The judge’s ruling stunned the courtroom. For the first time since independence, a Ukrainian court – in clear violation of the Constitution – ordered that a book be banned and the plaintiff’s name removed from its contents. The judge, Maryna Zastavnenko, suspected of having ties to and property in the Russian-occupied “DNR” [Donetsk “people’s republic”], decided that the book “violates” the plaintiff’s “right to honor and dignity.”