On June 17, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses, the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and Other Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Increased Liability for Corruption or Corruption-Related Offenses.” Among other things, the law:

• Raises the minimum threshold for criminal liability for knowingly submitting false information in a declaration (Part 1 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code) from 750 to 2,500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons (current threshold: 500 to 2,000); and similarly for Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses — from 150–750 subsistence minimums (currently: 100–500);

• Lowers the maximum threshold for illegal enrichment (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code) to 2,750 (currently: 6,500); and raises the minimum threshold for applying civil confiscation to 750 subsistence minimums (Article 290 of the Civil Procedure Code currently sets it at 500).

Forecasted consequences of these provisions include:

• No liability for illegal enrichment up to UAH 2,271,000;

• No criminal liability for submitting false declarations up to UAH 2,271,000, and no administrative liability up to UAH 454,000.

Weakening corruption prevention mechanisms — especially under martial law — is unacceptable. The title of the law, which claims to “increase liability,” appears openly hypocritical.

On this basis, we call on the President of Ukraine to exercise his veto power and reject this law.