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Orlov scheme: the Supreme Court denied cassation in the case about 19 ha of forest near Orlivshchyna: against the backdrop of an acquittal, “Alpha Weahouse” seeks consideration of its petition
The Cassation Administrative Court refused to open cassation proceedings on the complaint of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration in case No. 160/21371/25. The court found that the decisions of the lower courts regarding the petition of LLC “Alpha Weahouse” to allocate a forest plot are not subject to cassation review as a matter of minor complexity.
“Alpha Weahouse” (EDRPOU 34884355, director Olga Smakota) applied to the RSA with a petition dated 5 June 2025 No. 05/06-01. The company asked to allocate for long-term temporary use (for 49 years) a state-owned forest plot of approximately 19 ha in compartment 14 of the Branch “Eastern Forestry Office” of SE “Lesy Ukrainy” (plots 8, 10, 12, 14–17) on the territory of Pishchanska territorial community of Samarskyi district, outside the village of Orlivshchyna, for recreational purposes — without expropriation from the permanent user.
The administration did not respond in proper form. The company went to court.
On 17 November 2025 the Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court of Appeal partially satisfied the claim: it found the inaction unlawful and obliged the administration to issue an order to allocate the plot.
The Third Administrative Court of Appeal on 11 August this year annulled the part ordering the direct obligation to allocate the land, but left the duty to consider the petition on the merits in compliance with the Law “On Administrative Procedure” and to issue an administrative act. The Supreme Court did not open cassation because the case was heard in simplified proceedings and did not meet the criteria for cassation review (absence of a fundamental question of law, incorrect classification as a matter of minor complexity, etc.).
The same plot of 19 ha near Orlivshchyna became the subject of a high-profile criminal proceeding. NABU and SAP accused former first deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk RSA Volodymyr Orlov (office from January 2021 to July 2024, acting head for a time) of requesting an undue benefit in an especially large amount — 200 thousand dollars — to assist in allocating this very forest plot for LLC “Alpha Weahouse.”
According to the investigation, in May 2024 through intermediary Oleksii Honchar (appearing in the case materials as Torop) Orlov allegedly indicated that he controlled the issue of forest allocations and could ensure a favorable decision. The case was qualified under part 4 of article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On 11 February 2026 the High Anti-Corruption Court delivered an acquittal. The court found that the charges were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt: the conversation on 2 May 2024 was not properly recorded, Honchar’s testimony raised doubts, company representatives (including director Smakota) stated they did not know Honchar and had not given him powers of attorney, and the case materials contained only a copy of the document. The defense insisted on entrapment. The case is on appeal before the Appeals Chamber of HACC.
As of 📌, “Alpha Weahouse” is registered in Dnipro. According to open sources, the company is linked to the park-hotel “Zolotyi Plyazh” in the village of Orlivshchyna on the banks of the Samara River. Publications have connected this structure to people in the orbit of businessmen Vadym Yermolaiev and Roman Kutsyi. Earlier reports appeared about possible violations during the development of recreational land in this area.
Orlivshchyna is a popular recreational zone with pine forest and the Samara River, where sanatoriums, holiday bases, and cottage towns are located. The allocation of 19 ha of state forest for long-term use without expropriation remains the subject of judicial dispute: administrative courts obliged the RSA to consider the petition on the merits, while the criminal charge alleging a bribe for this same plot was not found proven by the first-instance court.
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