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The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the case of Chernov, who exposed the embezzlement of charitable aid and ended up in a penal colony
On Monday, 26 October, the Criminal Cassation Court as part of the Supreme Court will hear the case of Oleksandr Chernov, who reported the theft of humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but in return received a prison sentence.
👉 The hearing begins at 12:30.
The case will be heard by Supreme Court judges Mykola Kovtunovych, Ihor Ivanenko, and Herman Anisimov.
Previously Chernov worked at a charitable foundation linked to former Lviv deputy mayor Hennadii Vaskiv and learned about the embezzlement of humanitarian aid being sent from Estonia.
Chernov reported the schemes connected to the foundation and provided information about suspicious transactions. This prompted investigations in Estonia and Ukraine and stopped the illegal operations.
However, this exposure did not lead to the perpetrators being punished. From the start of the investigation until the DBR filed a notice of suspicion, it took as many as 20 months, during which Vaskiv successfully fled abroad.
But big problems began for Chernov. On the eve of his trip to Estonia, where he was to give testimony, Ukrainian law enforcement officers, by a strange coincidence, found weapons in his possession.
Over three years investigators still did not establish when and where Chernov acquired the weapons, but this did not prevent the courts from finding him guilty of possessing and acquiring explosive devices.
The court of first instance gave him a suspended sentence, but the Dnipro Court of Appeal issued a new decision, sentencing him to 4 years of actual imprisonment.
❗️Therefore Chernov has already been serving his sentence in a penal colony for more than 5 months.
Although the case about the embezzlement of charitable aid is already in court, Chernov’s testimony may be decisive.
However, it remains an open question whether he will be able to provide it while in a penal colony and without being subjected to pressure.
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