Ukrainian parliament paid MP Oleksandr Dubynskyi over €3.4 million in parliamentary allowance
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada resumed payments to MP Oleksandr Dubynskyi after its regulations committee reviewed his request in July 2026. Between July and October, he received more than 3.4 million hryvnias while remaining in custody, mainly because funds for exercising parliamentary powers continued for the duration of his mandate.
Pagrindiniai faktai
- Oleksandr Dubynskyi received over 3.4 million hryvnias from the Verkhovna Rada between July and October 2026.
- The first payment was almost 200,000 hryvnias; subsequent transfers of hundreds of thousands of hryvnias arrived every few days.
- The regulations committee ruled that parliamentary-power funding of about 200,000 hryvnias per month continues throughout a deputy’s mandate.
- Salary for time actually worked and compensation for unused leave were not paid for the period of detention.
- The committee adopted its decision unanimously, with no attending member opposing payment regardless of whether the deputy could perform duties.
- The parliamentary administration began transferring funds three days after the committee’s decision.
- Dubynskyi has been in custody for nearly three years and denies the charges against him.
Kodėl tai svarbu
The case concerns the use of public funds for a parliamentarian unable to perform his duties because of prolonged detention. The committee’s interpretation created a precedent under which funding for exercising parliamentary powers continues throughout the mandate, regardless of whether the deputy can physically work. More than 3.4 million hryvnias were paid over several months, while reported figures for one salary payment differ.
Kas nutiko
After Oleksandr Dubynskyi asked the Verkhovna Rada in July 2026 to accrue salary, parliamentary-power funding and compensation for unused leave, the regulations committee considered his letter. It ruled that salary and unused-leave compensation would not be paid for the period of detention, but that parliamentary-power funding would continue for the entire period following his election as a deputy, regardless of whether he could perform his duties. The committee’s decision was adopted unanimously, with no attending member opposing that interpretation. Three days later, the parliamentary administration began transferring funds. The first payment was almost 200,000 hryvnias, and further transfers of hundreds of thousands of hryvnias followed every few days. By October, total payments had exceeded 3.4 million hryvnias. Dubynskyi also received one payment marked as salary, reported as approximately 2,500 hryvnias, but did not receive compensation for unused leave.
Kaip apie tai rašo Ukrainos šaltiniai
Ukrainian reporting focuses on the budget payments and the regulations committee’s reasoning, particularly the distinction between salary tied to actual work and parliamentary-power funding tied to retaining a mandate. The reporting also emphasizes that Dubynskyi has spent nearly three years in custody, faces multiple treason-related investigations and other criminal proceedings, and did not respond to a request for comment through his lawyer.
Kuo skiriasi pranešimai
The amount of the single payment marked as salary is disputed: some reports give approximately 2,500 hryvnias, while others state 2,918 hryvnias. One source also describes two transfers marked as salary totaling 2,918 hryvnias.
Kontekstas
Dubynskyi is a Verkhovna Rada member from the Servant of the People faction. The SBU announced treason and criminal-organization charges against him in November 2023; investigators said he used the call sign “Buratino.” He received another treason charge in May 2026, according to the DBR and SBU, over alleged anti-Ukrainian information propaganda from the SIZO. He is also suspected of organizing illegal border crossings and falsifying travel documents. Dubynskyi denies wrongdoing and said an DBR charge was issued over his criticism of Yermak and Zelensky.