Yurchyshyn, who called Kryukova a “collaborator,” lost the court case to her and published a retraction

The head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on freedom of speech, Yaroslav Yurashyn, lost a court case to journalist Svitlana Kruvkova and published a retraction on his Facebook page.

The court ruled that the deputy published false information about Kruvkova. This concerns Yurashyn’s post from 19 January 2025 of the year. At that time, sanctions against Kruvkova were imposed by the National Security and Defense Council. The deputy called the journalist a “bloody fascist” and a “collaborator.”

16 March 2026 of the year, the Obolon district court of Kyiv ruled in Kruvkova’s favor, who filed a lawsuit against Yurashyn for protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation. 7 October, the journalist won an appeal in this case at the Kyiv Court of Appeal. Thus the deputy was required to retract the information no later than five days from the date the ruling entered into force.

The court also ordered Yurashyn to pay Kruvkova’s court costs in the amount of 2422,40 hryvnias.

- Now the remaining task is to compensate the court fees (2422 UAH). Still, I don’t quite understand how the deputy will manage this, given that I am under sanctions and my accounts are blocked, — Kruvkova wrote in her Telegram channel.

Svitlana Kruvkova was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Russian-language online publication Strana.ua. In 2021 year, the publication came under NSDC sanctions.

In addition to Yurashyn, the journalist also filed lawsuits against blogger Ihor Lachenkov, lawyer Yevhen Pronin, and military personnel Roman Sinitsin.