At Ferrexpo plc, businessman Konstantin Zhevago reacted to the detention by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of the head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vsevolod Knyazev. According to the source ZN. UA to NABU, the latter received a bribe for making a decision in favor of this company. Ferrexpo statement published on the website of the London Stock Exchange.

" Ferrexpo is taking this opportunity to confirm that it operates to the highest standards of corporate governance and adheres to a strict anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy."

The company also recalled that its shareholder Konstantin Zhevago, mentioned in the NABU investigation, left the post of director of the company in December 2022.. Zhevago resigned from Ferrexpo's board of directors after he was temporarily arrested in France following an extradition request to Ukraine.

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Earlier, NABU exposed the head of the Armed Forces Vsevolod Knyazev on receiving a bribe in the amount of $2.7 million. On May 16, he was officially informed of the suspicion, and the next day the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office applied to the High Council of Justice for permission to detain the judge.

According to ZN. UA from a source in NABU, Knyazev received money from people who advocated a court decision in favor of the oligarch Konstantin Zhevago. Recall that the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court considered the case regarding the ownership of 40.19% of the shares of the Poltava mining and processing plant (YUGOK) Ferrexpo. By its decision, the authority left these shares to Zhevago-related companies, canceling the invalidation of sales contracts concluded 20 years ago.