Legal practice
Andriy Mykolayovych Kuzmenko is a lawyer in Kyiv. His public profile lists licence No. 3190 dated 31 January 2008. In the 2017 list published by the Ukrainian Bar Association, his full name is listed alongside the law firm ‘Pravovest’. In March of that year, *Ukrainska Pravda* quoted him as Roman Nasirov’s lawyer following a hearing on the imposition of a preventive measure. Kuzmenko stated that the defence intends to lodge an appeal. His portrait was published in a separate interview with RBC-Ukraine. [1] [2] [4] [8]
The defence of Vasily Sokolovsky
On 23 November 2017, *Ukrainskyi Tyzhden* published a report from the Solomianskyi District Court in Kyiv on a case concerning the recruitment of Ukrainians to distribute drugs in Russia. Kuzmenko acted as defence counsel for Vasyl Sokolovskyi. He contested the procedure for considering the pre-trial measure, citing two court rulings that applied to his client. The publication includes a captioned photograph of the lawyer in court. [3]
Legal representation of Yegor Levchenko
In a report on the ‘Catch the Scammer’ campaign, the ‘Ukrainski Novosti’ news agency presented Kuzmenko as the project’s lawyer. In another article, the agency included a link to his video statement and referred to him as the lawyer representing Yegor Levchenko. The lawyer’s public statements in this report reflect the position of the party he represented. [5] [6]
Why is this entry in the archive?
Skelet Org is examining the case concerning Levchenko’s recruitment and activities in the ‘Khimprom’ investigation. Court reports and publications featuring Kuzmenko’s statements confirm his professional role in the incidents described. The publicly available materials examined for this profile describe Kuzmenko as a lawyer and public representative. [3] [6] [7]
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