Supreme Court Denies Salnikov’s Reinstatement

The Supreme Court of Ukraine refused to reinstate Oleksiy Salnikov as head of the State Judicial Administration and dismissed his lawsuit.

As is known, the High Council of Justice dismissed Salnikov from the position of Chairman of the State Judicial Administration. Therefore, he filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of Ukraine to declare the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council to hold him disciplinary liable in the form of dismissal unlawful and to cancel it.

In the satisfaction of (Salnikov)'s claim to the Supreme Court of Justice to declare unlawful and annul the Supreme Court's decision of December 7, 2023 "On bringing the Head of the State Judicial Administration (Salnikov) to disciplinary liability in the form of dismissal from the civil service position"; reinstatement of (Salnikov) to the position of Head of the State Judicial Administration from December 8, 2023, recovery from the Supreme Court in favor of (Salnikov) the amount of average earnings for the period of forced absenteeism, - to be rejected in full

Salnikov filed an appeal against this decision. The Grand Chamber of the AFU opened proceedings against it.

Alexey Salnikov is a suspect in the EBK database.

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO informed Salnikov of the suspicion. According to the investigation, in March of this year, the head of the State Judicial Administration received $7,500 from an individual. He was supposed to keep part of these funds for himself, and $5,000 was supposedly transferred to the judges of the Supreme Court for making a decision in the interests of a commercial enterprise.

In the future, the head of the State Judicial Administration promised to assist in the decision of the Supreme Court judges, in particular by involving its former head, Vsevolod Knyazev. However, after the former head of the Supreme Court was exposed for receiving an illegal benefit, Salnikov's behavior changed dramatically and he began to evade resolving the issue, although he had no intention of returning the illegal benefit he had received.