Ukrainian parliament paid over 3.4 million hryvnias to a detained lawmaker
Ukraine’s parliament paid lawmaker Oleksandr Dubynskyi more than 3.4 million hryvnias in mandate funding between July and October 2026. The payments resumed after its regulations committee ruled that such funding is due for the entire term of a deputy’s mandate, even while the lawmaker is in detention. The committee did not approve salary for detention time or compensation for unused leave.
Pääkohdat
- Ukraine’s parliament paid Oleksandr Dubynskyi more than 3.4 million hryvnias from July through October 2026.
- Dubynskyi, a Servant of the People lawmaker, has spent nearly three years in pretrial detention.
- Mandate funding is about 200,000 hryvnias per month.
- The regulations committee approved the payments unanimously, with no present member objecting.
- The first payment after the committee decision was nearly 200,000 hryvnias, followed by transfers every few days.
- No salary for detention time or compensation for unused leave was approved.
- The payment records cited the committee’s explanation as their basis.
Miksi tämä on tärkeää
More than 3.4 million hryvnias in public funds were paid to a legislator facing multiple criminal suspicions while in detention. The committee’s interpretation means that mandate funding continues throughout a deputy’s term even when the deputy cannot physically perform parliamentary duties, drawing attention to parliamentary payroll rules and the use of public funds.
Mitä tapahtui
Dubynskyi asked the Verkhovna Rada in July 2026 to accrue salary, mandate funding and compensation for unused leave. The regulations committee decided that salary would be paid only for time actually worked, that detention did not justify salary payments or leave compensation, and that mandate funding should continue for the entire period after a person’s election as a lawmaker. Its decision was unanimous, and no attending member objected to paying mandate funding regardless of whether duties could physically be performed. The parliamentary administration began transferring money three days later. The first payment was nearly 200,000 hryvnias, followed by separate transfers of hundreds of thousands every few days. The payment records stated that the basis was the committee’s explanation. By October, total payments exceeded 3.4 million hryvnias, including one payment identified as salary.
Näin ukrainalaiset lähteet kertovat asiasta
Ukrainian-language reporting focuses on the regulations committee’s decision and the payment mechanism, contrasting continued mandate funding with the refusal to pay salary for time in detention or compensation for unused leave. It also provides extensive background on the criminal suspicions against Dubynskyi and his denial of guilt.
Missä uutisointi eroaa
Sources disagree over the amount of the single payment identified as salary: some report approximately 2,500 hryvnias, while others report 2,918 hryvnias.
Tausta
Oleksandr Dubynskyi is a Verkhovna Rada member from the Servant of the People faction. Ukraine’s Security Service announced suspicions of treason and involvement in a criminal organization in November 2023, and a court subsequently placed him under detention. Investigators said he used the codename “Buratino” and belonged to a criminal organization allegedly formed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. Ukrainian authorities also suspect him over alleged unlawful border crossings and document falsification. Dubynskyi denies guilt and says one suspicion followed his criticism of Yermak and Zelensky. He did not respond to a request for comment from the journalists at publication.