The State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine seized all the property of the former head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyazev.
This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Justice for the Executive Service Andriy Haichenko, the departmentʼs press service reports.
The decision was made because Knyazev did not comply with the ruling of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv on the confiscation of an illegally received gift in the amount of 906 600 hryvnias into state income.
The Internal Revenue Service also seized the bank accounts of the former head of the Supreme Court.
According to Haychenko, if there is no money in the debtorʼs accounts, then his property will be seized — Knyazev owns four units of real estate in Mykolaiv and the region.
- On May 15, 2023, the head of the Supreme Court Vsevolod Knyazev was caught taking a bribe of almost $3 million. The bribe was connected with decisions in favor of businessman Kostyantyn Zhevaho in the case of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant (here are more details about the case). Zhevaho rejected all the accusations and called the "customers" — the alleged Russian owners of his assets, as well as businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi.
- On May 16, the Supreme Court expressed no confidence in Knyazev and released him, later Knyazev was suspected, and then the court arrested him with the right to a bail of 75 million hryvnias. After that, the court reduced the bail seven times — the last time to 18.168 million. On January 31, 2024, this amount was paid and Knyazev was released from custody.