Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
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
Supreme Court refuses to suspend Shershak sentence
Ukraine’s Supreme Court denied a request to suspend the execution of the sentence against Sumy judge Mykola Shershak, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for accepting a bribe
Supreme Court sets hearing in Denysiuk case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 22 hearing on SAPO’s cassation appeal against rulings that acquitted Kharkiv Commercial Court judge Tetiana Denysiuk in a case linked to ex-MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s gas scheme
Court reviews evidence in Berdychiv mayor case
The court continued examining evidence in the case against Berdychiv Mayor Serhii Orliuk, accused of accepting a bribe. Audio and video recordings were reviewed, with the next hearing set for June 18
Supreme Court schedules Golovko case hearing
The Supreme Court scheduled for October 1 the review of a SAPO appeal against the closure of proceedings involving former Ternopil Regional Council head Mykhailo Golovko, previously convicted of false asset declaration
SC to review ex-SJA head Salnikov’s appeal against sentence
The Supreme Court scheduled for July 28 the cassation review of former State Judicial Administration head Oleksii Salnikov’s appeal. He was sentenced to three years in prison for abuse of influence, and the HACC Appeals Chamber upheld the verdict