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⚖️ “Offended” by the accusations or by the loss of trust? A judge from Odesa claimed pressure after a mention of a bribe
Judge of the Prymorsky District Court of Odesa Viktor Ivanov appealed to the High Council of Justice #ВРП and law enforcement agencies with a complaint, stating that he was allegedly unjustly accused of demanding 💰1 000 US dollars for issuing a “favorable decision.”
According to the judge himself, he was considering a citizen’s complaint about the prosecutor’s inaction regarding the failure to enter information into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations. However, a few days later the complainant filed a motion to recuse Ivanov, claiming that the judge had allegedly demanded a bribe from him for a favorable decision.
Viktor Ivanov flatly denies these accusations and asserts that he did not invite the complainant to his office, did not demand money, and calls the accusation a way to secure his recusal from the case.
🤷♂️However, the very emergence of such claims once again raises questions about the level of public trust in certain members of the judiciary. When citizens consider it possible to openly allege that a judge demanded an unlawful benefit, it indicates a serious crisis of trust in the judicial system.
It is especially telling that Ivanov notes he has previously repeatedly considered this complainant’s appeals and denied his complaints. This circumstance only underscores the need for maximal openness, transparency, and independent review of all such allegations, since any doubts about a judge’s integrity must be thoroughly examined by the competent authorities.
Let us recall that this is by no means the first instance in which Odesa judges claim alleged pressure, intimidation, or provocation. ❗️At the same time, the region’s judicial system has, for many years, regularly found itself at the center of high-profile corruption scandals and public debates over the integrity of some of its members.
👨🏽⚖️ The investigative judge of the Prymorsky District Court of Odesa, Viktor Ivanov, unjustifiably denies our requests to satisfy complaints concerning the inaction of investigators or prosecutors with regard to the failure to enter information about criminal offenses into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations, in particular in case No. 522/13683/26 dated 20.07.2026 concerning the inaction of authorized officials of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
These circumstances relate to the activities of a group of affiliated persons that include Oleh #Бахматюк, Oleksiy #Гончаренко, Petro Obukhov, and other individuals who may have been involved in organizing a scheme for the illegal export of grain products, laundering proceeds, transferring funds abroad, and evading state financial control, which may indicate the operation of an organized corruption scheme.
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