Supreme Court of Ukraine

NABU detectives “secretly” interrogated more than a thousand ATO soldiers.

ATO soldiers denied NABU's accusations against former Minister Solsky. They claim that they received land plots without conditions and are free to dispose of them.

ATO veterans and the military expressed outrage at the NABU's intentions to interrogate them in the case against former Minister Solsky. They emphasize that during the war there are more important matters than seizing land from the country's defenders.

Former deputy head of the Prosecutor General's Office Andriy Smirnov said that NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors had purchased luxury assets at low prices by registering them in their relatives' names. He also criticized the NABU report and called the heads of the anti-corruption agencies 'random'.

The NABU intends to question more than a thousand ATO soldiers in the case of ex-Minister Solsky, despite their participation in the fighting. Expert examinations and court rulings cast doubt on the validity of NABU's suspicions of illegal land acquisition.

The Northern Commercial Court of Appeal has overturned the order of the Ministry of Justice to protect the property of the museum in Pyrohiv from raider seizure. The Ministry of Culture claims that this effectively legalizes the raider seizure of part of the museum's territory and premises.

The state-owned enterprises of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, which initiated the case against former Minister Solsky, have lost almost half of their land since independence. This has greatly complicated the NABU's investigation, as it is difficult to establish who owns the land.

The High Anti-Corruption Court has allowed the lawyers of former Minister Solskyi to seize NABU materials. This decision is based on information that NABU has data from another case that could confirm the ex-minister's innocence.

The High Council of Justice has dismissed Vsevolod Kniazev, a judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court. The decision was made on August 6, 2024, on the grounds of committing a significant disciplinary offense.

The High Anti-Corruption Court has removed the electronic bracelet from the defendant in the case of former Minister Solsky. The Supreme Court's examination and decision show that the accused land did not belong to the National Academy of Sciences, which casts doubt on NABU's accusations.

Scientific and legal expertise has established that the land that NABU considers to be the property of the National Academy of Sciences has never belonged to it. This confirms the position of the defense of former Minister Solsky in the case of alleged illegal privatization.

Eduard Bagirov believes that Oleksandr Zyma undermines confidence in the banking system. The human rights activist calls on the head of the NBU to dismiss officials who violate the law in order to restore the trust of international partners.

The NABU is investigating the privatization of land in Sumy region that was previously used by NAAS enterprises. Detectives plan to question more than 1,500 ATO participants who received these plots.

Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's tax committee, has admitted that the tax service is putting pressure on Ukrainian business. Experts point to abuses by tax officials and Hetmantsev's possible involvement in corruption schemes at the State Tax Service.

Law enforcement officials are investigating the illegal lease of NAAS land and the sale of crops at reduced prices. Due to this scheme, state-owned enterprises lost almost a billion hryvnias, although the NAAS denies the lease.

The SBU and NABU have collected evidence of the illegal privatization of the Samara-Western Direction oil pipeline in 2015. Medvedchuk and four ex-executives of Prykarpatzakhidtrans were served with a notice of suspicion.

Law enforcers are investigating land squatting and illegal sale of crops by state-owned enterprises of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in Sumy region. Four criminal proceedings have been opened against "Iskra" and "Nadiya".

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev was released after a document check near the Romanian border.

The Supreme Court upheld a 15-year prison sentence for a man who was convicted of killing a girl on Lysa Hora in Kharkiv in 2019 when he was 16.

A realtor forged a power of attorney and sold 40 land plots worth more than UAH 30 million belonging to his client, and fled abroad to avoid prosecution for large-scale fraud.

The Ministry of Justice has identified about 300 people with Russian assets in Ukraine. It has already collected about UAH 830 million of net funds only from individuals who have been sanctioned.

The possibility of restoring the military prosecutor's office and creating a specialized institution for judges who will consider cases of war crimes, ensuring proper expertise and qualifications, is being considered.

Retired judge of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine Oleksandr Sitnikov noted that recently there has been a reaction of the High Council of justice to cases of pressure and interference in the activities of the court, and therefore an appeal to this body is the only way out for a judge.

The High Council of Justice has decided to impose a disciplinary sanction on Supreme Court Judge Vsevolod Knyazev in the form of a motion to dismiss him from office over corruption charges, including accepting bribes totaling $2. 7 million.

The Criminal Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of a man convicted of molesting and raping his 5-year-old daughter, upholding his 14-year prison sentence.

In Ukraine, there are many examples when banks won courts of all instances in the National Bank, even the Supreme Court. Despite this, not a single NBU official was involved in making an illegal decision.

The executive director of the European Business Association reports an increase in the number of cases of blocking tax invoices, which may indicate attempts to put pressure on businesses.

A new wave of blocking tax invoices has begun. It could have been triggered by an audit of the risk monitoring system and criteria for blocking invoices appointed by the government.

A new wave of blocking tax invoices has begun in Ukraine. This time, the tax authorities began to demand documents that are usually studied during tax audits.

Human rights activist Eduard Bagirov emphasized that the state has developed a legal mechanism for allocating land plots to ATO participants, but NABU is trying to call it into question.