“Lawyer Rostyslav Kravets criticized the “Shadow Report” on reforms in the field of justice: “This is a way of stealing funds from foreign taxpayers” Well-known lawyer Rostyslav Kravets sharply criticized the authors of the so-called “Shadow Report” on reforms in the justice system, published with the participation of a number of public organizations and with the support of international donors. In his telegram channel, Kravets called this document “a method of stealing funds.””, — write on: ua.news
Lawyer Rostyslav Kravets criticized the “Shadow report” on reforms in the sphere of justice: “This is a way of stealing funds from foreign taxpayers”
The well-known lawyer Rostyslav Kravets sharply criticized the authors of the so-called “Shadow Report” on reforms in the justice system, published with the participation of a number of public organizations and with the support of international donors.
In his Telegram channel, Kravets called this document “a method of stealing funds from foreign taxpayers”, and its authors – “a bunch of unemployed swindlers and scoundrels”.
“I finally found the strength to read the so-called shadow report on the spending of millions of euros of international technical assistance by a bunch of unemployed swindlers and scoundrels,” the lawyer wrote.
According to Kravets, he was particularly interested in the part of the report devoted to advocacy. He emphasized that this sphere remained “the only constitutional institution that continues to effectively perform its functions” and did not fall under external management.
“Everything is good, the only bad thing is that they are not there with reforms. The Bar has remained the only institution that resists injections in the form of complete dependence on pseudo-social organizations and professional activists,” Kravets noted.
The lawyer also accused the authors of the “Shadow Report” of ineffectively spending international grants on projects that, in his opinion, did not bring any improvement in the justice system.
“The result of the reforms is the complete collapse and degradation of everything touched by the reformers-swindlers,” the lawyer believes.
Kravets is convinced that the legal profession does not need “external reform” and should remain independent of the influence of donor structures.
“I warn you once again: do not touch the legal profession. This is not a threat, this is a warning. There will be no negotiations,” he concluded.
We will remind you that the “Shadow Report 2025” was prepared and presented on October 23 by a number of public organizations, including the Association of Lawyers of Ukraine, DEJURE Foundation, Transparency International Ukraine, NGO “Future Lawyer”, as well as with the support of the EU project “Law-Justice”. The document gives its subjective assessment of Ukraine’s progress in the field of rule of law and justice reform.
Ukrainians with limited fitness should not come to the VLK on their own. There is no such rule in the law, and fines cannot be imposed for this either.
This opinion was expressed by Rostislav Kravets, a well-known lawyer and partner of the Kravets and Partners law firm, in a comment to our publication.
