The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the decision against former Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Knyazev for renting an apartment for UAH 1,000 per month, fined him UAH 2,550 and confiscated a gift worth UAH 906,600.
A 33-year-old beauty blogger from Kyiv and a 61-year-old parking lot security guard were suspected of disseminating materials justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and denying it as an internal civil conflict.
Ukraine has sentenced nine former Crimean judges in absentia to 12-15 years in prison for high treason after they betrayed their oaths of office and began working in Russian courts after the occupation of Crimea.
The SBU detained a Supreme Court official who justified Russian aggression and hoped for an early occupation of Ukraine.
Experts tell what's wrong with the Supreme Court.
According to the lawyer, the Supreme Court judges involved in the criminal case against former Chief Justice Knyazev may be temporarily suspended from their duties for up to two months at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.