Is the most powerful lawyer in Ukraine corrupt? The president of the Supreme Court of Ukraine has apparently been caught paying a bribe of almost three million dollars.
In Ukraine, anti-corruption fighters have discovered that millions of dollars in bribes have been paid to the Supreme Court. Court president Vsevolod Knyasyev was arrested when he received nearly three million dollars (2.76 million euros), the internet newspaper Ukrajinska Pravda reported late Monday evening.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) published a photo of bundles of banknotes in a bank. Details to be announced later. Kyiv media reported that other judges of the Supreme Judiciary had been raided.
According to the NABU and the Special Prosecutor’s Office, they have “discovered large-scale corruption in the Supreme Court, in particular a plan to obtain undue advantages from the leadership and judges of the Supreme Court,” the statement from both authorities said. The reports did not reveal who should have bribed whom and why.
Zelenskyj wants to fight corruption
Knyasiev, now 43, was appointed president of the Supreme Court in October 2021. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly promised a more determined fight against the culture of bribery in the country.
Zelensky especially wants to show that Ukraine, as a candidate for accession to the EU, is ready to negotiate membership of the European Union. In the recent past, the Ukrainian president has repeatedly fired top officials for bribes.
Source: Krone
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