# Zelensky faces backlash over appointment of judge accused of persecuting EuroMaidan protesters

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- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-28 12:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-faces-backlash-over-appointment-of-judge-accused-of-persecuting-euromaidan-protesters/

> President Volodymyr Zelensky’s appointment of Viktor Kytsiuk as a lifetime judge at Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court has drawn strong criticism. Kytsiuk was accused of issuing unlawful rulings against EuroMaidan protesters in 2013-2014, and activists and legal experts say the move undermines judicial reform and the revolution’s ideals.