Ukraine’s former Supreme Court chief Vselovod Kniaziev has been jailed for 5 years over a major bribery case after agreeing to a plea deal that strips him of key assets and turns him into a central witness against other suspected corrupt judges.

Former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vsevolod Kniazev, who was sentenced to five years in prison, still has a little over four years left to serve, as he spent nine…

The decision represents the most high-profile conviction in a corruption case in Ukraine's independent history.