Former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Smirnov requested that his case be transferred from the High Administrative Court to the district court
6 May 11:41
The defense team for Vladislav Smirnov, the former deputy head of the Office of the President, has filed a motion with the court to transfer his case from the High Anti-Corruption Court to the Solomyanskyi District Court in Kyiv. This is stated in a court ruling, as reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" citing data from the Register of Court Decisions.
According to the former official’s lawyers, the position of Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine does not fall under the category of civil service positions and “does not involve making relevant decisions.” Therefore, Smirnov’s case should not be heard by the High Anti-Corruption Court.
“Under these circumstances, in the defense counsel’s opinion, criminal proceeding No. 42023000000000436 against PERSON_7 and PERSON_12 should be heard by the court within whose territorial jurisdiction the pre-trial investigation was completed, namely the Solomyanskyi District Court of Kyiv,” the published ruling states.
The defendant requested that the motion be considered in his absence. In turn, the prosecutor in the case opposed granting the motion filed by Smirnov’s attorneys, noting that there were sufficient legal grounds for doing so.
Ultimately, the panel of judges concluded that criminal proceeding No. 42023000000000436 falls under the subject-matter jurisdiction of the High Anti-Corruption Court. Therefore, there are no grounds to grant the defense counsel’s motion and transfer the case to the Solomyanskyi District Court of Kyiv.
We note that the head of the Solomyanskyi District Court of Kyiv is Judge Vitalii Ukraintsev.
About the Smirnov Case
In April 2025, Andriy Smirnov, former deputy head of the Office of the President, was notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment amounting to over 15 million UAH. According to the NABU, an offer of an unlawful benefit in the form of construction work and services worth 100,000 USD was also documented. Furthermore, according to the investigation, he acquired property whose value exceeds his lawful income.
On April 15, 2026, the High Anti-Corruption Court concluded the preliminary hearing in the case and scheduled it for trial.
