SC to review ex-SJA head Salnikov’s appeal against sentence
The SJA has scheduled a hearing on July 28 on an appeal against the verdict sentencing former head of the SJA, Oleksiy Salnikov, to 3 years in prison for abuse of influence.
As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court convicted the former head of the SJA, Oleksiy Salnikov, of abuse of influence and sentenced him to 3 years in prison. The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court left this verdict unchanged. Therefore, his defense attorney filed a cassation appeal against the verdict.
To complete the preparation and schedule the criminal proceedings on the cassation appeal of the convicted person (Salnikov – ed.) against the verdict of the HACC of August 6, 2025 and the ruling of the Appellate Chamber of the HACC of December 2, 2025, for consideration in cassation by the Supreme Court by the panel of judges of the Second Judicial Chamber of the Criminal Court of Cassation at 11:00 on July 28, 2026
Alexey Salnikov is a suspect in the EBK database.
Recall that, according to the prosecution, the head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine received $7,500 from an individual in March of this year. He was supposed to keep part of these funds for himself, and $5,000 was supposed to be 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 Service Commission promised to assist in the decision-making by the judges of the Supreme Court, in particular by involving its former head Vsevolod Knyazev. However, after the former head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine was exposed for receiving illegal benefits, Salnikov's behavior changed dramatically and he began to evade resolving the issue, but without intending to return the illegal benefits he had received.
We previously reported that the HACC set bail for Supreme Court judges in a bribery case.
