He worked as a legal adviser, a lecturer at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, and a lawyer.

[6] On 12 December 2017, Vsevolod Kniaziev was elected Secretary of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court.

[7] On 22 October 2021, the Plenum of the Supreme Court elected a new President of this institution by secret ballot.

Lawyer, Oleh Horetsky, allegedly the intermediary between Kniazev and Kostyantyn Zhevago who had allegedly paid the money to Kniazev to obtain a favourable decision for Ferrexpo, was also arrested.

It is reported that the alleged bribe was to be split between 10 or more Supreme Court judges.

An entity titled "back office" was uncovered, purportedly pretending to be a legal firm, that was acting as a route through which parties could aim to achieve a decision in their favour by paying for "legal services" or "mediation services".