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It became known that 2-the new corps of the NGU “Hartia” joined the advocacy program that Andriy Yermak initiated. The writer Serhiy Zhadan, who serves in this corps, responded.
Serhiy Zhadan stated that he does not want Andriy Yermak to represent his interests. He wrote about this in a post on Facebook.
What does Zhadan think about Yermak?
The writer and serviceman compared the former head of the President's Office to Putin's godfather and to Ukraine's traitor Viktor Medvedchuk.
I personally see no difference between Yermak's lawyer and Medvedchuk's lawyer,
— he noted.
At the same time, Zhadan noted that he considers it wrong to “wash one's hands of one’s own.” In his view, the corps should openly communicate this situation.
Hartia is the experience and work of thousands of fighters and commanders, which cannot be devalued or heedlessly denied,
— the writer emphasized.
Background: Viktor Medvedchuk worked as a lawyer as far back as Soviet times. His most well-known legal work is the case of the poet-dissident Vasyl Stus.
In 1980 year Medvedchuk was appointed as Stus’s defense attorney in a political trial. The poet did not want him to defend him. During the trial Medvedchuk did not obtain an acquittal and, according to the case materials, effectively agreed that Stus could be punished, asking only to consider mitigating circumstances.
In the end, the poet was sentenced to 10 years in camps and 5 years of exile. In 1985 year he died in a Soviet camp.
As of 15:18 commander of the 2-th corps of the NGU “Hartia” Ihor Obolienskyi commented on the criticism of his meeting with Yermak. He stated that he did a lot for the corps.
Earlier, in 2023 year Andriy Yermak was one of those who opened doors for us to create the unit and helped with its provision. He helped persuade the President that a volunteer formation could grow into an effective unit worth investing in. I have always spoken about this publicly. And for me, a sign of integrity and humanity is to remember the help and support,
— wrote the commander.
At the same time, he added that the “Advocate+” program is voluntary and the Hartians themselves will decide whether to use its support or not.
As a reminder, 14 in August Hartia announced that the entire corps joined the “Advocate+” program. It was initiated by the National Association of Advocates of Ukraine committee, headed by Yermak.
By the way, the High Anti-Corruption Court 10 in August partially granted the defense’s motion of the former head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak and expanded the territory where he is allowed to move.
Previously Yermak could be in Kyiv and Kyiv region without a permit. Now he is allowed to move also in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions.
The defense explained the request by Yermak’s participation in the project for legal assistance to the military. At the same time, the court did not cancel the obligation to wear an electronic bracelet.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Жадан після приєднання "Хартії" до програми Єрмака порівняв його з Медведчуком". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Channel 24.
