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The Public Integrity Council once again found the judge of the Vinnytsia Regional Administrative Court, Oleksandr Vilchynskyi, to not meet the criteria of integrity and professional ethics.
This was learned by the editorial staff of 368.media from the council’s decision.
31 October 2025 of the year, the GARCID approved a new version of the conclusion regarding Judge Oleksandr Vanadiovych Vilchynskyi. This is a review of the previous conclusion from 23 April 2019 of the year. The Council concluded that the judge does not meet the criteria for integrity, legality of sources of wealth, alignment of living standards with declared income, as well as independence, ethical conduct, and incorruptibility.
The main block concerns financial integrity. According to the GARCID’s calculations, in 2019 year after taxes the judge’s family income was approximately 1,825 million UAH (the judge’s salary ~557 thousand UAH + wife’s entrepreneurial income ~1,366 million UAH + rental). At the same time, the wife bought two land plots in the village of Kozyn for 588,7 thousand UAH, and the wife’s savings appeared in the declaration at 1,12 million UAH (no savings the previous year). After these living expenses there remained about 116 thousand UAH per year — less than the average expenditures of a family of three in Vinnytsia region according to the statistics of that year.
Separately, the GARCID drew attention to the undervalued cost of a land plot in the village of Bokhoniki, Vinnytsia region, area 968 m², which the judge purchased in 2021 year for 52,5 thousand UAH (roughly 5,5 thousand UAH per sotka). At that time, market prices in the area according to advertisements ranged from 15 to over 23 thousand UAH per sotka. In 2024 year the plot was transferred via donation.
Also the gift to his wife in 2018 year of a land plot 0,28 hectares in the town of Lityn was questioned. On it, according to GARCID, a roadside service complex of area 1935 m² appeared (likely a hotel that, according to reviews, has operated at least since 2017 year). The circumstances of acquiring ownership and potential income from operation are not fully disclosed in declarations.
In 2018 year the then wife bought an apartment in Kyiv of area 78,8 m² for 1,487 million UAH and two parking spaces. According to GARCID, the market value of a similar dwelling in the same building and district was about twice as high. In total, the declared value of these properties exceeded the wife’s known income and savings for that year.
Separately noted is a possible overstatement of the sale price of a Toyota Highlander 2014 year: in 2020 the car was disposed of for 1,1 million UAH (~39 thousand dollars), while market prices for similar cars were lower.
GARCID also pointed to non-declaration of the right to use housing in certain years (in particular the house of his mother in Bokhoniki in 2018 year and the wife’s apartment earlier).
GARCID refers to publications about appointment of Vilchynskyi as head of the court in 2012 year against the will of the collective (judges had proposed another candidate). In the materials there were mentions of his connections with the authorities of Yanukovych times and help to Volodymyr Groysman. The judge himself explained the appointment as a procedure of that time.
In 2013 year the Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court found the actions of Vilchynskyi as head, regarding the convening of judges’ meetings and expressing lack of trust in the head of the staff, to be illegal (violations of notice procedures, lack of regulation, etc.). The decision was kept in force thereafter.
In 2019 year the judge attended the birthday of Yevhenii Ablov (then deputy head of the Kyiv Circuit Administrative Court) at a Kyiv restaurant together with members of the VKKS. One of those present later chaired the panel that evaluated Vilchynskyi himself. The judge explained this as an old acquaintance from student days and that he “slipped by” on the way.
In 2023 year Vilchynskyi partially granted the claim for interim relief and prohibited NAZYAVO from considering a complaint about possible plagiarism in the doctoral dissertation of the acting rector of Vinnytsia Medical University. The case later reached the Supreme Court, which closed it. The judge’s daughter worked at the university in 2024–2026 years. The judge later recused himself due to public resonance.
Also noted is that the judge issued decisions on days when he was studying at the National School of Judges (in 2013 and 2020 years), although by the rules judges do not adjudicate while in training.
In the candidate’s dissertation of 2019 year (“Attestation Commissions as subjects of administrative-law relations”) several fragments of borrowing were found (notably from Wikipedia and regulatory acts without proper citation). GARCID did not draw a main conclusion of dishonesty from this, but noted that the issue requires discussion.
The judge previously challenged the GARCID’s previous conclusion in court and obtained its annulment by the Zhytomyr Circuit Administrative Court in 2019 year. GARCID considers such challenge improper, as the council is not a government body and does not issue binding acts — final decisions are made by VKKS.
The conclusion was approved by 10 votes from 18 members of GARCID. It serves as information for the Supreme Qualification Commission of Judges within the framework of qualification assessment.
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