War in UkraineOne year on

Ukraine Detains Chief Justice in High-Profile Bribery Case

Kyiv says the detention of the head of Ukraine’s Supreme Court is part of a Western-backed effort to target corruption

The chief of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Semen Kryvonos, said Tuesday the government aims to stop high-level corruption. Photo: VIACHESLAV RATYNSKYI/REUTERS

Ukraine detained its top judge over an alleged $2.7 million bribe as it seeks to show its citizens and Western backers that have poured billions into its war effort that it can clamp down on high-level corruption.

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