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Ternopil City Council deputy from the Servant of the People party, Artur Shatarskyi, has become a defendant in a civil case seeking recovery of debt under a loan agreement. Proceedings were opened by the Ternopil City and District Court 28 July 2026 year at the suit of Vasyl Tomchyshyn. Alongside the court dispute, statements have been circulating publicly from other citizens who claim they lent Artur Shatarskyi substantial sums of money, including U.S. dollars, and did not get them back.
The case is registered under number 607/16126/26. The plaintiff is Vasyl Tomchyshyn, the defendant — Artur Shatarskyi, media report. The subject of review is recovery of debt under a loan agreement. The court issued the order to open civil proceedings on 28 July. A court hearing was scheduled for 12 October 2026 year. The opening of proceedings means the court accepted the claim for consideration, but does not automatically confirm the existence of a debt or the validity of the plaintiff’s claims. To make a decision, the court must examine the agreement, evidence of the actual transfer of funds, the deadlines for returning the money, and the circumstances of any possible failure to fulfill obligations. There is no information in the provided materials about a final decision in this case. The lawsuit emerged against the backdrop of earlier public statements about Artur Shatarskyi’s financial relations with other citizens. In February 2026 year, the outlet Chasopys published a piece in which several interlocutors described lending the deputy significant sums. According to their claims, the money was not returned, and the total volume of loans exceeded two million U.S. dollars. Some of the journalists’ sources also alleged possible pressure and a lack of response to demands to return the funds. At the same time, these assertions represent the position of the claimants themselves. The provided materials do not include court decisions that would confirm Artur Shatarskyi’s indebtedness to all the mentioned individuals for an amount exceeding two million dollars. It is also not established whether Vasyl Tomchyshyn’s suit is directly related to other financial claims publicized in February. At present, the civil proceeding concerns a specific loan agreement and a claim for repayment of funds. There is no basis to merge this dispute with other statements without documentary evidence.
Artur Shatarskyi is a deputy of Ternopil City Council from the political party Servant of the People. In addition to his work in the local representative body, he holds the position of assistant-consultant to People’s Deputy Volodymyr Hevko on a permanent basis. Thus, Shatarskyi’s activities are connected both to local self-government and to the work of a parliamentary deputy. Volodymyr Hevko represents the Ternopil region in the Verkhovna Rada. Information that Artur Shatarskyi works as his assistant-consultant is included in the published records on deputies’ assistants. At the same time, the mere fact of working in a parliamentary reception office does not indicate Volodymyr Hevko’s involvement in his assistant’s financial obligations or court dispute. According to TeNews, the editorial office did not receive a response from Artur Shatarskyi regarding the claims of unpaid loans and Vasyl Tomchyshyn’s lawsuit. The provided materials also do not contain the deputy’s reply to specific assertions about the total amount of financial claims. For the court review, it will be key to establish the circumstances of the particular loan that is the subject of case No. 607/16126/26. In particular, the court must determine whether the transfer of funds is supported by documents, whether repayment terms were agreed, and whether legal grounds for compulsory recovery of the debt arose. If the claim is granted, the court’s decision may serve as grounds for enforcement of obligations in the scope defined by the court. If the plaintiff’s evidence does not support the asserted claims, the court may deny relief in whole or in part. Thus, Vasyl Tomchyshyn’s case against Artur Shatarskyi is a separate legal dispute over repayment of a loan, while the claims voiced by other citizens for more than two million dollars remain public statements for now. The final assessment of the claims in the civil proceeding must be made by the court.
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