As a reminder, on September 30, 2025, our client, Dmytro Zagumenny, was served with a written notice of suspicion of committing criminal offenses under Parts 3 and 4 of Article 358, and Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, our client, at an unspecified time and place, conspired with unidentified individuals and, by unspecified means, forged documents that subsequently served as the basis for his official business trip. Throughout the investigation, no one even attempted to clarify these gaps. 

Immediately after the notice of suspicion was served, law enforcement officials spread misinformation claiming that D.M. Zagumenny had taken private trips based on forged documents. But when the defense called witnesses to court who were prepared to confirm the official nature of the business trips, the prosecutors objected and claimed that this was irrelevant to the case. 

In this case, the prosecution is not pursuing the true objectives of criminal proceedings. The goal is to publicly discredit Dmytro Mykolayovych and remove him from his official duties. Such actions by the prosecutors constitute a criminal offense under Article 372 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—the prosecution of a person known to be innocent.

The penalty under Article 372 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Settling political scores through criminal law mechanisms is unacceptable, and we are not prepared to tolerate this.

Dmytro Zagumenny’s defense team, consisting of Barristers partner Yuriy Radzievsky and Barristers attorney Vitaliy Chayun, continues the fight. We will keep you updated on further developments.