Ukraine's Justice Ministry froze all assets and accounts of former head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Kniaziev after he failed to pay a court-ordered sum of nearly Hr 1 million ($25,200) over an illegally received gift.
Ukraine gained three points in the rankings of the Corruption Perception Index, one of the best results of any country in the world over the past year. Source: Transparency International Ukraine (TIU); Andrii Borovyk, executive officer of the organisation in the column for Ukrainska Pravda Quote: "Ukraine scored 36 points out of 100 in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI); now our country ranks 104th out of 180 countries.
Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies said they exposed large-scale corruption in the Supreme Court. Local media reported that the president of the court was arrested.