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The bribery case against former chair of the SJA Oleksii Salnikov

  • The date of the first court decision within a pre-trial investigation: 31/07/2023
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The bribery case against former chair of the SJA Oleksii Salnikov The bribery case against former chair of the SJA Oleksii Salnikov

Case description

Oleksii Salnikov, former chair of the State Judicial Administration, is accused of taking a USD 7,500 bribe to influence Supreme Court judges. 

According to the investigation, in March 2023, Oleksii Salnikov received a USD 7,500 bribe from an individual. Salnikov was supposed to transfer part of the amount (USD 5,000) to the Supreme Court judges for making a decision in favor of a commercial enterprise and keep the rest for his acting as an intermediary.

Subsequently, Salnikov informed the person that the issue was being resolved and that he was in contact with the Chair of the Supreme Court. After the NABU detectives exposed Kniaziev on receiving a bribe, Salnikov started to evade the issue and wanted to take full possession of the bribe, without planning to hand it over to the Supreme Court judges.

Salnikov is charged under Article 369, part 4 and Article 190, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 

  • Proceeding No.: 52023000000000096
  • Case No.: 991/1876/23, 991/1875/23, 991/6663/23
  • Incriminated: Article 368, part 4
Instance Key parties Instance /Key parties:
HACC
02/03/2023

Panel of judges: Sikora K.O., Zadorozhna L.I.

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THE CASE OF OLEKSII SALNIKOV

Oleksii Salnikov, former chair of the State Judicial Administration, is accused of taking a USD 7,500 bribe to influence Supreme Court judges.

The bribery case against former chair of the SJA Oleksii Salnikov
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    March 2023
    Salnikov received a USD 7,500 bribe, which he was supposed to give to the Supreme Court judges for a delivering decision in favor of a private firm
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    July 26, 2023
    The NABU and the SAPO served Salnikov with a notice of suspicion
  • July 28, 2023
    The HACC set a UAH 805,000 bail for Salnikov
  • December 7, 2023
    The High Council of Justice dismissed Salnikov as Chair of the State Judicial Administration
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Decisions from the Register

Case No. Court Decision date Decision type
991/1876/23 HACC 02/03/2023
991/1875/23 HACC 02/03/2023
991/6663/23 HACC 31/07/2023