The Kyiv Court of Appeal has dismissed the motion by “Servant of the People” MP Maksym Buzhanskyi challenging the first-instance court ruling in the case concerning his profile on the Chesno Movement website, Chesno Movement lawyer Oleksiy Boiko reported.
According to Boiko, the court agreed with the first-instance ruling’s finding that the disputed information contained value judgments, which could not be retracted through judicial proceedings.
“The essence of the dispute lies in the MP’s disagreement with his own profile on PolitHub. In this way, the appellate court upheld the first instance court’s conclusion that the subject matter of the dispute consisted of value judgments, which are not subject to judicial refutation,” the lawyer said, adding that the detailed reasoning behind the ruling would be clear once it is published in full.
Once the full ruling is published, Chesno Movement will analyse the court’s reasoning in more detail.
Chesno Movement leader Vita Dumanska said that this is not the first time MPs have gone to court over information reported by the organisation on PolitHub. She stressed that Chesno Movement would continue posting information on the political background and activities of public figures.
“We understand that one’s political background, history of cooperation with the aggressor, and involvement in criminal proceedings need to be public knowledge ahead of the post-war elections,” she said, commenting on the court’s ruling.
On 31 December 2025, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv ruled to dismiss MP Maksym Buzhanskyi’s claim for defamation and information takedown. Buzhanskyi demanded that his profile be removed from the Traitors Register by the NGO Chesno Movement.
In 2024, the Kyiv Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by non-factional MP Oleksandr Dubinskyi against the Chesno Movement. Dubinskyi demanded the Movement remove his name from the Traitors Register.