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Recent reports highlight significant issues with asset declarations by Ukrainian officials. The State Migration Service in Khmelnytskyi faced charges for concealing over 13 million hryvnias. NABU and SAPO notified judges of suspicions regarding illicit enrichment and false declarations. Journalists uncovered that MPs spent at least 100 million hryvnias on luxury cars, while others, like MP Kunytskyi, declared foreign assets. The NACP reported over 634,000 declarations for 2025, yet discrepancies prevail. The scrutiny underlines the crucial need for transparency and accountability in the political and public sectors to combat corruption and ensure lawful practices.
What are the consequences of failing to declare assets in Ukraine?
Failing to declare assets can lead to criminal charges, public scrutiny, and suspension from office. Ukrainian authorities like NABU and SBI pursue investigations to maintain transparency and accountability in public positions.
Who monitors the asset declaration process in Ukraine?
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), NABU, and State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are key agencies overseeing asset declarations. They ensure compliance, investigate discrepancies, and uphold anti-corruption measures.
How was the issue of declaration concealment discovered in recent cases?
Journalists, along with anti-corruption agencies, analyzed electronic declarations and cross-referenced them against other public records and investigations. This often reveals inconsistencies or undeclared assets, prompting further inquiry.
What is the importance of declaring assets for public officials?
Asset declarations promote transparency, deter corruption, and assure public trust in government officials. They provide a mechanism to ensure officials' wealth aligns with their legal income and discourage illicit activities or unexplained wealth accumulation.
How frequent are asset declaration campaigns in Ukraine?
Asset declarations in Ukraine are conducted annually. Public officials are required to submit detailed accounts of their assets to the Unified State Register, ensuring regular monitoring and compliance with anti-corruption legislation.
What role do media play in addressing asset declaration issues?
Media play a critical role in uncovering false declarations and informing public opinion. Investigative journalism, like that from Bihus.Info, often reveals discrepancies in official records, prompting further investigations and accountability measures.
What happens after an official is suspected of false asset declaration?
Once suspicion arises, agencies like NABU notify the suspected individual and initiate a thorough investigation. If verified, it can lead to legal proceedings, trials, or potential criminal sanctions to enforce compliance and discourage future violations.
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Yulia Tymoshenko’s e-declaration: 318,000 hryvnia in cash, no home owned; husband keeps $270,000 and 163,000 euros in cash, owns nine companies Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction Head Yulia Tymoshenko declared 318,000 hryvnia (about $12,230) in cash as well as $270,000 and 163,000 euros kept in cash by her husband Oleksandr. 129 398 1 121 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
President Poroshenko declares 104 companies, over 60M hryvnia income, $27M in bank accounts, and 30M-worth house Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko keeps $27 million in bank accounts. 181 346 1 017 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
25-year-old prosecutor Bobita owns four apartments, two expensive cars as her salary proves inconsistent with lifestyle. PHOTOS Aged 25, Olena Bobita, a prosecutor at Kyiv's Obolon district prosecutor's office, possesses four apartments, two luxury cars and affords regular trips to the Dominican Republic and Egypt. Surprisingly, her annual salary makes 75,000 hryvnia ($2,870). Salary of her husband, also a prosecutor, made 87,000 ($3,330) in 2015. 328 406 581 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Ex-MP Muraiev declares $3.75M of total income, didn't refuse 167,900 hryvnia in state aid Party of Regions’ ex-MP Evhen Muraiev keeps 18,500,000 hryvnia (around $710,000), $2,000,000 and 1,000,000 euros in cash. At the same time, he accepted 167,900 hryvnia of state aid for rental housing. 156 951 515 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Poroshenko made 368 million hryvnia In 2014 President Petro Poroshenko earned 368 million hryvnia in 2014. 49 083 500
Zelenskyi declares UAH 9.7 mln income: villa in Italy, his spouse UAH 4.9 mln income for 2018 President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has declared UAH 9.7 million of income, and his spouse – UAH 4.9 million of income for 2018. 25 774 485
Hrytsenko submits declaration of income Presidential candidate Anatolii Hrytsenko has submitted his 2018 declaration of income to the National Agency of Corruption Prevention (NACP). 18 237 459 Previously in trend: Presidential election 2019
Declaration of Paris Summit in Normandy format of December 9: full text The ceasefire, the exchange "all for all", the special status of the Donbas and the new summit within 4 months are the main points of the adopted document. 43 682 375 Previously in trend: Normandy summit
Robbers take $500,000 from house of economic court Judge Danylova. VIDEO About $500,000 in cash, a non-lethal piston and a rifle have been stolen from the house of judge of Superior Economic Court of Ukraine Malvina Danylova. During the robbery, three criminals tied the judge and her partner up. 107 257 326 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Kolomoyskyi Declared 698 Million Hryvnia ($58 Million) Income. PHOTO The Governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region has published a declaration of his income for the past year. 71 747 297
$500,000 stolen from economic court judge not included in e-declaration Judge of the Supreme Economic Court Malvina Danylova did not include in her income statement the $500,000 recently taken from her house by robbers. 127 739 260 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Poroshenko vetoed controversial "visa-free" law on e-declarations President Petro Poroshenko vetoed Saturday the bill No. 3755 providing for the introduction of electronic income declarations of public officials and containing a number of controversial moments. 58 573 258
"Unfortunately, e-declaration system has been launched only in test mode," - Hroisman All the decisions vital for a full-fledged running of the electronic declaration system are be taken as soon as possible. 30 191 240
Shokin's secret life: ex-prosecutor general concealed luxurious $10M villa in Prague, houses in Ukraine owned by his partner wife and daughter. PHOTOS+VIDEO Victor Shokin, as Ukraine's prosecutor general, did not declare elite property that was registered with his partner wife. 92 160 229
Over 70 percent of Ukrainians, who signed agreements with family doctors, satisfied with them, - Deputy Minister Kovtoniuk More than 24 million Ukrainians have signed agreements with family doctors. 5 477 227
Ukrainian celebrities declare almost UAH 766M in income for 2019 Ukrainian celebrities have declared almost UAH 766 million in income received in 2019, the press office of the Ukrainian State Tax Service has reported. 81 674 226
"It was a bad joke", - Volia Narodu says MP Melnychuk does not own one trillion hryvnia Volia Narodu MP and former Aydar commander Serhii Melnychuk doesn’t own one trillion hryvnia mentioned in his electronic income statement. 41 941 211 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Ukraine's top taxman Prodan titles his Lexus in mother’s name, understates price of his Toyota Avalon, - media. PHOTOS In 2015, Acting Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Myroslav Prodan transferred ownership of his 2012 Lexus RX 350 to his 70-year-old mother Svitlana. 89 200 210
SBU Deputy Head Demchyna lives in luxurious house in Kyiv area, declares no real estate owned, - journalist Hnap. VIDEO (in Ukrainian) Journalists have published an investigation of wealth of SBU Deputy Head Pavlo Demchyna. 73 819 202
MP Dovhyi's income statement: 95 paintings, 12 luxury watches, $2M in cash and $500,000 in banks Oles Dovhyi, Volia Narodu (People's Will) parliamentary faction MP and former close ally of Kyiv's odious Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, has declared 95 paintings, two apartments in downtown Kyiv, 12 luxury watches, about $2 million in cash and $500,000 on bank accounts. 54 841 202
MP Vilkul's declaration: $612,000, 310,000 euros in cash, collection of icons, and state compensation for hotel Former leader of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, former Party of Regions member, and an Opposition Bloc MP Oleksandr Vilkul declared millions of hryvnia, dollars and euros in cash, but received 157,780 hryvnia of state aid for rental housing. 50 174 192 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
"Discussing someone’s health issues is not politically correct. 135,000-euro trip was alternative bid," – MP Mykhailo Dobkin commented on his brother’s alleged addiction and luxury tour MP Mykhailo Dobkin denies that his brother has purchased a luxury tour, claiming it was just one of the tour operator’s offers. 132 172 186
Dobkin received 10M hryvnia from his father, owns arsenal of weapons, - electronic income statement Opposition Bloc MP Mykhailo Dobkin rents two houses, a land plot and a wine cellar, owns only one apartment. 54 353 173 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
MP Leshchenko declares over $100,000, 50,000 euros in cash and room in Kyiv Ukrainian lawmaker Serhii Leshchenko reveals a 24-meter office in Kyiv owned by Viktor Yendrzhievskyi, which the MP has been using free of charge since Feb. 1, 2015. 47 829 171 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Head of BES regional office in Poltava region Pakhnits declared $6.5 million in cash and single-engine plane - declaration In his annual declaration for 2023, Oleh Pakhnits, the head of the BES territorial office in Poltava region, declared cash savings of $6.5 million, a single-engine Socata TB 20 GT aircraft, as well as cars, dozens of land plots, apartments, parking spaces and a residential building. 52 892 168
Next year will be a year of thorough checks of all income declarations of civil servants, - PM Yatseniuk If a state official’s life style does not correspond to the declared income, the person will be held accountable. 18 029 161 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
Head of State Fiscal Service Nasirov owns undeclared apartment in London. DOCUMENT Controversially dismissed Deputy Head of the State Fiscal Service Kostiantyn Likarchuk has published copy of an entry proving that his onetime boss Roman Nasirov owns an apartment in London. According to Likarchuk, Nasirov did not mention this property in the income statement, which he filed in Ukraine. 34 663 156
Umerov’s family lives in luxury real estate in US: 7 of 8 properties undeclared – AntAC. PHOTOS The family of Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and former Minister of Defence, owns eight luxury properties in the United States. These are three apartments in Florida, one in New York and four villas near Miami, 21 669 156 Previously in trend: Umerov income declaration Umerov family luxury real estate in the USA
Superior Economic Court Judge Danylova 'forgot' to declare elite house of her partner, son's companies, and thousands of dollars in cash, - PROSUD. PHOTOS+VIDEO Judge of the Superior Economic Court and candidate to the new Supreme Court Malvina Danylova together with her son has accumulated solid wealth and purchased posh real estate property and luxurious cars without working a single year in business. 70 422 151
Ukraine to receive visa-free regime with EU in 2016 after making two more steps, - Hroisman Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Volodymyr Hroisman is confident that the Verkhovna Rada will fix deficiencies required for obtaining visa liberalization for Ukrainians. 21 836 147
E-declaration system will be launched on Sept.1, - Poroshenko Special electronic declaration system of Ukrainian officials incomes will be launched on Sept.1, 2016. 34 770 146 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine
"I declared 1 trillion to draw attention; I had 10 million in cash early this year," - former Aidar Battalion commander, MP Melnychuk comments on his 'fake' income statement Volia Narodu Group MP Serhii Melnychuk said he declared 1 trillion hryvnia ($38.6 billion) in cash in order to draw attention to the ill-conceived procedure of electronic declarations, which should not only reveal wealth of state officials but also punish for corruption. 50 771 142 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Tax officer-"servant" Khotenko borrowed almost UAH 3 million from her 12-year-old son and received two apartments as gift from her mother - Russian citizen In 2018, Olena Khotenko, the acting head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Sumy region, who is also a deputy of the Rivne City Council from the Servant of the People party, borrowed UAH 2.8 million from her son, who was only 12 years old at the time. And during the full-scale... 25 005 138
Zelenskyi declares almost UAH 1 mln of income Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared almost UAH 1 million of income from the lease of property. 6 509 137
NACB Analyzing All PrivatBank Transactions, Including Those Mentioned In Pandora Papers, As Part Of Its Investigation The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) is analyzing all PrivatBank transactions, including the transactions mentioned in the Pandora Papers, as part of the investigation of the so-called PrivatBank case. 14 208 137
Judge Sokurenko, who lifted arrest of 13 million corrupt francs, owns house in downtown Kyiv and two expensive cars. PHOTOS Kyiv Appeal Court judge Dmytro Sokurenko, known to have previously worked in Donetsk and ruled to lift the arrest of Liechtenstein accounts of infamous judge Artur Yemelianov's wife, is living high. 57 686 136
119 parliament millionaires received housing compensation from state budget, - NGO 119 people's deputies who declared at least 1 million hryvnia ($38,443) of cash assets, received housing compensation from the state budget in 2015. 24 305 136
Head of State Environmental Inspection, Subbotenko, stated that he found $653,000 in cash in garage of his deceased grandmother During the verification of his 2024 declaration, Oleksandr Subbotenko, acting head of the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine, told representatives of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) that he had found $653,000 in cash in his garage. He allegedly inherited the property... 28 978 132 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials Declaration of false information
Ukrainian officials start submitting electronic declarations Judges, prosecutors and heads of district councils are among the first to complete their electronic income and asset statements. 54 740 132
MIA Minister Klymenko receives pension Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) Ihor Klymenko received UAH 224,998 in pension in 2023. 22 356 123
Opposition Bloc MP Skoryk received accommodation benefits from state while owning luxury apartments, houses, and collection of watches Family of Opposition Bloc MP Mykola Skoryk owns several large apartments, houses, and a collection of watches. 61 181 121
Supreme Court Judge Zhukov lives in $1m estate near Kyiv with vineyards and lakes: all registered to old friends - media. VIDEO+PHOTOS The family of Supreme Court of Cassation judge Serhii Zhukov lives in a 4-hectare estate near Kyiv, where, in addition to houses, there are also lakes and vineyards. Nothing is registered there for Zhukov himself - it all officially belongs to people close to him. 16 039 110
Zelenskyy and his family’s income in 2024 is more than UAH 15 million - declaration President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has published his income and expenditure declaration for 2024. 8 943 110 Previously in trend: Zelenskyy’s income
Unreported officials’ assets should be seized, MP Herashchenko says The assets that the officials failed to properly declare should be confiscated. 21 790 109 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
More than 4,000 Ukrainians declare income exceeding 1M hryvnia in 2017, chief taxman says The number of hryvnia millionaires in Ukraine increased by 16 percent last year compared to 2016. 21 325 108
MP Torokhtii declared SUV Mercedes worth UAH 10 thousand - media Bohdan Torokhtii, MP of the "For the Future" party, and his wife, Alina Levchenko, declared a 2020 Mercedes-Benz G 400 in their 2022 declaration. The cost of the SUV is UAH 10 thousand. 18 385 108 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
MP Frolov initiates check to establish those who illegally included assets in his property registry. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction MP Mykola Frolov says he discovered that he owned several apartments in different Ukraine’s cities and a 1994 Tavria car after making requests to registries before submitting his income statement online. However, the people's deputy swears he never heard of them and definitely did not purchase these assets. 44 345 105
Rada passes e-declarations law amended by Poroshenko. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada at its plenary meeting on Tuesday adopted the bill No. 3755 on electronic income declarations of public officials, as amended by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. 48 570 105
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