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DAMAGE TO ATTORNEYS’ PROPERTY

Taras Bezpalyy
attorney

In January 2016, unidentified persons set fire to the
attorney’s office in Kyiv. The attorney blames this act of
arson on his participation in high-profile criminal
proceedings .
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Andrii Fedur
attorney

In February 2016, unidentified persons set fire to the
attorney’s car .
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Oleksandr Shadrin
attorney
On 26 January 2016, a car belonging to the Kharkiv
attorney, who participates as a defence counsel in a
number of high-profile cases, was blown up.

Viktor Smalii
attorney
On 13 August 2016, a car belonging to the attorney and member of the initiative group, who
requested to investigate the murder of Yaroslav Babych, lawyer to the Azov Battalion , was
damaged. The attorney’s car was damaged: the wheels were cut, acid was poured over the
roof and glass, the brake pipe was cut, polyurethane foam was poured in the exhaust pipe
and the word Azov was written on the car bonnet. This is how Azov attempts to intimidate
activists and wants to block investigation of the case.

Serhii Trofimov Serhii Kozachenko
attorney attorney
Unidentified persons set fire to the The attorney’s private house was set alight.
attorney’s car.

Valentyn Rybin
attorney

On 11 December 2017, car belonging to the attorney who arrived from Kyiv in Dnipro at a
court hearing in the case of his client, was probably damaged by members of С14 radical
organization. The police did not even show up after being called by the attorney.

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