Head of Ukraine’s supreme court held in anti-corruption investigation

Senior judge detained as part of suspected bribery scheme as Kyiv clamps down on high-level graft

Anti-corruption authorities in Ukraine have detained the head of the country’s supreme court in an investigation they cast as an important step in Kyiv’s fight against high-level graft.

Kyiv has redoubled efforts to clamp down on corruption despite Russia’s invasion as necessary pre-condition to joining the European Union.