HACC refuses to investigate Zhevago in absentia

High Anti-Corruption Court on September 4 refused in satisfying the motion of the NABU detective for permission to conduct a special pre-trial investigation against a Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Zhevago. The decision can be appealed to the HACCU.

The court report identifies Zhevago as a former MP and at the same time an executive director of a large company who is currently abroad.

Such a permit is required to complete the investigation in absentia and send the case to court. HACC arrested Zhevago in absentia in July 2024 on suspicion of bribery Vsevolod Knyazev, who was the head of the Supreme Court.

The NABU believes that in 2023, Zhevago transferred money to Knyazev and Supreme Court judges through an intermediary so that they would pass a favorable ruling decision in the case of 40% of shares in Poltava Mining.

This is the second criminal proceeding against Zhevago. In 2019 The State Bureau of Investigation notified him of suspicion on possible involvement in the embezzlement of UAH 2.5 billion from Finance and Credit Bank and put him on the international wanted list.

At the end of December 2022 Zhevago detained in France in Courchevel, but France refused to extradite him to Ukraine.

• In August 2025, Zhevago received a suspicion from the police in the supply of medicines to Russia, in particular, for hospitals treating the Russian military. Konstantin Zhevago's pharmaceutical business is represented by the Arterium Corporation, which he established in 2005.