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.