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Who is the judge whom the participants in the criminal scheme, according to NABU and SAP, allegedly paid to carve out tasks for seizing a company?
Meet Serhiy Stasyuk, a judge of the Commercial Court of Kyiv.
In 2025 year Stasyuk participated in a discussion on the topic "Judicial Protection of Business." How the judge "protected" business can be traced on the NABU/SAP tapes. Literally one episode.
During the selection of a preventive measure for the former MP and long-time manager of the Ukrbud corporation Maksym Mykytas, the SAP prosecutor read out recorded conversations with voices resembling those of Mykytas and businessman Vasyl Astion. The recordings discuss the seizure of the company LLC "Philosophy Development", whose balance sheet includes a valuable asset (the building of the former Arsenal factory in Pechersk). The discussion concerns removing the director through a bankruptcy procedure.
A key role in this, as the tapes say, was to be played by Judge Stasyuk…
And here is the price. A voice resembling Astion’s says: "about removing the director I say: 'We won't give you more 10-thousand (thousand dollars), don't even count on it all.'" Stasyuk allegedly agreed: "No, I will be grateful for that... I'll organize everything."
And here you go, an order dated 26 March 2026 year. Judge Stasyuk grants the petition to remove the head of the company LLC "Philosophy Development" and places the duties on an arbitration manager. Stasyuk refers to having summoned the director to the session by order dated 09.03.2026, but the director did not appear without notifying reasons, and the court interprets this as "willful inaction" and "an intent to harm the debtor."
So everything happens exactly as on the tapes
— journalist Heorhiy Shabaiev
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