The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has ordered a preventive measure in the form of 6 million hryvnia in bail for Olga Stefanyishyna, the former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and former Ambassador to the U.S., who is suspected of illicit enrichment.
“A preventive measure in the form of bail set at 6 million hryvnias has been imposed on the suspect,” the HACC told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Thursday.
“Suspilne” reported on its Telegram channel that the suspect is also required to appear when summoned by NABU investigators, report any change of residence, and refrain from communicating with witnesses in the case.
“Stefanyishyna is suspected of illicit enrichment and making false declarations. According to investigators, she failed to declare two apartments in Kyiv, expenses for their renovation, housing rent, use of a Mercedes-Benz, as well as payments for plane tickets and her mother’s medical treatment,” the “Suspilne” report states.
According to Radio Svoboda, the prosecutor’s office requested that Stefanyishyna be granted bail in the amount of 13.3 million hryvnias.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Action Center (ACAC) reported that NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had served Stefanyishyna with a new charge.
Subsequently, the ACC provided details regarding the charges against Stefanyishyna. “The case involves illegal enrichment. Specifically, the SAPO prosecutor cites instances of property purchases made by other individuals on the suspect’s behalf,” the statement reads.
According to the ACC, Stefanyishyna failed to declare two one-bedroom apartments, cash she spent on renovating the apartments, her mother’s medical treatment, airline tickets, and the rent for another apartment. She also failed to declare her use of a Mercedes registered to a subordinate.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have not issued an official statement on the matter.
After the information was made public, Stefanyishyna commented on the allegations of illicit enrichment, emphasizing that she had “publicly and in detail addressed the issue of real estate over a year ago” and that she “had nothing to hide.”
“Since the beginning of my tenure as ambassador, the media has periodically raised questions about procedural actions by certain law enforcement agencies in which my name is mentioned. I’ll be brief and to the point. Any procedural actions are part of the lawful work of the law enforcement system and do not constitute a finding of guilt. I view these events calmly and without undue emotion, and the fuss surrounding this story is more like a storm in a teacup. I commented publicly and in considerable detail on a significant portion of the issues appearing in the media—particularly those concerning real estate—over a year ago,” she wrote on Facebook.
In July, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko (European Solidarity faction) reported that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had opened a criminal case against Stefanyishyna. She is suspected of abuse of power or official position, resulting in serious consequences (Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The case was opened on June 11, 2025.
On June 4, “Ukrainska Pravda” published an investigation stating that the National Agency for Finding and Managing Assets (ARMA) had selected a company to manage the Trade Union House in Kyiv that may be linked to Stefanyishyna’s family, specifically her ex-husband. According to the investigation, this is already the fourth valuable asset that the same company has received.
Stefanyishyna stated that she is not involved in her ex-husband’s activities, complained about media pressure, and emphasized that she has no conflict of interest regarding ARMA. In turn, ARMA Chair Olena Duma stated that the individuals mentioned in the media have no ties to ARMA or to participants in the competitive selection procedures for managers of seized assets.
Source: https://t.me/suspilnenews/72866
Ukraine is beginning to implement mandatory IMEI declaration for mobile phones upon import; the relevant order has already been signed by the Ministry of Finance, according to Artem Shevchenko, CEO of “Citrus.”
“In my view, this is the most important decision for the Ukrainian mobile phone market in recent years. The order has already been signed by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. This means that the decision has already been made and the practical implementation phase is beginning,” he said on LinkedIn.
Shevchenko added that, according to estimates by the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), this change in regulations could generate over 5 billion UAH in additional revenue for the state budget annually and significantly reduce opportunities for “gray market” smartphone imports. The “Citrus” team actively participated in consultations with the EBS regarding this initiative, discussing the technical aspects of implementation and mechanisms that will help make the new system as effective as possible.
Until now, the IMEI was not specified during customs clearance, which meant the state was unable to track the path of a specific mobile phone from the moment of its import to its sale to the end consumer.
“Now the foundation for such a system has been laid. The first stage is mandatory IMEI declaration upon import. The next step should be to include the IMEI on the fiscal receipt. The BEB is already working on this mechanism in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the State Tax Service of Ukraine. In effect, this means that every mobile phone will have a traceable path from the moment it crosses the border until it is sold. “Once this mechanism is fully implemented, the legal sale of mobile phones without a match between the IMEI declared at the time of import and the IMEI indicated on the fiscal receipt will become virtually impossible,” Shevchenko said.
The removal of Ukrainian officials’ electronic declarations from the state registry does not mean that previously published information has completely disappeared from the public domain, notes Opendatabot.
Many documents were publicly available for several years before the mechanism for hiding them was introduced in late 2023. During that time, the data may have been saved by journalists, civil society organizations, analytical services, and online archives.
However, the publicly available portion of the declarations no longer contains residential addresses, tax identification numbers, or a number of other direct personal identifiers.
The mechanism to restrict access was introduced to protect military personnel, law enforcement officers, and other officials amid a full-scale war. A government agency may appeal to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NAZK) if it believes that the publication of a document poses a threat to the declarant or their family.
As of July 2026, more than 445,000 declarations for the years 2015–2026 have been removed from public access.
Source: https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/hidden-declarations-2026
Most of the declarations by Ukrainian officials that were removed from the public registry pertain to the period before the start of the full-scale war, according to Opendatabot.
The largest number of hidden documents was submitted for 2016—94,968 thousand, or more than one in five of the removed declarations. Another 72,068 thousand documents relate to 2020.
At the same time, the share of hidden declarations for 2016 accounts for about 9% of the total number submitted during that period, and for 2020—about 8%.
By comparison: among the documents submitted during the full-scale war, about 2% of the declarations were removed from public access.
This difference is partly explained by the fact that significantly more documents were submitted between 2016 and 2020. Additionally, once access restrictions are approved, all declarations belonging to a specific individual—including those published long before the mechanism was introduced—may be removed from the registry.
In total, as of July 2026, access to 445,536 thousand declarations filed by 99,087 thousand individuals has been restricted.
Source: https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/hidden-declarations-2026
As of July 2026, 445,536 electronic asset declarations submitted by 99,087 public officials for the years 2015–2026 have been removed from public access in Ukraine, according to Opendatabot, citing open data from the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.
On average, there are about 4.5 hidden declarations per declarant. If an official is granted the right to restrict access, all documents submitted by that official may be removed from the registry at once, regardless of the reporting period.
The mechanism for restricting access was introduced after the resumption of electronic filing in late 2023. It is designed to protect military personnel, law enforcement officers, and other individuals for whom the disclosure of information could pose a threat to them or their family members.
The declarant cannot independently remove the declaration from the registry. A government agency, military unit, or other authorized organization must submit a corresponding request to the NACP.
Source: https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/hidden-declarations-2026
Ukraine continues to strengthen its position in the European transit space. Thus, in the second quarter of 2025, the State Customs Service of Ukraine issued almost 34 thousand transit declarations under the common transit procedure (NCTS). This is 8 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 9 thousand more than in the second quarter of 2024.
This is the highest quarterly increase since Ukraine joined the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure.
More than 23 thousand movements initiated by Ukrainian customs have been successfully completed in the countries party to the Convention. In turn, 10.7 thousand transit movements initiated in other countries were completed in Ukraine, which is almost 50% more than in the previous quarter.
In total, since the start of the international application of the joint transit procedure on October 1, 2022, the State Customs Service has issued almost 196 thousand declarations, of which 149 thousand were issued as a customs office of departure and 47 thousand as a customs office of destination.
In addition, domestic companies are actively using Ukrainian general guarantees in T1 declarations to move transit goods in other countries party to the Convention. For example, in the second quarter of 2025, general guarantees were used in almost 106 thousand T1 declarations transported through the customs territory of the European Union (since January 1, 2025 – more than 183 thousand such declarations).
Regarding guarantees under the common transit procedure, in the second quarter of 2025, the State Customs Service registered 28 general guarantees in the NCTS guarantee management system. As of the beginning of July 2025, 94 general guarantees totaling more than EUR 320 million and 4,947 individual guarantees totaling EUR 218.45 million were in force.
Such dynamics confirms the growth of business confidence in the common transit procedure and demonstrates an increase in the number of foreign economic operators seeking to work in accordance with EU standards.
