Ukraine's Supreme Court Chief Arrested in Corruption Investigation.
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Ukraine's Supreme Court President, Vsevolod Kniaziev, and an unnamed lawyer have been detained as part of a $2.7 million bribery inquiry. The lawyer is suspected of acting as an intermediary on behalf of a billionaire Ukrainian iron oligarch, Kostyantyn Zhevago, who is accused of bribing officials, including Supreme Court justices, to influence a ruling in favor of one of his companies. This is the biggest-ever case involving the Ukrainian judiciary, according to the head of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
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