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5 hryven - 60th Anniversary of the Launching of the First Earth Satellite
From 5 hryvnia coin - 60th Anniversary of the Launching of the First Earth Satellite | Ukraine 2017 (coin-database.com)
#ukraine#collector coin#coin#space#earth#satellite#astronomy#outer space#5 hryvnia#five hryvnia#photo
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I found these plastic dinosaur minies and decided to paint them to look like Lucky and Wuerhosaurus from paleo pines & and i will show you all the steps in case you want to do something like this yourself
This was my firs time painting minie figures and i tried using the same techniques people use for DnD figures so you can just look up those tutorials on youtube.
I found these ugly plastic dinosaurs on at a flee market for like 5 hryvnias and this is how they looked before their makeover:
First thing i did was wash them with soap and strip off all the spray paint from them using polish remover/acetone, untill they were this weird yellowish plastic color. (Idk if this step was necessary but i wanted to romoves all the dirt & dust so the paint sticks better)
Then i painted them fully with a dark color. I dont advise using pure black. I used a more dark-ish grey with a bit of blue so the undertone works better.
By the way here are these mfs near a match (for size comparison ofc).
Next i dry-brushed them with a cream color to bring out the texture and leave the dark color in the creases and shadows. I had to go over with a few coats so that they were not too dark.
Fore some reason they made these guys all wrinkly instead of scaly but it did help with the texture lol.
(The more i looked at them the more i saw how weird and inaccurate they are. Still cute though)
And the last steps were to cover them in colorfull washes:
The key is to go slowly, building up the colors layer by layer. I also added a bit of different hues in some places to make the colors less more alive (like a bit of pink on the plates, or some green in certain places idk it just gives more variety to the colors. with out it it the colors look a bit monotonous).
Also, seriously go play the game!!!! it`s just so cute. Dinosaur designs are cutified but still faithfull to how the animal looked according to science (minus the pastel colors lol) and you just know that it was made by true dinosaur lovers.
They do have a tumblr blog at @paleopinesofficial but i see their content more on tiktok
#paleo pines#dnd art#dnd miniatures#painting miniatures#goblincore#corvidcore#trinkets#dinosaur#dinosaur art#dinosaurs#paleoart#trinket collection#miniature#minis#miniature painting#crafts#diy projects#diy ideas#arts and crafts#video game fanart#dinocore#corvid collection#lucky#parasaurolophus#wuerhosaurus
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"🥹🫶🏼 Yana Stepanenko, who lost both legs in a missile attack on Kramatorsk railway station, will run the Boston Marathon to fulfill the wounded defender's dream.
Oleksandr Ryasnyi joined the Ukrainian army the year Yana was born. He took part in the ATO and the JFO, and since the beginning of the full-scale war, he has been defending his native Zaporizhzhia region. In September last year, Oleksandr lost his lower limb at the front. Now he is getting used to his new steel leg, planning his return to service, and dreams of running his first kilometers on a sports prosthesis. Unbreakable Yana from Kramatorsk, as well as the teams of the National Rehabilitation Centre UNBROKEN and the charity platform Dobro UA, which launched the project "Unbreakable Yana runs for the sake of the defender", are going to make the defender's wish come true.
On 13 April, the girl will run the 5-kilometre distance of the Boston Marathon on prostheses. And you and I can support her fundraising for 615,000 hryvnias to make her dream come true 🙌🏼"
#ukraine#rehabilitation#support ukraine#support#please donate#donate if you can#donation#united states#ukranian#children#russia is a terrorist state#genocide#stop the genocide#russo ukrainian war#russian invasion of ukraine#український tumblr#arm ukraine#healthcare#sport#sports#running#marathon#stand with ukraine#video post#video#unmute#sound on#i love this video#український блог#укртумбочка
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I drew this while I was sitting without the Internet for 2 days because of the russian shelling (these days I had to prepare for the last state exam👍anyway, I passed it successfully and now I'm free for a while), because the only available references for drawing were books and a folder with memes
So, bunch of ukr memes but it's a BartSeq👇
(You'll never believe which meme Kitty represents lol)
"I like the way it burns" for Bartimaeus (more in alt)
"It feels like God is punishing us for something" oh yes, Stroud often does that
Some silly sketches: Bartimaeus grimacing copies very important Minister Mandrake™ explanations, but does so in a guise of Kitty, and just Verroq (i love him, and i still can't draw him properly)
"Get out your 5 hryvnias" and "Verroq, you have a boring face, no one will give us money", or The Mercenary needs to be paid for his services, and Lovelace is raising money for a big coup, but if their faces are boring, no one will give them money (alt for more as always)
And finally... This. Just this. I have nothing to say, it's just a fcking legend. A legend that speaks: "It was me who stole the chumadan (mispronounced «suitcase»)" («spyzdyv» (stole) here is an untranslatable swear word that means "to steal").
It was Kitty who stole the staff.
#yes it's my “know your ukrainian meme” again#bartimaeus trilogy#the bartimaeus sequence#bartimaeus#john mandrake#simon lovelace hate club#is always here#verroq#the mercenary bartimaeus#kitty jones#трилогія бартімеуса#бартімеус#джон мендрейк#саймон лавлейс#веррок#найманець трилогія бартімеуса#кіті джонс
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frank fontaine stimboard for 🗺️ anon :•]
[ID: A 3x3 stimboard.
GIF 1: Someone quickly flicking through various Ukrainian hryvnia.
GIF 2: Someone holding a white, full-faced mask up and showing off the front and back.
GIF 3: A goldfish swimming in circles around someone's hand.
GIF 4: A small hand made out of salt crystals filling up with red ink.
Image: Frank Fontaine from Bioshock.
GIF 5: A calligraphy pen being held in water, red ink flooding out of it.
GIF 6: A koi fish swimming past the camera.
GIF 7: Someone holding a mask made out of paper with only eye holes in front of their face, and they stare at the camera blinking.
GIF 8: Someone fanning out a stack of fake $100 bills.
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#scopostims original boards#tw scopophobia#cw hands#stim#stimboard#stimblr#stimmy#frank fontaine#bioshock#ink#ink in water#fish#koi#goldfish#mask#money#the masks are symbolic. You get it#🗺️ anon
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Forty-year-old actress and director Polina Menshikh was killed in a Ukrainian missile strike during a live performance for Russian troops in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk region. The soldiers had gathered to celebrate Missile Forces and Artillery Day, drawing comparisons to Russia’s recent deadly attack on Ukrainian soldiers during an Artillery Day award ceremony. Members of the Ukrainian army have unofficially dubbed the attack a “retaliatory strike.”
Russian actress Polina Menshikh’s death was first reported on November 20 by the St. Petersburg Portal theater, where she’d previously directed a musical. The next day, Russian state news agency TASS said that Menshikh had been killed by shelling in the village of Kumachovo in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), about 70 kilometers (around 50 miles) southeast of the city of Donetsk.
“DNR” authorities reported that the village had come under fire on November 19, adding that a woman born in 1972 had died. Andrey Rudenko, a war correspondent for the Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, said the attack was a Ukrainian HIMARS strike.
Polina Menshikh was an actress and director. For 15 years, she led the Lege Artis theater in Moscow, which she founded. Menshikh said she taught classical ballet, character dance, Irish dance, acting, Russian folk dance, contemporary dance, Baroque dance, and ballet conditioning. She directed plays at the Central House of Journalists, the Presnya arts theater, and the Moscow International House of Music. In recent years, she headed the Nezhen folk-dance theater.
On November 21, pro-war Telegram channels began publishing details of Menshikh’s death, saying she’d been performing at a concert for Russian soldiers in a cultural center just 60 kilometers (around 37 miles) from the front line during the artillery strike. A video circulating on social media allegedly shows the moment during Menshikh’s performance when the building was hit.
Russian pro-war blogger Alexander Kots speculated that the strike on the cultural center was coordinated. “The enemy has hundreds of people on the Internet engaging in OSINT and dozens of pairs of eyes, ready to give a tip-off for 200–500 hryvnias (about $5-14). This is a fact. And it can’t be ignored,” he wrote.
Rybar, a pro-Kremlin military analysis channel on Telegram, called the concert for the soldiers “the stupidest decision to gather a huge crowd in a conspicuous place.” “Apparently, very smart people had a think and decided that since the concert venue is located 60 kilometers (about 37 miles) from the front line near the Russian border, it would definitely be out of reach,” Rybar wrote.
Pro-war Telegram channel Military Informant compared the incident to a strike on Ukrainian soldiers in the Zaporizhzhia region who were in formation for an award ceremony. “Remember how funny it was when the AFU’s 128th Brigade was ordered to line up in honor of Artillery Day […] for an award ceremony, and then our missiles came? Well, exactly the same alternatively gifted people were found in the Russian army,” wrote Military Informant.
The day after the strike, RIA Novosti published a video from the cultural center where Menshikh was performing. According to RIA’s correspondent, the auditorium was “practically undamaged,” but the roof above the stage was destroyed and the walls were covered in shrapnel.
Ukrainian Armed Forces are unofficially referring to the strike on Kumachovo as “retribution” for the shelling of Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, wrote Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Madyar’s Birds aerial reconnaissance unit. According to him, soldiers from Russia’s 810th Marine Brigade were in the cultural center. Brovdi claimed 25 people died in the strike and over 100 were injured.
Later, the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Center issued a statement saying that Ukrainian forces “successfully inflicted fire damage” on 810th Marine Brigade members who had gathered to celebrate Russia’s Missile Forces and Artillery Day. “The Ukrainian defense forces promptly identified the location of the Russians’ celebratory event and warmly welcomed them. Russian propagandists claim that the precision strike killed several dozen occupiers simultaneously, with about 100 suffering severe injuries,” read the announcement.
The Russian Defense Ministry has not officially commented on the strike, and there is no precise information on the number of deaths. A Russian military expert, who spoke with Novaya Gazeta Europe on condition of anonymity, claims that 23 people died and up to 80 were injured in the strike. According to him, four “visiting artists” were among the dead. There is no confirmation of these data.
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We continue to increase the volume of inspections and detection of financial violations in Kharkiv region.
In 5 months, we have the following results:
✅21 measures of financial control were carried out (documentary and factual checks);
✅Financial violations of 167 million hryvnias were detected;
✅ 354 public procurements were monitored (in the Prozorro system);
✅ Prevented illegal spending of UAH 37 million of budget funds;
✅According to the audit materials, law enforcement officers initiated 8 criminal proceedings.
More details on the website of the Office: 👇
https://lnkd.in/eZztg2NB
An interactive map with information on financial control measures and compensated violations throughout Ukraine:
https://lnkd.in/eDgNDJ9N
Продовжуємо нарощування📈 обсягів проведених перевірок та виявлення фінансових порушень на Харківщині.
За 5 місяців маємо такі результати:
✅Проведено 21 захід фінконтролю (документальні та фактичні перевірки);
✅Виявлено фінансових порушень на 167 млн гривень;
✅Проведено 354 моніторинг публічних закупівель (у системі Prozorro);
✅Попереджені незаконні витрати 37 млн грн бюджетних коштів;
✅За матеріалами ревізій, правоохорон��ями розпочато 8 кримінальних проваджень.
Детальніше на сайті Офісу:👇
https://lnkd.in/eZztg2NB
Інтерактивна карта з інформацією щодо проведених заходів фінконтролю та відшкодованих порушень, по всій Україні:
https://lnkd.in/eDgNDJ9N
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Okay so I’m gonna do an experiment: for the next 24 hours I’ll donate 5 hryvnias to Ukrainian army every time I see hate speech from russians. I wonder how much money I’ll have to donate
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Salute! In the last post i asked for help in my country. And now i want to tell how exactly you can help.
Fist of all you can share information about real situation in Ukraine. Also you can share information on various fundraisers for the army.
Of course, you can donate money for the ukrainian army. Here are some organizations where you can do this:
1. Special fundraising account in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, opened by the National Bank of Ukraine: UA8430000100000047330992708 (you can pay in US dollars, euros, British pounds and hryvnias)
2. For those who live abroad: wayforpay.com
3. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also accepts direct donations: mil.gov.ua
4. Details to help the Ukrainian army in cryptocurrencies Ethereum, Bitcoin and Tether:
BTC — 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH — 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
USDT (trc20) — TEFccmfQ38cZS1DTZVhsxKVDckA8Y6VfCy
5. Other ways you can donate to help Ukraine win the war: war.ukraine.ua
I hope i helped you find a convenient way to help Ukraine. I hope you help me.
Please, share this post with your friends, repost it to you pages and disseminate information in any way.
Все буде Україна!🇺🇦
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Meeting with Oleksy Arestovych, alias "Valerian", the president's man who calms Ukrainians
This informal adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky has one foot in military intelligence, another in psychology, and his eyes riveted to those of the Ukrainians. His mission since the beginning of the invasion: to reassure the population.
On his YouTube channel, which is followed by 1.6 million people, on television and on the networks, Oleksy Arestovych explains the policies of Voldymyr Zelensky's government in Russian on a daily basis. LP/Olivier Corsan
By Christel Brigaudeau
December 5, 2022 at 06:31
On the stalls of souvenir shops in Kiev, you can find, between the indispensable yellow and blue flags, fake identity cards to slip into your wallet, in the name of the stars of the past and the stars of today. You can choose between Master Yoda, Bruce Lee and Volodymyr Zelensky. And next to them, the calm face of a forty-year-old with dark eyes, unknown to Europeans: Oleksy Arestovych.
This informal adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, a military intelligence specialist, has been one of the faces of the war since 24 February. He is the embodiment of the Ukrainians' stainless optimism, which continues to surprise the world after ten months of conflict.
On his YouTube channel, followed by 1.6 million people, on television and on the networks, Oleksy Arestovych explains the government's policy every day in Russian. He comments on the movements of the frontline and anticipates what will happen next.
His deep, calm voice, similar to that of a doctor faced with a delicate case, has become his trademark. As for the purpose of his speeches, it can be summed up in two words: Ukraine will win.
He is nicknamed "Valerian", a plant with anxiolytic properties
While a majority of his listeners are Ukrainian, "about 40% live in Russia," says Arestovych. I try to get them out of the bubble of disinformation they are in.
"Oh, how he annoys me! I can't stand hearing him say that everything is going to be fine... But he calms my grandmother: she tells me that his voice lulls her, no matter what he says. It helps her to overcome the stress", says this young woman I met on Maïdan, the large square in the centre of the capital.
In Kiev, the charmer has earned a nickname: "Valerian", after this plant with anxiolytic properties, which is used to make herbal teas.
Other memes mock his tendency to be approximate in his prophecies. Caustics have published a 2-3 hryvnia (Ukrainian currency) note in his likeness to mock his predictions that better days will come "in two, three weeks", or "two, three months".
“Convincing people to behave rationally”
He does not want to rub it in the face of the population. "I tell it like it is, even when it is unpleasant. For example, I believe that Mariupol cannot be reconquered by military means. Many people know this but keep it to themselves. I say it," he insists, sitting down to a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
His phone is flashing. He receives messages after each of his videos, but even more so when he does not post any. "If I don't communicate for six hours, people start to worry," says Arestovych, who, as in his videos, speaks without batting an eyelid, his gaze fixed on the camera below his circumflex eyebrows.
His deep, calm voice has become the trademark of his videos. DR / ApeironSchool
The man in the brown jumper (a variation of the khaki shirt) continues: "It's the same with President Zelensky. Even if people have got used to the war and know what to do, they need to hear it. They only stay calm if they understand exactly where we are going and how. It is a daily struggle to convince people to behave rationally. Victory will come to those who don't get carried away by emotion.
Discreet about his activities for the army, of which he is still an intelligence officer, the man is more forthcoming about his ambition to play a leading role, after peace, in political life.
A mandate would add a line to a tortuous CV: apprentice comedian, science graduate, military, blogger, psychologist and founder of a school of psychology and communication, briefly member of a far-right nationalist party... Which of these successive hats suits him best? He answers: "I am a complex man. And not particularly modest, he insists on his ability to "always be ten steps ahead".
He wanted Zelensky to leave Kiev
Arestovych won ears with two rigorously accurate predictions: Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, and then Moscow's plan for a full-scale invasion. The adviser concedes mistakes. "I was one of those who suggested to the president on 24 February that he should leave. I thought we couldn't keep Kiev. He told me the first time: no, and the second time: never say that again.
On 24 February, following the president, Arestovych took the floor, charged with drawing up the military situation. The aim of his speeches did not change afterwards: "To keep the psychological course of victory. I don't even want people to imagine what the world would look like in case of defeat, or an unsatisfactory 50-50. No. " It's like a warrior's dream, in short.
In agreement with other observers, Oleksy Arestovych predicts that the country will have a difficult winter months, with several rounds of massive strikes on the country's infrastructure. "It will be hard but not insurmountable."
What's next? Victory, of course, after "five new victorious counter-offensives, including two this winter". The adviser expects a return to calm in mid-summer 2023, "within two or three months". Obviously.
The rest of the road will be much steeper, he thinks, convinced that the real trouble will start when the guns fall silent. It will be necessary to put back on its feet a democracy and an exsanguinated economy, and to treat an entire population of post-traumatic shock. "It will take 200,000 shrinks to help the country," predicts Arestovych.
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SAPO: Ukraine’s Supreme Court arrested MP accused of attempting to bribe deputy prime minister
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) arrested for two months an MP of Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) accused of attempting to bribe the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and Head of the State Agency for Restoration of Ukraine, Mustafa Nayyem, according to the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
The name of the accused is not disclosed, but it is assumed to be Serhiy Labaziuk, a member of the For the Future faction and former CEO of the industrial group of companies VITAGRO. He was arrested for two months with the possibility of alternative bail of 40.2 million hryvnias (1.1 million dollars).
Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) detained Labaziuk on November 21. He was charged with attempting to bribe officials who reported the matter to law enforcers.
According to the investigation, the MP asked a top official to grant one of his companies the contracts for repairing facilities worth 1 billion hryvnyas ($27.75m), promising a bribe of 3 to 5 per cent. The MP now faces 5 to 10 years in prison with or without confiscation of property.
Read more HERE
#world news#world politics#news#europe#european news#ukraine news#ukraine#ukrainian#corruption#bribery#ukraine war#ukraine conflict
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Functioning of the "grain corridor"
For the first time since Russia's withdrawal from the "grain initiative" in July 2023, two Turkish bulk carriers entered the port of Chornomorsk for loading grain. According to the Ministry of Community, Territory and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the bulk carriers Resilient Africa and Aroyat under the flag of Palau, they used a temporary corridor at the entrance to the port of Chornomorsk to load almost 20 thousand tons of wheat destined for African and Asian countries. The crew of the vessels consists of citizens of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Egypt and Ukraine. Previously, the corridor was used to evacuate ships that were in the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny at the time of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Since August 15, 5 vessels have used the temporary corridor: the container ship Joseph Schulte, the bulk carriers Primus, Anna-Theresa, Ocean Courtesy and Puma.
Ukraine remains true to its obligations to importers and implements a strategy and tactics to demonstrate the creation of a "grain corridor" without Russia. Ukraine continues to actively export grain through the river ports of the Danube and by land to European consumers or to the ports of the EU countries for further transportation. Since the beginning of the grain season, in July-August, Ukraine has exported about 5 million tons, which corresponds to the level of last year. Probably, it will realize all or almost all of the export potential even if the Black Sea grain terminals do not work at full capacity. In addition, the Ukrainian authorities still hope for the unblocking of these terminals without approval from Moscow.
The main task of Ukraine after leaving the ports of Greater Odessa will be to ensure the safety of ships and crews. The situation in the Black Sea is monitored by British reconnaissance aircraft, and a sea surface kamikaze drone patrols near Snake Island. In addition, the state budget of Ukraine for the current year provides 20 billion hryvnias for insurance of ships that will be ready to export agricultural products from the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. In general, step by step, Ukraine is doing everything possible within the framework of its resources and capabilities in order to ensure the export of Ukrainian agricultural products by the Black Sea. The call of two Turkish bulk carriers to the port of Chornomorsk indicates that cargo carriers are ready to use the new sea corridor for the transportation of agricultural products, and not just for the evacuation of ships from Ukraine.
What should be the reaction of the civilized world to the ongoing grain blackmail of the Russian Federation? Firstly, no alternative options for grain deals can be concluded with the Russian Federation. NATO should be decisive and announce the convoy of grain carriers. Security guarantees must pass the test of grain exports. If the U.S. and NATO can protect Ukrainian grain, so can Ukraine.
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The Russian Pilot who defected to Ukraine to receive $500K reward
Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine, will receive the Ukranian currency, hryvnia equivalent of $500,000 (approximately Hr 18.48 million), Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on Tuesday, September 5.
The 28-year-old pilot (who already ensured his family left Russia) landed his Mi-8 helicopter fully intact at an airfield in Ukraine…
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The “Reconstruction” Podcast with Kateryna Butko: Why Judicial Salaries Have Not Overcome Bribery
The new “Reconstruction” podcast series is dedicated to judicial reform. We speak with Kateryna Butko, the Chair of the Public Council at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), about how to make the judicial system more honest.
We thank Alina Krupyanyk, the Reform Index project assistant, for transcribing the conversation.
Key aspects of judicial reform
The main focus of the current reform is not only on the first-instance courts or the evaluation of 5,000 judges but also ensuring the quality functioning of two key institutions: the High Council of Justice and the High Qualification Commission of Judges.
To put it simply, the High Qualification Commission of Judges is a sort of HR body that selects judges and evaluates their performance. At the same time, the High Council of Justice is a disciplinary body responsible for punishing judges involved in misconduct. They are the ones who decide whether a corrupt judge will be dismissed (even if there is no final verdict yet) or is a respected individual who will retire with an honorary pension of 100,000 hryvnias per month for the rest of their life.
The reform should be systematic, and the cleansing of the judicial branch should occur through competitive processes. We must demonstrate that punishment is inevitable: if a judge takes bribes, renders arbitrary decisions, or violates the law, they will be held accountable. That’s the first aspect. Secondly, it is vital to dismantle the system of mutual protection. Previously, our judicial system operated under the adage, “One crow does not peck out another’s eye.” However, with the establishment of the High Anti-Corruption Court, cases against corrupt judges finally started progressing, and they began receiving prison sentences. Previously (and this still happens), cases against corrupt judges could drag on for decades in the courts. Then they would be closed, and no one would face real punishment.
Additionally, whistleblower judges who expose problems within the judicial system rather than covering them up are crucial.
Competitions for judicial positions
Open competitions are currently the best approach we have come up with. Admittedly, it is not a perfect process, as there is a possibility that questionable individuals may still “slip through,” especially when society has limited knowledge about them. However, it is akin to democracy – an imperfect form of governance but the best we have.
Various government agencies involve public councils to varying degrees in conducting competitions. For example, the selection processes at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) include the participation of delegated members of the Public Council as full-fledged members of the selection commission. They have an equal vote, can ask questions, seek clarifications, etc., alongside other commission members.
However, there are bodies where Public Councils have purely advisory and recommendation functions, and whether to consider their recommendations is ultimately decided by the head of the respective body.
Different approaches exist. For example, the Public Council of Integrity provides conclusions regarding judges applying for certain positions, including the Supreme Court. However, any of their conclusions can be overridden by the Qualification Commission. The previous High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) wholly and routinely disregarded all Public Council of Integrity conclusions. The HQCJ is currently being reformed, in part for this reason. As a result, a quarter of the judges in the Supreme Court have received a negative conclusion from the Council of Integrity.
Here’s how it works: Since the HQCJ cannot interview the entire pool of candidates in its full composition due to a large number of applicants, the commission is divided into groups of 3-5 members who conduct interviews with the candidates. If a candidate has a negative conclusion from the Public Council of Integrity, but this specific group of HQCJ members still votes that the candidate can participate in the competition, then the candidate is presented to all 16 members of the HQCJ. They conduct an interview with the candidate and then vote. If the communication with the candidate satisfies the HQCJ members, it takes 11 votes for the candidate to proceed further in the process.
The failures of the existing system
Integrity is a complex issue that requires a comprehensive response.
Currently, judges receive a minimum salary of 110,000 hryvnias. Depending on the court, this amount can be several hundred thousand hryvnias. However, as they say, there is never enough money.
Even with such high salaries, judges are caught and prosecuted for accepting bribes that are not in the millions but rather in thousands of dollars or even less. For example, I would like to mention the case of Judge Mykhailo Pak from the Mukachevo Court, who was caught accepting a bribe of two thousand hryvnias in 2017.
Therefore, high salaries alone cannot be a deterrent factor in preventing bribery. In addition to the factor of having a comfortable income, there must be an understanding that if you take a bribe, you will lose what you have. There must be the inevitability of punishment.
Due to our country’s high level of corruption, some judges believe they can accept bribes and get away with it. For example, during a hearing of the High Council of Justice regarding the Chairman of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Kniazev, the prosecutor stated that Kniazev had this motivation: even if he “gets burned” somewhere and, say, gets dismissed, he has already ensured a secure retirement for himself. In other words, it is a “rational” decision for him to accumulate as much money as possible now and then peacefully retire, regardless of the consequences.
What is shocking here is that this is a Supreme Court judge, the highest-ranking official ever exposed for bribery in the entire history of independent Ukraine. He is one of the key judges because he not only serves as the Chairman of the Supreme Court but also, while in that position, he was a member of the High Council of Justice, which is the constitutional and highest judicial body. And this is the largest judicial bribe of $2.7 million. Prior to this, the notorious judge Chaus held the record as the biggest bribe-taker, hiding cash in banks and burying it in his garden (amounting to $150,000). So Kniazev surpasses all records.
This is a case where neither a high salary nor a competitive selection process helped, as the same Kniazev was elected to the Supreme Court through a competition. It was one of the initial steps of the judicial reform – the competition for the Supreme Court in 2016. Non-judges could apply; it was public, with various online broadcasts and questions. There was the Public Council of Integrity, whose conclusions were actually ignored by the then Qualification Commission, but it still was there.
At that time, Kniazev had only been a judge for three years somewhere in Mykolaiv. What could be found out against him? That was very little time to commit something serious and noticeable.
The task of the competition is to weed out the most unworthy candidates. However, the competition does not allow for an assessment of the integrity of those who were able to conceal their “affairs” or those who are just beginning to build their judicial careers – they can proceed further in the competition.
The competition also does not guarantee that a person who was honest at the time of selection will not corrupt over the years and remain crystal clear for the rest of their life. That’s not how it works.
Therefore, disciplinary bodies such as the High Council of Justice should work to punish judges for arbitrary decisions and the like. There should also be anti-corruption bodies that “catch red-handed” the judges involved in bribery. In the case of Vsevolod Kniazev, our anti-corruption bodies worked well. It’s impressive that they are still functioning even when we are at war when it would seem crucial for scandals “not to cross the line.”
In the time between when Vsevolod Kniazev took the first part of the bribe and was caught with the second part, he traveled, for example, to the United States, where he engaged with Supreme Court judges, discussing progress in judicial reform. He presented himself as a champion of reform. However, upon his return, he was apprehended while accepting a bribe. Perhaps the anti-corruption bodies took into consideration how our international partners would perceive these events. Nevertheless, this situation also indicates that even in such moments, we keep fighting corruption.
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