✅ ✅ In 2025 alone, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) handed down 72 judgments based on plea agreements.

✅ ✅ In 2025 alone, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) handed down 72 judgments based on plea agreements. In 2026, the deal with Vsevolod Kniaziev, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court, sparked debate: even a real prison term did not put public questions to rest. The latest wave of discussion was triggered by the deal with Serhii Pashynskyi, involving a milder sentence and obligations worth UAH 1.1 billion. How does the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) use plea agreements? What lies behind such decisions: the chance to expose other defendants and secure compensation for damages, or also the risk of limitation periods expiring and trials dragging on? How can the real benefit to the state be assessed? In his article Fair Deal: Do Plea Agreements in High-level Corruption Cases Really Work? , Transparency International Ukraine’s senior legal adviser Pavlo Demchuk analyzes the advantages, risks and problems of applying this mechanism. Читати українською / на русском . 🚀 Підтримати 🤝 _ ✅ ✅ _ 🤝 🚀 Приєднатися до ZN.UA