Today, when the Russian Federation has launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, due to underfunding of postal correspondence for both the Supreme Court and the courts of first and second instances, the work of any judicial institution may stop. At the same time, 10% of the staff of the apparatus had already left the judiciary during the war, ZN noted in an interview.. UA Head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyazev, with whom Inna Vedernikova spoke.

“The big question is the financing of the courts. Resources are very limited. And after the start of the war, the allocated. Understand correctly: we are aware that money for the army is the main and top priority. But today the financing of postal correspondence is completely blocked for both the Supreme Court and the courts of first and second instances, which may lead to the suspension of the activities of any court.. And this fact once again proves how important it is to introduce an electronic court. And for access to justice, and to save budget funds,” Knyazev said..

At the same time, underfunding concerns primarily the apparatus of the courts.. The problem was very acute before the war, when workers were fired en masse due to meager wages..

“In fact, raising the issue of financing the apparatus of the judiciary, I understand perfectly well that during the war it is a difficult and thankless task to talk about money.. But it is even more difficult not to talk about our main task - to preserve state institutions.. The court is one of the key. The situation gets worse every day. The government withdrew UAH 1.5 billion from the same State Judicial Administration, which is about 12% of the annual wage fund. Either lay people off or cut wages.. The main risk here is that as a result, the judiciary will lose most of the qualified specialists of the apparatus,” added the head of the Supreme Court..

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According to Knyazev, today the salary of an employee of the court apparatus is lower than that of a supermarket cashier. At the same time, highly qualified civil servants take an oath, have certain restrictions and bear great responsibility.. He noted that he would not want to completely lose all the intellectual potential. According to him, about 10% of the staff of the apparatus are not ready to return to their jobs..

“Currently, all decisions on this matter are made by the government.. For our part, we are doing everything we can, counting on oncoming traffic,” Knyazev said..

Commenting on the topic of optimizing the work of the courts, the head of the Supreme Court said that it is impossible for judicial institutions in Ukraine to draw resources from court fees. And on the salaries of the apparatus, including.

“It should be explained that Ukrainian courts are financed mainly from the budget and partly (10%) from court fees.. But in developed countries the situation is quite different.. The courts there are funded entirely from proceeds from court fees.. However, in order for this mechanism to really work in our country, it is necessary not only to make certain changes to the legislation, but also to significantly increase the rate of the court fee.. Each person, on average, goes to court once in his life. To date, going to court costs him an average of 200 hryvnia.. That it’s really a very ridiculous amount for which you need to start a case, pay for the Internet, use the information system, pay salaries to judges, staff, security, and the like,” Knyazev added..

At the same time, according to him, the increase in the court fee should not apply to privileged categories - pensioners, people with disabilities, single mothers, dismissed from work and others who are now completely exempt from this payment or pay the minimum.

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Vsevolod Knyazev also said that the war finally showed that many judicial procedures and processes do not correspond to modern realities.. In Ukraine, it is necessary to quickly create an electronic court.