Today, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine decided to take Ukrainian oligarch Kostyantyn Zhevago into custody in absentia in the case of providing an illegal benefit to the former head of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev. The court's decision was adopted after the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) expressed a request for a preventive measure.
This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, without specifying the names of those involved.
According to sources, it is about Zhevago and the Knyazev case. In addition, Zhevago himself is the owner of the Finance and Credit group.
"On July 10, 2024, the Investigative Judge of the Supreme Court supported the position of the prosecutor of the SAP and chose a preventive measure in the form of detention of the owner of the Finance and Credit group, who is suspected of providing an undue advantage to the chairman and judges of the Supreme Court (Part 4 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). After the suspect is detained and brought to the place of pre-trial investigation, the investigating judge will decide on the application of this preventive measure. It should be noted that the person at the time of committing the crime is currently in France ," the prosecutor's office informs.
As is known, NABU and SAP informed Zhevago of the suspicion of providing an illegal benefit to Supreme Court judge Vsevolod Knyazev.
We will remind, VAKS has started consideration of the case of Supreme Court judge Vsevolod Knyazev. According to the indictment, Knyazev received $1.8 million in illegal benefits through the intermediary-lawyer Oleh Horetsky. The Ukrainian oligarch Kostyantyn Zhevago provided the most unlawful benefit for the Supreme Court's decision in his favor regarding his purchase of 40.19% of the shares of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant.
In 2022, the appellate court overturned the decision of the first instance and declared the contract of purchase and sale of securities invalid. In order to prevent the loss of shares, in early March 2023, Zhevago conspired with lawyer Goretsky, who had connections with judges of the Supreme Court.
