{"id":1351732,"date":"2026-01-31T11:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/diplomats-on-windowsills-and-the-echr-decision-how-bankova-loses-the-case-against-poroshenko\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:07:28","slug":"diplomats-on-windowsills-and-the-echr-decision-how-bankova-loses-the-case-against-poroshenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/diplomats-on-windowsills-and-the-echr-decision-how-bankova-loses-the-case-against-poroshenko\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomats on the Windowsill: Bankova\u2019s Masterclass in Losing to Poroshenko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

Another court hearing confirmed what many expected: Petro Poroshenko successfully demonstrated that President Zelenskyy imposed sanctions against him illegally, highlighting yet another legal and political misstep by the current administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time, the meeting was crammed into a small hall\u2014obviously so that not everyone who wanted to attend could get in. I read somewhere that foreign diplomats were sitting on the windowsills.<\/p>\n

On the positive side, the authorities can no longer submit any evidence to the court. Their attempts to argue that the President of Ukraine does not need evidence\u2014that he can impose sanctions on whomever he wishes\u2014were thwarted by the ECHR ruling, which confirmed that presidential decrees are subject to judicial review.<\/p>\n

As usual, the authorities treated the ECHR ruling like a polite suggestion.\u00a0 As it turns out, an English translation was apparently optional. Evidently, ignorance works out well for them.<\/p>\n\n

In general, the situation is deadly. Since May 2019, 121 cases have been filed against Petro Poroshenko for everything from giving the order to liberate the occupied territories to receiving the Tomos. In six years, NONE of the 121 cases have been proven in court. Do you understand? None!<\/p>\n

The authorities are imposing sanctions against Poroshenko, and for a year now, they have not been able to explain why they imposed them and on what grounds.<\/p>\n

Against this background, only one question arises: do those types who still shout, “Poroshenko is a thief,” understand how ridiculous they look? “He is a thief, but we can’t prove it!”<\/p>\n

The authorities are already speaking to their supporters in the language of sectarians\u2014believe me, it’s absurd!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how long this judicial farce will continue. Clearly, the authorities will try to pressure the court, since losing the case against Poroshenko and being forced to lift the sanctions would be a major blow for them.
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