Popikova Olga Volodymyrivna

Position: member of the High Council of Justice, judge of the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal

Date and place of birth: May 24, 1974, city of Rivne

Information about relatives:

There is no information about the judge's close relatives

Education:

Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko

Information about work (when, where worked, in what positions):

1992 – 1993 – legal advisor of the Production and Commercial Enterprise "Olga", Rivne region.

1997 – 1998 – legal advisor of the Limited Liability Company "Manufacturing Enterprise "Ukravtobud" in Kyiv.

1999 – 2000 – responsible secretary of the judicial panel for review of decisions, resolutions, resolutions of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Ukraine.

2000 – 2002 – specialist of the 1st category of the secretariat of the board for the preparation of materials for supervisory proceedings of the Higher (arbitration) commercial court of Ukraine.

2002 – 2004 – assistant judge of the Higher Commercial Court of Ukraine.

2004 – 2008 – judge (from 04.2009 – indefinitely) of the Economic Court of Kyiv region.

2008 – 2011 – judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court of Appeal.

2011 – 2018 – judge of the Higher Economic Court of Ukraine.

2018 – judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court of Appeal (the court ceased operations on October 3, 2018).

In June 2019, it was transferred to the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal.

Involvement in one of the cases (which case, position at the time of involvement):

Case "Kolomoiskyi v. Ukraine"

Violation of legislation within the framework of the case:

On December 9, 2020, the panel of judges of the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal actually resumed the proceedings regarding the cancellation of the nationalization of PrivatBank, the bank's press service reported.

Judges Vitaly Korsak, Olga Popikova and Oleksiy Yevsikov annulled the decision of the judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court Larisa Shkurdova dated October 16, 2019 to stop the proceedings in case No. 910/1834/19.

"The appellate instance, despite the violated deadlines for filing an appeal with one of the defendants in the case and the operation of the so-called "anti-Kolomoi" law, actually resumed the proceedings regarding the cancellation of the nationalization of PrivatBank. These are the consequences that may result from the further consideration of the case filed by Igor Kolomoiskyi and TRIANTAL INVESTMENTS LTD (a Cypriot company that owned one of the largest blocks of shares in PrivatBank before its nationalization and is owned by Kolomoiskyi and Bogolyubov) regarding the illegality of the PrivatBank purchase agreement and the demand for shares pending consideration of another the lawsuit of Ihor Kolomoisky — on the recognition of the illegal nationalization of PrivatBank, which is currently being considered by the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal (case No. 826/7432/17)," Privatbank said.

These judges, despite the violation of the deadlines for filing an appeal and the operation of the so-called "anti-Kolomoi" law, actually resumed the proceedings regarding the cancellation of the nationalization of PrivatBank.

Involvement in other cases that had public resonance (in which case was noticed, status within this case, year, month):

In May 2021, the Canadian company TIU Canada demanded the removal of Popikova, Korsak and Yevsikov of the judges of the Northern Court of Appeal. They are considering the case of illegal disconnection of the solar power plant from the networks of JSC "Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant" (NZF)".

TIU Canada explained that judges Korsak, Popikova and Yevsikov previously ruled in favor of Igor Kolomoiskyi, who controls NZF, in the case against the state-owned PrivatBank.

Therefore, foreigners assume that judges will not be able to objectively consider the case related to this. the company

The president of TIU Canada, Michael Yurkovich, quoted by the press service, believes that it is impossible to count on an impartial hearing of the case when the judges have a track record of decisions in favor of the oligarch who is under US sanctions.

In May, all three judges recused themselves.

Disciplinary sanctions:

The information is being clarified.