Ukraine Supreme Court chief detained in $2.7m graft probe

Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau Semen Kryvonos and Director of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Oleksandr Klymenko attend a press conference dedicated to the detention of Ukraine's Supreme Court head, in Kyiv [Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters]

Ukrainian law enforcement has detained the head of the country’s Supreme Court in a $2.7m bribery inquiry, as Kyiv pursues anti-graft measures required for closer integration with the European Union.

“The head of the Supreme Court has been detained,” Oleksandr Omelchenko, a prosecutor with Ukraine’s Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), told reporters in Kyiv.