According to Oleg Posternak, the dismissal of Smirnov, who oversaw the judicial system in the OP, launched the process of personnel changes in the leadership of the Ukrainian courts.
Oleg Posternak reported this on his page on the social network Facebook.
“The race for positions has already begun; leadership positions may be headed by extremely controversial figures! In the coming weeks, tons of compromising evidence will be leaked into the information space, investigations and materials will be published that will humiliate some judges and exalt others. Declarations of 2023 will become the main source of compromising evidence and scandals!” – predicts Posternak.
“In particular, the judge of the Southern Economic Court of Appeal Marina Barsuk is very keen to head the judicial body in which she serves. The appointment of Marina Barsuk will be very useful for her husband, lawyer Viktor Barsuk, who is ready to spend a lot on his wife’s career growth. Marina and her husband live a beautiful luxury life. In her declaration, Marina Barsuk did not declare a single piece of real estate, but reported hundreds of thousands of savings shared with her husband in euros, Swiss francs and hryvnias. The declared fleet of elite cars MERCEDES-BENZ S580/2021, G63AMG/2019, S600/2009, EQV/2021, which Marina Barsuk can use, stands out especially,” admits Oleg Posternak, according to publicly available declarations of judges for 2023.
The most notable scandal that Marina Barsuk got into was her and her husband’s trip to the birthday of oligarch Pavel Fuks in 21, the expert emphasizes.
“It is significant that Fuchs’ companies at that time had litigation in the Southern Economic Court of Appeal, where Marina Barsuk works. Fuchs' interests were represented in court by Viktor Barsuk. This is not the first such circumstance where a legal entity. Badger's company won in court, where his wife works.
Such an episode was also the scandal with the court regarding the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant, where Barsuk acted in the interests of Kolomoisky and the Russian criminal financial group Babakov. The Barsukov family does not see any conflicts of interest in this,” said Oleg Posternak, calling on the public for a public discussion as the only constructive mechanism that will clean up the Ukrainian judicial system and prevent the career growth of judges exposed for corrupt practices.
