The Supreme Court of Justice dismissed two judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal

In a meeting on December 15, the High Council of Justice (HCJ) temporarily suspended two judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, Viktor Glinyany and Yuriy Sliv, who are suspected of corruption, from administering justice.

The judges are suspended until January 30, 2024 due to their criminal charges.

Investigators believe that judges can illegally influence pre-trial investigative bodies, the court, and other participants in criminal proceedings, and create evidence of innocence.

We remind you that at the end of November, NABU and SAPO exposed four judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal for accepting bribes in the amount of 35 thousand dollars for making the “necessary” decision.

According to media reports, the defendants in the case are judges Yuriy Sliva, Viktor Glinyany, Igor Palenik, Vyacheslav Dzyubin. They are suspected of accepting bribes for the decision to cancel the seizure of property in the case of the former manager. Motor Sich Vyacheslav Boguslaev, who was detained in October last year on suspicion of treason.

As reported, the High Council of Justice authorized the detention of four judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal. On December 6, VAKS sent Kyiv Court of Appeal judge Yuriy Sliva into custody with the possibility of bail of 2.5 million hryvnias. And on December 8, the High Anti-Corruption Court chose a preventive measure for another judge of the Kyiv Court of Appeal – Viktor Glinyan.