Bohdan may challenge Zelenskyy-imposed sanctions
Andriy Bohdan (Photo: president.gov.ua)
Former presidential chief-of-staff Andriy Bohdan is likely
to fight the sanctions
imposed against him and could take the case to the European Court of Human
Rights, political analyst Ihor Reiterovych said in an interview with NV Radio
on May 4.
"I know from open sources that Bohdan does not seem to live in Ukraine,” Reiterovych said.
“He appears to be in Austria, at least that information has been circulating. That raises another question: how legal are sanctions against Ukrainian citizens? If he, for example, changed his citizenship — and there was no discussion of that — that would be one story. If he is a Ukrainian citizen …, this will most likely be another lawsuit, ultimately to the European Court of Human Rights over the illegality of the sanctions. And he will win that suit.”
Reiterovych added that it is widely understood that sanctions against former president and European Solidarity party leader Petro Poroshenko are also illegal, and said a domestic precedent recognizing the sanctions' illegality could appear soon.
"Whether people like Bohdan or not, he is a man of jurisprudence — though on the shadowy side of it — and he understands it very well," Reiterovych said.
"I am convinced he will strike back. That will be an unpleasant situation for the country — not for specific individuals, but for the state, because the state of Ukraine bears the responsibility in these courts, not any one person."
On May 2, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued
sanctions against five people, including Bohdan. A statement on the Office of
the President’s website said their actions "threaten the national
interests, security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
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