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The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has come under NABU scrutiny amid the investigation of the "Carthage" case and several other proceedings related to judges' decisions and access to sealed materials. Publications about these events mention the court head Ruslan Kozlov, his godfather — lawyer Dmytro Borzykh, and court rulings concerning 2,6 billion UAH of funds linked to the online casino Pin-Up.
According to materials cited in the investigation, Borzykh has long-standing ties to the Pechersky and Shevchenkivsky courts. He is a former deputy chief military prosecutor and is associated with the law firm "Guarantee of Your Rights." Sources cited by journalists claimed that, thanks to connections in the courts, the lawyers' group could obtain information about planned investigative actions. 1 April 2025 NABU informed Borzykh of suspicion of unauthorized access to the closed part of the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. According to the investigation, persons connected to him accessed at least 100 criminal proceedings, about 30 of which related to cases being investigated by NABU. Businesspeople and former officials were among the persons named in the materials. The investigation also checked information about possible prior notification of interested persons regarding motions to carry out searches. Separately, publications mentioned Borzykh’s team’s links to conducting examinations at the Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise. At the same time, these claims are not independent proof of guilt of specific judges or court employees. One episode concerns Pin-Up funds. 29 October 2024 the Pechersky District Court lifted the seizure on 2,6 billion UAH related to the online casino. The next day ARMA called that decision dubious and stated the funds’ origin was linked to an aggressor country. After that, the State Bureau of Investigations re-imposed a seizure on the assets. In July 2025 the Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv transferred 2,6 billion UAH in the case of special confiscation. That sum became the largest confiscated amount in the country’s history. Borzykh’s connection to the Pin-Up funds decision was described in public as the subject of verification, but there is no court ruling establishing his involvement in lifting the seizure. Another direction relates to operation "Themis." NABU is investigating a possible raiding scheme that in the materials names Mykytas, Stolar, and former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra. According to the investigation, seizures of corporate rights were used to retain control over seized companies, and some related procedural decisions passed through the Pechersky court. 2 September the WAKS Appeals Chamber kept Mudra in custody with the possibility of posting bail of 20 million UAH. The mere fact of her being detained does not mean guilt has been proven — the final decision in the criminal proceeding must be made by a court. Against this background, a possible change in leadership of the Pechersky District Court is being discussed. Among candidates mentioned publicly is judge Ihor Khainatskyi, who before his appointment to the Pechersky court worked as an assistant to the head of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, Yaroslav Holovachov. In December 2020 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Khainatskyi a judge of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv. In the Khainatskyi family’s declarations there are two houses in Vyshenky with areas of 353 and 381 sq. m, a swimming pool, and apartments in Kyiv. Journalists previously drew attention to the large amount of real estate declared by the judge and his family. Yaroslav Holovachov has headed the Kyiv Court of Appeal since 2015; his third three-year term ended in September 2024, but he continued to perform the duties.
Thus, several criminal and administrative stories coexist in the public eye around the Pechersky District Court: NABU proceedings regarding access to sealed court materials, rulings concerning 2,6 billion UAH of Pin-Up funds, materials of operation "Themis," and questions about possible personnel changes in the court’s leadership. Final conclusions about the possible involvement of specific judges or lawyers in illegal actions can only be made after the relevant proceedings and court hearings are completed.
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