The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) ruled that a preventive measure be imposed on the person involved in the case of bribery of the former head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Kniazev, attorney-at-law Oleh Horetsky, in the form of detention with an alternative bail of UAH 80 million, HACC told Interfax-Ukraine.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has appealed to the High Council of Justice (HCJ) for a permit to detain former Chairman of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Kniazev over corruption charges.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) uncovered a corruption scheme initiated by the leadership of the Supreme Court.
The judges of the Supreme Court, at the plenum on Tuesday, expressed distrust and prematurely terminated the powers of the head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Kniazev in connection with the established facts of corruption.
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and Head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Kniazev discussed issues of ensuring justice in times of war, the Prosecutor General's Office reports.