Bilinska. This artificial multiplication of identical proceedings creates enormous procedural and financial burdens for our organization, forcing us to spend resources preparing dozens of responses and attending parallel hearings.
By the way, according to international standards and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)2, such actions are a classic example of SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation — aimed at producing a “chilling effect” and blocking anti-corruption activity.
✅That is why we filed a renewed official complaint with the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the State Judicial Administration and the chair of the Commercial Court of the Kharkiv region, Novikova. We demand an investigation into the actions of the judges and court administration officials for compliance with procedural law, proper functioning of the automated case distribution system, and to give a strong assessment of the abuse of procedural rights by LLC “APTEKA911.YA” and LLC “TRANSFARM-KHARIV.”
We continue to defend society’s right to oversight of the pharmaceutical market and will not allow our organization’s work to be blocked through judicial pressure.
Materials on the topic:
▫️The court denied the Danielian pharmacy clan’s claim against “NON-STOP”: yet the procedural terror continues
▫️“Apteky 9-1-1” of the Danielians are caught violating rules across the country — what state inspectors found
▫️Pharmaceutical cartel of officials: how the “Apteka 9-1-1” chain siphoned off billions and avoided taxes
▫️Pharmaceutical mafia, protection within state bodies and billion‑hryvnia schemes: how pharmacy giants profit from Ukrainians
▫️It seems we stirred up a hornet’s nest: Apteka 911 responds with a lawsuit
▫️How the Ministry of Health and the chain “9-1-1” turned pharmacies into a tool for enrichment
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