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Kolomoiskyi Hearing Postponed Again as Lawmaker Cites Judge’s Illness

Defense lawyers say courts have stalled for weeks, keeping the jailed businessman from appearing for a substantive hearing.

Overview

  • Ukrainian MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported that Tuesday’s session was called off due to a judge’s illness.
  • Strana.ua had said Monday’s hearing was moved to December 11 after a convoy vehicle allegedly failed to deliver Ihor Kolomoiskyi to court.
  • The differing accounts leave the immediate reason for the latest delay in dispute and cast uncertainty on the next hearing date.
  • Kolomoiskyi’s attorneys say authorities have not brought him to court for about four weeks, which they argue prolongs his detention.
  • He has been held in pre-trial custody since September 2023, and the Bureau of Economic Security said in August 2024 it completed a probe on four criminal counts.