On Tuesday, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office charged Knyazev and his accomplice, lawyer Oleh Horetskyi, under Part 4 of Art. 368 (obtaining an unlawful benefit). The issue of appealing to the High Council of Justice and the High Anti-Corruption Court is currently being decided. In addition, the plenum of the Supreme Court dismissed Knyazev from the post of the court's head, although he remains a judge of the Supreme Court.

On Monday, detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau detained Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Kniazev. According to the investigation, he is a member of a "back office" that could facilitate the adoption of a decision necessary for businessman Kostiantyn Zhevago in exchange for a bribe. And not only for him.

"This is yet another confirmation that, unfortunately, there are clans in the judicial system that replace each other in power. But the essence of the problem does not change," Olena Shcherban, a lawyer at the Anti-Corruption Action Center, told LIGA.net.

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