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The Supreme Court immediately reacted to the situation around the former President of the Supreme Court (chronology of events)

21 may 2023, 11:19

May 15, 2023 at 22:57, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announces that it have exposed the fact of receiving an undue benefit by the management of the Supreme Court.  

https://www.facebook.com/nabu.gov.ua/posts/

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https://nabu.gov.ua/news/nabu-sap-vikrili-koruptc-inu-skhemu-u-verkhovnomu-sud/

 

May 15 at 23:57, the Supreme Court announces the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court.

https://www.facebook.com/supremecourt.ua/posts/pfbid0mV2QBoFmKwNsJAVhZ5xJLqqBEvfG59wmyFPBgj8JGEy2n4ujvUZsvHonLvekfy7ol

https://supreme.court.gov.ua/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423193/

 

May 16 at 15:22, the Plenum of the Supreme Court approves a statement on the information of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.  

https://supreme.court.gov.ua/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423654/

https://www.facebook.com/supremecourt.ua/posts/pfbid02swcbjj6aCiwErr7hsgoKQrTF2kkNqfkjmBVmVtvMyTQw4SMKWnvokk9fksov9znnl

https://court.gov.ua/eng/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423654/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkjy8xp5c6U

 

May 16 at 15:29, the Plenum of the Supreme Court creates an organizing committee to hold a meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court on the issue of no confidence in the President of the Supreme Court.

https://supreme.court.gov.ua/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423666/

https://www.facebook.com/supremecourt.ua/posts/pfbid02LUiKduqTJtXwUr9xLzTLqU6JJQ3zbJXA5wrf2iqKdN75i5FCo5T2zJPPhX3h9FsMl

 

May 16 at 17:42, the Plenum of the Supreme Court expresses no confidence in the President of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyaziev and terminates his powers early. Until a new President of the Supreme Court is elected, a judge with the longest service as a judge of the Supreme Court exercises his administrative powers. This judge is the Secretary of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, Secretary of the First Judicial Chamber of the Civil Cassation Court within the Supreme Court, Dmytro Luspenyk.

https://www.facebook.com/supremecourt.ua/posts/pfbid02g8DDpYjuvHPxsJ4ca974FWJp2NNyJkTpJZiyVrBzR4S8Cf98ZtnC4hyDUUTqgHsol

https://court.gov.ua/eng/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423797/

https://supreme.court.gov.ua/supreme/pres-centr/news/1423797/

 

May 16, the Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office notifies former Supreme Court President Vsevolod Kniaziev of suspicion of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (obtaining an undue advantage by an official).

https://www.facebook.com/sap.gov.ua/posts/pfbid02wW2DEmYcpf1UENfvFfwNiM19d1knE1YbcEzogRuaJX2rdZwmwPvJSaeCavcHM8kTl

https://nabu.gov.ua/news/golov-verkhovnogo-sudu-ta-advokatu-pov-domili-pro-p-dozru/

 

May 18, the High Council of Justice grants permission to keep former President of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyaziev in custody.

https://hcj.gov.ua/news/vrp-nadala-zgodu-na-utrymannya-pid-vartoyu-suddi-vsevoloda-knyazyeva

https://www.facebook.com/highcouncilofjustice/posts/pfbid0ssnxorad9KpJZvn7sRQp1kqjbawhKzM9x5xQ4xWSkqkQSTKrcYRBJrcDP1YAGu2Al

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIEtOfLNf8

 

May 18, acting President of the Supreme Court Dmytro Luspenyk participates in a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy, during which the situation in the Supreme Court is discussed.  

 

May 18 at 23:17, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposes a preventive measure of detention on the former President of the Supreme Court with an alternative of bail in the amount of UAH 107 million 360 thousand.  

https://first.vaks.gov.ua/publications/vaks-zastosuvav-zapobizhnyy-zakhid-do-eksholovy-verkhovnoho-sudu/

https://www.facebook.com/HACCUkraine/posts/pfbid02fNRDKH6HeD2GEnrxeepRsHYbkZctp79m7oWpv2cWy1PNmWvVDHL4SiCKt7psiPVol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFtfVLlasYE

 

Currently, the Supreme Court is in the process of holding consultations on the meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, where the President of the Supreme Court and his/her deputy will be elected.