Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Case Against Ex-Health Minister Stepanov Sent to Court
SAPO and NABU have sent to court the case against former Health Minister Maksym Stepanov and his alleged accomplice. They are accused of bribery and embezzling state enterprise funds by inflating hologram supply prices four- to sixfold
Supreme Court to Hear Appeals in Ex-Road Chief’s Case
On September 15, the Supreme Court will hear appeals against the verdict of former head of the Poltava Regional Roads Agency Oleksii Basan. The appellate court found him guilty of misusing budget funds and imposed two years of service restrictions
Supreme Court to Review Ex-Deputy Smirnov Case
The Supreme Court has opened cassation proceedings following a prosecutor’s appeal against the closure of the case involving former Poltava Regional Council deputy Oleksandr Smirnov and his cousin Tetiana Polishko, accused of misappropriating public funds
Supreme Court to Hear Shershak Appeal on November 3
The Supreme Court scheduled for November 3 the cassation review of appeals filed by Sumy judge Mykola Shershak, who was sentenced to seven years in prison with asset confiscation for accepting an undue benefit
Supreme Court to Review Ex-DACK Judge Vlasenkova Case
The Supreme Court has opened cassation proceedings on the appeal filed by the defense of former dissolved DACK judge Olena Vlasenkova, who was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for accepting an undue benefit, with confiscation of all assets
Judge recuses himself from corruption trial of Halych mayor Oleh Kantor
A judge at the Halych District Court has recused himself from hearing the corruption case against Halych Mayor Oleh Kantor, citing circumstances that could raise doubts about his impartiality, including personal and professional connections to participants in the proceedings
Supreme Court postpones cassation hearing for former State Judicial Administration chief
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has postponed until September 22 the cassation hearing in the case of former State Judicial Administration head Oleksii Salnikov, who was sentenced to three years in prison for influence peddling
Supreme Court refuses to suspend sentence of former Sumy village head
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has rejected a defense request to suspend the prison sentence of former Bytytsia village head Yurii Tsapliienko, who was convicted alongside a former legal adviser in a fraud case
Supreme Court schedules cassation hearing in former MP Gunko case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has scheduled a December 17 cassation hearing in the case of former lawmaker Anatolii Gunko, who was convicted of influence peddling and sentenced to prison
Supreme Court to review Dovzhenko Film Studio corruption case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has opened cassation proceedings to review the convictions of former Dovzhenko Film Studio chief engineer Tymofii Parkhomenko and former company director Maksym Minchuk, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for corruption-related offenses
Court refuses to release jailed ex-MP Hunko on health grounds
A court in Mykolaiv region has rejected a request to release former MP Anatolii Hunko from prison due to illness. Hunko continues serving a four-year prison sentence imposed in a corruption case
Supreme Court sets hearing in ex-SSU investigator case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 10 hearing in the cassation appeal of former SSU investigator Serhii Hlivinskyi, sentenced to nine years in prison for extortion and bribery