The Cassation Administrative Court of the Supreme Court of Ukraine overruled the decisions handed down by courts of previous instances which claimed that the ex-head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Roman Nasirov, performed merely a “ceremonial function” when signing illegal tax installments on Hr 2 billion payments in favor of now-fugitive MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko.
UNIAN: Supreme Court moves corruption-related case of ex-tax agency chief from impasse
Reinstated head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov, talks to the Kyiv Post on Feb. 5, 2019. Despite being on trial on charges of abuse of power that incurred Hr 2 billion ($74 million) in losses to the state, he is running for president of Ukraine.