Vsevolod Kniaziev, chief justice of the Ukrainian Supreme Court, was arrested in May 2023 for allegedly receiving a $2.7 million bribe to render a favorable verdict for a company owned by mining tycoon Kostyantyn Zhevago.
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Vsevolod Kniaziev was arrested in May for allegedly receiving a $2.7 million dollar bribe to render a favorable verdict for a company owned by mining tycoon and suspected embezzler, Kostyantyn Zhevago.
Kniaziev is also alleged to be the one who initiated the bribery scheme in this case and was to pay other judges a cut of the bribe to support the 'proper' verdict in the case.
Kniaziev was detained and dismissed from his position as the head of the Supreme Court in May 2023 after being charged with accepting a $2.7 million bribe to rule in favor of Ukrainian billionaire Kostyantyn Zhevago
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