Bankova’s trash: how the “Poroshenko case” fell apart in court

The Supreme Court’s consideration of the case regarding illegal sanctions against Petro Poroshenko has once again demonstrated the legal nihilism of the Office of the President and the far-fetchedness of the accusations. This, in turn, has an extremely negative impact on Ukraine’s image abroad and European integration prospects.

This was stated on the air of “Pryamoy” by Maria Ionova, a member of parliament from the “European Solidarity” faction.

“Even sometimes judges reacted to the responses of representatives of the Office of the President and the Ministry of Economy. Because the facts, when they themselves did some things even worse in the context of the reliability of the documents, when there was a decree, how many errors there were in the decree, when it was made public… That is, even such amateurish things that were not done according to the law. And in some moments they even admit this, the more they emphasize how far this case was far-fetched and done in violation of the Constitution and legislation of Ukraine,” Ionova reported.

At the same time, she once again emphasized that the current government demonstrates legal nihilism, which has an extremely negative impact on Ukraine’s image abroad.

“We have heard several times that this is classified, so the sessions may be closed. But we have not seen what could be classified. We have not seen the list of documents that should be presented to the court. And the last thing – what can be hidden? Let society see how absurd this is… The authorities are showing how much they mock the very terminology of the rule of law. And we would very much not like Ukraine to look so negatively in the news. That is, it is important for us to show that we are a state governed by law,” Ionova noted.

“That is, either they canceled these sanctions, did not shame, or simply stopped the bullying, because after all, this also applies to those accounts that Petro Oleksiyovych has, which are blocked. And we know that for him, the number one priority is helping the army,” the people’s representative added.

In addition, she reported that representatives of diplomatic missions were present during the court hearing and expressed reservations about this “case.”

“This is not the first meeting where representatives of diplomatic missions are present. And these are friends of Ukraine who understand that Ukraine deserves to become a member of the European Union. But we have to do our homework. And such things simply put the European Union in an awkward situation, when on the one hand they help us, there is financial support, and on the other hand we do not do some elementary things. All this undermines trust,” summarized the representative of “European Solidarity” Maria Ionova.

As a reminder, the Board of Judges of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court continued consideration of Poroshenko’s lawsuit to annul the illegal Decree on the introduction of sanctions. According to the fifth President, representatives of the authorities are doing everything to mislead the court and society, in particular, they are trying to keep the process secret.

As it became known during the consideration of the case, the documents on the basis of which sanctions were imposed against Petro Poroshenko were submitted to the NSDC retroactively, after the decision was made and the Decree was signed. The disk with materials that was received by the NSDC was formed on February 13, and the decision on sanctions was made on February 12, 2025.

At the same time, as Politico writes, sanctions against the fifth President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, have become an element of the current government’s political strategy and pressure on the opposition . Law enforcement agencies are used to implement it.

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