FILE PHOTO: Vsevolod Kniaziev, president of Ukraine's Supreme Court, takes part in a meeting hosted by Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, and other U.S. lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
(Reuters) - Ukrainian anti-graft authorities said on Monday they were investigating large-scale corruption in the country's Supreme Court system and shared a photograph of piles of dollars neatly lined up on a sofa.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) did not name anyone accused of corruption, but two local media organizations reported Supreme Court Chief Justice Vsevolod Kniaziev had been detained on suspicion of receiving a $3 million bribe.
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