Retired judge of the Economic Court of the Nikolaev region Alexander Tkachenko increased his pension (lifetime salary of a judge) by tens of thousands of hryvnias through the court, while he began receiving the pension itself only last year. To do this, he went to court and achieved a recalculation of his length of service, as well as an increase in the pension payment itself..

This is stated in the case of the Nikolaev District Administrative Court 400/8774/24. The decision was made on January 14, 2025. The judge received a pension from July 2024. At the same time, the pension was 82% of the salary, while the judge wanted 90%.

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The judge appealed to the Pension Fund with a request to count the length of training, the army, and also use data on the salary of the judge in his position in the amount of 184,859. The court agreed with the request, as a result the judge’s pension was increased to UAH 166,373. " 06. 2024 and based on 90% of the judge's remuneration specified in the certificate of the Economic Court of the Nikolaev region dated 16. 08. 2024 No. 08-30/7745/24 the amount of the subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons established from 01. 01. 2024 in the amount of 3028.00 UAH,” the case file says.