Recent news regarding deputies in Ukraine highlights a series of issues such as arrests, corruption, and legal challenges. Former MP Dmytro Sviatash, convicted in Ukraine for national boundary violations, was detained in Sweden. The arrest of deputies around Ukraine continues amid ongoing corruption investigations, including fraud cases related to social programs like "Turbota." Meanwhile, controversies arise as Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs seeks to ban a Lviv Regional Council deputy from entering the country. These instances showcase the legal obstacles and international tensions Ukrainian deputies face in 2026.
What charges is former MP Sviatash facing in Sweden?
Former MP Dmytro Sviatash is facing charges related to his conviction in Ukraine for advocating changes to national boundaries, leading to his arrest during a visit to Sweden.
How are Ukrainian deputies involved in the "Turbota" fraud scheme?
Five Kyiv Regional Council members and their relatives are suspected of fraud within the "Turbota" program, leading to ongoing investigations and potential legal consequences.
Why did Poland's Foreign Minister target a Lviv deputy?
Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski aimed to block Sviatoslav Sheremeta's entry due to an initiative related to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, reflecting diplomatic tensions.
What is the role of NABU in tackling deputy corruption?
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) plays a crucial role in exposing and prosecuting corruption among Ukrainian deputies, including insider voting scandals and illicit enrichment cases.
How are asset declarations affecting Ukrainian deputies?
Asset declarations are critical for transparency; several Ukrainian deputies face legal actions for failing to declare substantial wealth or misrepresenting financial statuses in their reports.
What international implications do the deputy corruption cases have?
Corruption cases involving deputies have international implications, affecting Ukraine's diplomatic relations and highlighting the need for stringent anti-corruption measures to enhance global trust.
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He promised to "arrange" admission to college for $1,000 to evade mobilisation: lecturer and local councillor has been exposed in Rivne region. PHOTO In the Rivne region, a lecturer at an agricultural college and a member of the district council is suspected of promising, in return for $1,000, to help a conscript gain admission to the college. According to the investigation, student status was intended to enable the man to evade mobilisation. 5 355 5 Previously in trend: Evasion from mobilization
Former MP arrested for selling fake disability certificates for $10,000 – SSU. PHOTOS The Security Service, in conjunction with the National Police, has detained a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament who organised a scheme to evade mobilisation. 3 387 20 Previously in trend: Fake disability among prosecutors
NABU has exposed MP and officials from Poltava City Council in kickback scheme involving road repairs. PHOTO In Poltava, detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau have exposed a city councillor and city hall officials for a corruption scheme involving road repairs and maintenance. 1 806 16 Previously in trend: Road repairs
Inaccurate declaration of over 13 million hryvnias: MP in Dnipropetrovsk region notified of suspicion. PHOTO A member of the village council in the Dnipropetrovsk region has been notified that she is under suspicion of making false declarations. 938 5 Previously in trend: Declaration of false information Undeclared assets
Labaziuk, member of "For Future" group, was involved in road accident in Khmelnytskyi. VIDEO+PHOTO Serhiy Labaziuk, a Member of Parliament from the "For the Future" group, was involved in a road traffic accident in Khmelnytskyi. 5 511 33 Previously in trend: Car accidents involving MPs
Failed to declare assets worth over 13.8 million hryvnias: Uzhhorod City Council deputy notified of suspicion. VIDEO+PHOTOS A current member of the 8th convocation of the Uzhhorod City Council has been notified of suspicion of submitting knowingly false information in his declaration and legalising property obtained by criminal means. He was elected to the Uzhhorod City Council in 2020 from the OPFL party, which is... 4 959 23 Previously in trend: Undeclared assets
Hid over 8.3 million hryvnias in his declaration: deputy in Zakarpattia has been notified of suspicion, - regional prosecutor’s office. PHOTOS A member of the Berehove District Council has been notified of suspicion of submitting a knowingly false declaration and legalising income obtained by criminal means. 3 014 14 Previously in trend: Undeclared assets
Sumy Regional Council deputy and his son beat up military personnel in Konotop. PHOTO In the Sumy region, law enforcement officers reported suspicions against a regional council deputy and his son, who got into a fight with military personnel at a restaurant in the city of Konotop. 8 982 64 Previously in trend: Beating of serviceman
In Vinnytsia region, deputy "bought" girl with disability to get deferment from mobilisation. VIDEO+PHOTOS A deputy of one of the city councils in Vinnytsia region, together with an accomplice, developed a scheme that would allow him to avoid mobilisation. 16 417 21 Previously in trend: Mobilization deferral
Servant of People Sobolevskyi declares millions of unknown origin and fails to declare premium car for years – media. PHOTO Yurii Sobolevskyi, First Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Council and a regional council member from Servant of the People, declared a sudden increase of more than 3.5 million hryvnias in one year — funds of unexplained origin, mostly in foreign cash. Meanwhile, his family showcases a lavish... 9 664 44 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials Declaration of false information
Over 69% of Ukrainians oppose granting MPs easier access to state secrets – survey. INFOGRAPHICS The majority of Ukrainian citizens believe that MPs should undergo a standardised vetting process before gaining access to classified information. 1 246 13
NABU exposes Servant of People MP over scheme to procure drones and electronic warfare systems at inflated prices. PHOTOS (updated) Today, 2 August 2025, a number of measures were taken to expose the persons involved in the commission of a corruption crime. 20 714 113 Previously in trend: Grafters
Elimination of NABU and SAPO independence: "Servant of People" cast most votes. LIST The names of MPs from factions in the Verkhovna Rada who voted on July 22 in favor of bill No. 12414, which effectively means the elimination of NABU and SAPO independence, have been revealed. 14 991 131 Previously in trend: Pressure on NABU Abolition of NABU and SAPO independence
SBI detains Zhytomyr regional council deputy who "arranged" jobs in state institutions for $10,000. PHOTOS According to the investigation, the suspect set up a mechanism for seizing citizens' funds under the pretext of their official employment. 3 815 11 Previously in trend: Suspicions of deputies
He embezzled UAH 11 million on supply of low-quality military uniforms: MP will be tried in Kirovohrad region - SBI. PHOTOS The State Bureau of Investigation, in cooperation with the SID of the National Police, completed a pre-trial investigation into a deputy of one of the city councils of Kirovohrad region who, together with his accomplices, supplied low-quality clothing to the military. 3 495 13 Previously in trend: Clothing procurement for AFU Embezzlement of funds
He ordered murder to appropriate business: SSU detains Poltava regional council deputy. PHOTOS A deputy of the Poltava regional council was detained for ordering the murder of the owner of a local agricultural company to further appropriate his business. 6 867 28
Fraud for $10 million in procurement of uniforms for AFU: Former Defense Ministry advisor and People’s Deputy suspected. VIDEO&PHOTOS A scheme to embezzle more than $10 million for the purchase of military uniforms for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been exposed. A former advisor to the Ministry of Defence, a former People`s Deputy and his son are suspected of the fraud. 8 620 30
Relatives of "servant of people" Kasai bought real estate in Dubai for one million dollars during war - media. PHOTO During the war, the daughter and nephew of Hennadii Kasai, a member of the Defence Committee of the "Servant of the People" party, purchased luxury real estate in Dubai for more than one million dollars. The Kasais purchased this property in 2022-2023, at a time when the MP's family was caught... 14 958 63
Former deputy, who worked for FSB and carried out hostile attacks on Sumy region, was detained - SSU. PHOTO The Security Service detained a 48-year-old former deputy of the Shostka City Council from the banned Party of Regions in the Sumy region. He spied on the Defence Forces and called on ruscists to bomb the city. 5 626 23 Previously in trend: War
MPs continue to buy luxury cars during war and "hide" them on relatives - media. PHOTO MPs continue to update their car fleets by registering new cars for relatives or related companies and not declaring their use. 11 908 58 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Relatives of four MPs became owners of luxury real estate during war - media. PHOTO Relatives of four MPs became owners of luxury real estate during the full-scale war. 12 152 58
Uzhhorod City Council deputy is detained for bribery for assistance in obtaining deferment from military service. PHOTO A deputy of the Uzhhorod City Council was detained for taking a bribe to help him obtain a deferment from military service. 2 681 7 Previously in trend: Grafters
Judges, MPs, MIA and SBI employees became owners of luxury cars during war - media. PHOTO Skhemy journalists analysed the State Register of Declarations, which was reopened to the public on 10 December, and found a number of civil servants who purchased luxury cars after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among them are MPs, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Bureau of Investigation, judges of district and appellate administrative courts. 56 443 102 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials
Deputy in village council in Zakarpattia detonated grenades: he died, 26 people were injured. VIDEO&PHOTOS A deputy detonated grenades in the building of the Keretsky village council in Zakarpattia. He was killed and 26 people were injured. 48 670 172
"Servant of People" Odarchenko offered $50 thousand in bitcoins to head of State Agency for Recovery and Development of Infrastructure Naiiem, - NABU. PHOTOS A people’s deputy who tried to bribe the head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Recovery and Development was exposed. 14 282 66 Previously in trend: Grafters
People’s Deputy Dubinskyi was served suspicion notice of organizing scheme for draft dodgers to leave abroad, - SSU. PHOTO The Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigation have collected evidence against the current People’s Deputy, who is suspected of organizing a scheme for the illegal departure of men abroad. Today, he was notified of the suspicion under Art. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal transportation of persons across the state border). 7 669 28
Deputy of the Odesa regional council was detained while receiving 120 thousand UAH of bribe. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS On June 7, 2022, NABU detectives, under the procedural guidance of SAPO prosecutors together with the National Police, exposed a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council, chairman of one of the standing commissions of the regional council. 9 423 16 Previously in trend: Grafters War
German deputies visited occupied Crimea in April - Bild. PHOTO Three deputies from the far-right Alternative for Germany party visited Russian-occupied Crimea in April, using their diplomatic passports 5 360 38
Minibus with city council member behind wheel explodes in Dnipropetrovsk region. PHOTOS A minibus driver, who appeared to be a local city council member, received minor injuries as his vehicle detonated in Kamianske city (formerly Dniprodzerzhynsk), the Dnipropetrovsk region, at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2. 17 465 72
All Ukrainian lawmakers combined possess 323 firearms, 156 of them owned by MP Shufrych alone. INFOGRAPHICS According to 2016 annual income and assets statement, Opposition bloc MP Nestor Shufrych owns collection of 156 firearms - the largest one owned by a Ukrainian lawmaker. 43 071 109
Severodonetsk city council member Samarskyi died of multiple blunt-force head traumas, - adviser to interior minister. PHOTOS The investigators currently follow three main leads in the murder of Head of Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction in the Severodonetsk city council Serhii Samarskyi, who was found dead on the night of Friday, Nov. 3. 42 985 72
Car of member of regional council, head of UKROP faction Kokitko blown up in Zhytomyr region. PHOTO In early hours of Sept. 29, the car of the head of UKROP party faction in the Zhytomyr regional council, deputy mayor of Baranivka Nataliia Kokitko was blown up in Pershotravensk, the Zhytomyr region. 73 826 79
Cherkasy council member Binusov shot dead late night Thursday, - Pro Vse. PHOTO Late night Thursday member of the city council Mykhailo Binusov was shot dead in Cherkasy. 119 045 17
Myrhorod deputy Khachatrian arrested for two months as murder suspect. PHOTO The Zhovtnevyi District Court of Poltava has ordered a two-month custody for Myrhorod City Council deputy Khachatur Khachatrian (the Radical Party) suspected of killing his colleague. 18 032 78
MPs, ministers set to bail Martynenko out. PHOTOS MP Mykola Kniazhytskyi has said former People's Front lawmaker Martynenko, arrested yesterday on corruption charges, may be bailed out. 32 236 164 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial
MPs of Petro Poroshenko Bloc came to support Nasirov, - Zhurzhii. PHOTO MPs Tretiakov, Zahorii, Davydenko, and Antonyshchak came to support suspended Chairman of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov. 68 133 215 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov
Ukraine’s MP Savchenko waives her parliamentary immunity. PHOTO Nonaffiliated Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko has made a decision to give up her parliamentary immunity. 83 100 365
Drunk council member Rybchenko hit pedestrian in Cherkasy, - Patrol Police. PHOTOS The Regional Council deputy, the head of the faction of Party of Veterans of Afghanistan Oleksandr Rybchenko was driving a car while intoxicated and hit a pedestrian in Cherkasy. The injured man has been hospitalized. 45 349 104 Previously in trend: Drunk driving
Radical Party MP’s assistant who protected illicit gambling venues in Kyiv detained while accepting bribe. PHOTOS Members of the Economic Crime Department of the National Police and Prosecutor General's Office detained an assistant to a member of Oleh Liashko’s Radical Party parliamentary faction at receiving a bribe in Kyiv today. 59 391 84
Question hour, blockade of presidium and Opposition Bloc's delayed split, - last day of Verkhovna Rada's fifth session. PHOTOS Lawmakers gathered on Friday to hear ministers while Radicals tried to block the presidium and the Opposition Bloc faction postponed its split. 27 997 34 Previously in trend: New Rada
MP Molotok's son caused car accident in Kyiv: four people injured, patrol car damaged. PHOTOS MP Ihor Molotok's ("Volia Narodu" parliamentary faction) son Denys caused a large-scale car accident in Kyiv. As a result, four people were injured and a patrol car was damaged. 97 068 183 Previously in trend: Rich kids on roads
PPB faction MP Demchak keeps 133M hryvnia in cash, owns 355-meter house in London’s upscale Borough of Barnet. PHOTOS Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MP, Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Financial Policy and Banking Ruslan Demchak showed 133 million hryvnia in cash (over $5,115,000) and a house with area of 355 square meters in one of London’s Boroughs in his e-declaration. 81 376 273 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. 44 410 105
MP Lanio gets into car accident in Lviv region, - media. PHOTO People's deputy Mykhailo Lanio (parliamentary group "Vіdrodzhennia") has been hospitalized after a car accident in the Lviv region. 75 133 127
Vyshyvanka Day in Rada: garments' cost ranged from 300 to 30,000 hryvnia. PHOTOS In honor of the Vyshyvanka [national Ukrainian embroidered shirt - ed.] Day, the majority of Ukrainian parliamentarians came to work today wearing national costumes. 85 324 81
People's deputies gather signatures for Poroshenko's impeachment. DOCUMENT People's deputies of Ukraine have started to gather signatures to initiate impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko. 111 494 372
New Year gift: how parliament adopted budget for 2016. PHOTOS Verkhovna Rada MPs traditionally adopted the next year budget in the dead of night. 116 297 0 Previously in trend: Budget 2013
Rada is empty: MPs massively shirking today's parliamentary session. PHOTOS Vast majority of the Ukrainian deputies are absent from Friday session of the Parliament. Due to this, many important bills could not be voted today. 33 181 161
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