Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Kniaziev had been detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV – Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country’s Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of dollars neatly lined up on a sofa.
“NABU and SAP have exposed large-scale corruption in the Supreme Court, namely a scheme for the leadership and judges of the Supreme Court to receive bribes,” the bureau said in the post. “Emergency investigative actions are under way.”
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