113However, in this case, the applicant claims, first, that he is the victim of political persecution, allegedly demonstrated by the number of charges brought with respect to him, some of those charges being false and politically motivated, second, that numerous public statements have been made by members of the current regime describing the applicant as guilty of various crimes and, third, that there have been procedural irregularities in the legal proceedings in relation to him. More generally, he questions the legitimacy of the new Ukrainian regime, and the impartiality of the Ukrainian judicial system, and also the human rights situation in Ukraine.