The dismissed NABU official Uglava urged Shabunin to comply with the court's ruling that deemed him a liar.

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has ruled in favor of the former first deputy director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Gizo Uglava, declaring the information disseminated by Vitaliy Shabunin and his public organization "Center for Combating Corruption" to be false. Uglava reported this on his Facebook page.

According to him, Shabunin and his organization have 10 days to refute the false information.

Additionally, Uglava reminded that the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of NABU, which was the basis for his dismissal, also lacks evidence and is currently being challenged in court.

"I understand that the struggle continues and there may be an appeal ahead, along with other insinuations from the CCU and Vitaliy Shabunin, but I am confident in my correctness. I will continue to defend myself and my honor and am ready to take all necessary steps to restore justice," he added.

Recall

Gizo Uglava served as the first deputy director of NABU for over 9 years. He was dismissed from the bureau on September 3, 2024, with the official reason being violations of the civil servant oath and ethical conduct rules. However, Uglava filed a lawsuit demanding the recognition of the order of his dismissal as illegal.

It is worth noting that in the months leading up to his dismissal, he made a series of high-profile statements that exposed potential issues in management and the investigative processes of anti-corruption detectives.

Uglava accused the NABU leadership, particularly director Semen Kryvonos, of exerting pressure aimed at forcing him to resign. He also filed a complaint with the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption against the NABU director and received official whistleblower status.

At that time, the acting deputy director of NABU repeatedly hinted that decisions in the bureau were made under external influences rather than based on the law. Among the individuals and institutions he believed were applying this pressure were activists from the Center for Combating Corruption (CCU) and the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, who, as Uglava noted, had previously worked at the CCU.

This opinion is also supported by lawyers, who have stated that the real goal of the anti-corruption activists has shifted from fighting corruption to exerting pressure on certain public officials to achieve "external" objectives.