More than 40 MPs from the current convocation of the Verkhovna Rada have faced corruption charges

Forty-one deputies of the current, 9th convocation of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (elected in July 2019) have already been charged in corruption cases.

This was stated by the head of Ukraine’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), Oleksandr Klymenko.

“Overall, SAPO has brought charges against 41 members of parliament of the Verkhovna Rada of the 9th convocation,” he said in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency. In total, over 10 years of work by Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, 79 former and current MPs have been charged with corruption-related offenses, Klymenko added.

At present, the Rada has 392 lawmakers, most of whom (226) are deputies from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s ruling party, Servant of the People. After Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies exposed a large-scale criminal scheme in the country’s energy sector in November last year—allegedly involving top Ukrainian officials and Zelenskyy’s close circle—new cases of abuse have begun to surface.

In these cases, the main suspects have often been MPs themselves. A significant number of MPs under investigation are from the Servant of the People faction. Recent examples include the case of Yuliia Didenko being sent to court (false asset declaration involving 8 million UAH), and new suspicions against Anatolii Hunko in a case involving fraud with state-owned land.

In December 2025–January 2026, NABU and SAPO issued notices of suspicion to five MPs from the Servant of the People faction—Yurii Kysel, Yevhen Pivovarov, Mykhailo Laba, Ihor Nehulevskyi, and Olha Savchenko. They are suspected of systematically taking bribes ($2,000–$20,000) in exchange for votes in the Verkhovna Rada; large bail amounts were set in the case.

In January 2026, the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction, Yuliia Tymoshenko, received a notice of suspicion for offering improper benefits to deputies in exchange for “correct” voting. Bail of 33 million UAH was posted for her.

From the European Solidarity faction, the leader of the party, Petro Poroshenko, is a фигурант (defendant/subject) in the “coal treason” case. A deputy from European Solidarity at the local level, Dmytro Shkavrytko, was detained in the Czech Republic in January 2026 on suspicion of schemes involving education funds worth millions.

Former MP from BPP/European Solidarity Ruslan Demchak was detained in Germany in early January 2026. He is accused of stock-market manipulation.

Four sitting MPs are currently in pre-trial detention: Nestor Shufrych, Yevhen Shevchenko, Oleksandr Dubinskyi, and Oleksandr Ponomariov—all are suspected of high treason.

In addition to the treason case, Dubinskyi has three other suspicions: creating and leading a criminal organization, official forgery, and smuggling people across the border. Shufrych is also suspected of financing actions aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order.

The case against Shevchenko is at the pre-trial investigation stage; the cases against Dubinskyi, Shufrych, and Ponomariov are already in court.

Mykola Tyshchenko, suspected of kidnapping, is under house arrest. His case (already sent to court) is linked to the beating of a former serviceman in Dnipro.

Three MPs are currently wanted: Artem Dmytruk, Yaroslav Dubnevych, and Oleksandr Odarchenko. Odarchenko has already been sentenced: the court found him guilty and imposed 8 years in prison for offering an improper benefit to the former head of the State Agency for Restoration, Mustafa Nayyem. The deputy fled abroad in the autumn.

Dmytruk illegally left Ukraine at the end of August, shortly before receiving a notice of suspicion for attacking a police officer and a serviceman. Dubnevych has been wanted since 2023; he is suspected of organizing the theft of natural gas from a CHP plant and laundering illegally obtained proceeds. The case is already in court.

Notices of suspicion for false declarations were issued to Mykhailo Volynets, Volodymyr Hevko, Artur Herasymov (European Solidarity), Yurii Kamelchuk, Iryna Konstantkevych, Anna Kolesnyk, Oleksandr Marykovskyi, Serhii Nahorniak, Maksym Pashkovskyi, Olha Saladukha, and Marharyta Shol. Pashkovskyi was acquitted; cases against the other MPs were closed for various reasons (mostly due to the statute of limitations).

Anatolii Hunko, Mykola Zadorozhnyi, and Serhii Labaziuk are suspected of bribery. Labaziuk is accused of attempting to bribe former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and the former head of the Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, Mustafa Nayyem. The investigation into Zadorozhnyi continues: investigators believe he wanted to receive a kickback of 3.4 million UAH for not obstructing infrastructure repairs in Sumy region.

Iryna Kormyshkina has two suspicions—illegal enrichment and false declaration. A notice of suspicion has also been issued to her husband.

Andrii Klochko is also suspected of illegal enrichment; the case is already in court.

Serhii Alekseiev (European Solidarity) is suspected of fraud: according to investigators, the MP promised a German citizen to help avoid extradition in exchange for $50,000.

Kostiantyn Bondarev has a suspicion of official forgery and smuggling people across the border. According to the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), since the start of the full-scale war he organized the departure of 23 people.

Viktor Bondar recently received a notice of suspicion for co-organizing the embezzlement of funds from Ukrzaliznytsia during the procurement of cable and wire products.

Liudmyla Marchenko is suspected of abuse of influence, and Dmytro Isaienko of abuse of office. Their cases are already in court. Also in court is the case against Robert Horvat, who is charged with land fraud schemes.

Andrii Nikolaienko is charged with violating traffic safety rules: in November 2023 he hit a person on the Kyiv–Chop highway in Zhytomyr region.

Overall statistics for 10 years of SAPO’s work show that suspicions have been issued to more than 80 MPs from various convocations.