High Council of Justice dismisses judge suspected of bribery, Knyazev
6 August 2024 15:17
On Tuesday, 6 August, the High Council of Justice dismissed Vsevolod Knyazev, who is suspected of bribery in the amount of millions of dollars, from the position of a judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the HCJ press service .
It is noted that this decision was made by the HCJ in connection with “committing a significant disciplinary offence”.
“The High Council of Justice has decided to dismiss the judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Sergiyovych Kniazev, on the basis of paragraph 3 of part 6 of Article 126 of the Constitution of Ukraine,” the statement said.
As a reminder, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev is accused of taking a $2.7 million bribe. For this money, the judge ruled in favour of oligarch and billionaire Konstantin Zhevago.
He was released from the pre-trial detention centre in late January 2024 on bail of over UAH 18 million.
Finally, in February 2024, the High Council of Justice suspended Knyazev from administering justice as a Supreme Court judge due to criminal charges.
In May 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court removed the former Chief Justice’s electronic tracking bracelet as Knyazev complained that he was allergic to the device.
on 10 July, several Ukrainian media outlets reported that Vsevolod Knyazev had been detained near the Romanian border in the village of Solotvyno in Zakarpattia.
In turn, Knyazev’s lawyer Ivan Starosta said that his client was not detained, but only checked his documents and found out the purpose of his visit to the border area.
