Judge Litvinova, whose Russian passport was found, dismissed - HCJ
The HCJ dismissed Arina Litvinova, a judge of the liquidated Kyiv District Administrative Court, who was found to have Russian citizenship by journalists.
According to Censor.NET, citing Radio Liberty, this was stated by the head of the High Council of Justice, Hryhorii Usyk.
The decision was supported by 15 members of the HCJ.
"The High Council of Justice has decided to dismiss judge Arina Litvinova of the Kyiv District Administrative Court from her position on the basis of paragraph 3 of part six of Article 126 of the Constitution of Ukraine (committing a significant disciplinary offence - Ed.)," he said.
Russian citizenship of Judge Litvinova
Earlier, Schemes journalists (a project of Radio Liberty) found out that Arina Litvinova, a judge of the now liquidated Kyiv District Administrative Court, who has the current status of a judge, is a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Litvinova received the citizenship of the aggressor country in July 2002 in the city of Yekaterinburg, as evidenced by an extract from the automated Rospasport system. At that time, she had been working for three years at the Supreme Arbitration Court of Ukraine.
Litvinova herself denied having Russian citizenship.
At the end of April this year, Arina Litvinova, a judge of the liquidated Kyiv District Administrative Court, complained to the prosecutor's office and the High Council of Justice against Heorhii Shabaiev, a journalist of Schemes, who revealed her Russian passport.
Later it became known that Litvinova was going to resign.
On July 23, the HCJ suspended consideration of Litvinova's application and initiated disciplinary proceedings, which could result in her dismissal. In this case, the judge will not be able to receive any payments.
Litvinova was subsequently temporarily suspended from the administration of justice on the basis of a decision of the Second Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice.
