Twelve civic organizations were admitted to the assembly that formed the fourth composition of the Public Integrity Council in July 2025. Between them they submitted 41 nominations — covering only 24 distinct people, for 20 seats. Fourteen of the eighteen members ultimately elected were nominated by two organizations at once. One organization, the DEJURE Foundation, nominated nine of the 24 candidates and saw six of them seated: a third of the Council.

A systematic review of all conclusions published on the Public Integrity Council’s website, completed on April 4, 2026, reveals a pattern that the Council’s published Indicators only partially describe. Across 43 reviewed conclusions, judges and candidates were assessed — negatively, in most cases — on the basis of connections to Crimea. In 32 of those cases, the Crimea-related facts formed a direct and stated basis for a negative finding. In the remaining 11, such facts were formally flagged as warranting explanation, even when the Council stopped short of treating them as decisive.