Volkova Svitlana Yakivna

Position: judge of the Pechersk district court in the city of Kyiv. On June 22, 2023, the Supreme Council of Justice dismissed Svitlana Volkova from the position of judge of the Pechersk District Court of the city of Kyiv for committing a disciplinary offense.

Date and place of birth: 

The information is being clarified

Information about relatives:

Gennadiy Fedorovych Volkov, husband, is a doctor at the Kyiv Regional Oncology Clinic

Oleksandr Fedorovych Volkov, brother of Volkova's husband, is a judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (1994-2010), former head of the Main Directorate for Judiciary and Legal Policy of the Administration of the President of Ukraine.

Education:

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Job information (when, where he worked, in what positions):

On June 5, 2000, she was appointed to the position of judge of the Starokyiv District Court of the city of Kyiv for a period of five years.

On October 23, 2001, she was transferred to the position of the newly formed Pechersk District Court of the city of Kyiv.

By the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 8, 2005 Volkova S.Ya. elected as a judge indefinitely.

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

Case of Fortune - Victoria Kotelenets. Judge of the Pechersk district court in the city of Kyiv.

Violation of legislation within the framework of the case:

Not having sufficient grounds, Victoria Kotelenets "Fortuni" chose a preventive measure in the form of detention. The defense of "Fortuna" appealed this judge's decision in the Kyiv Court of Appeal.

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

In 2014 released from custody the former commander of the special company of the special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Berkut" Dmytro Sadovnyk, who is suspected of directly organizing the mass shootings of Nebesnaya Sotna on February 20, 2014. As a result, Sadovnyk fled to Russia.

She was involved (chosen preventive measures) in the case of the purchase of 11,000 allegedly low-quality body armor "Corsair MZs-1-4" for 100 million. UAH This case is also known as the Dmytro Marchenko case.

In January 2020 issued a decision in favor of the ex-deputy of AP Yanukovych Andrii Portnov, that he allegedly lived continuously in Ukraine for 5 years (although after the victory of the Revolution of Dignity he hid first in Russia and then in Austria).

In August 2020 made another decision in favor of Portnov, who published the personal data of the driver of the film crew of the program "Schemes" Boris Mazur. The judge refused to satisfy Mazur's claim, and also ordered to pay UAH 52,000 to Portnov's lawyer.

In February 2021 made a decision to search the residence of the centurion of the 5th centurion of the Maidan Self-Defense Forces, a veteran of the war with Russia, Ihor Soloninka. In the proceedings, in which Soloninko appears, it is about the murder of 13 Berkut fighters.