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High Anti-Corruption Court Starts Work In Kiev

Bohdan Kryklyvenko , Head of Staff of the Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC), shows for journalists a courtroom, after a news conference dedicated to the start of work the Ukrainian High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) in Kiev, Ukraine, on 05 September, 2019. The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has started to work in Ukraine on September 5, 2019. Judge Olena Tanasevych has been elected chair of Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) during the decision was taken by secret ballot at a meeting of HACC judges on 07 May 2019. On July 8, 2019 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada bill No. 10426 suggesting that the High Anti-Corruption Court focus only on top corruption. According to the president's press service, the bill will eliminate the potential problem of overloading HACC judges and will ensure effective consideration of criminal cases related to top officials, as UNIAN Inform agency reported. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto)

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