What did Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau allege against the Kyiv administrative court?
A look back at the suspicions announced on 17 July 2020 against the head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv and fellow judges.
What did Ukraine's anti-corruption investigators say about one of the country's best-known courts? On 17 July 2020, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) notified Pavlo Vovk, head of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv (OASK), and other judges of that court that they were suspected of creating a criminal organisation and seizing power.
The notice of suspicion named the court's chairman among those targeted. The charges described, the creation of a criminal organisation and the seizure of power, were set out in the bureau's announcement as the basis of the suspicion against the judges.
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