On June 17, 2025, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved large -scale changes to the anti -corruption legislation, significantly increasing the threshold of responsibility for declaring false information, as well as updating the approach to bringing for illegal enrichment.
The new law, adopted on the basis of the Law No. 13271-1, changes several key normative acts: the Code of Administrative Offenses, the Criminal Code, the Civil Procedure Code and the profile laws.
According to the updated version of Article 172-6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of financial control requirements), administrative liability comes if the difference between the declared and actual data ranges from 150 to 750 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons, ie from 454 thousand to UAH 2.27 million. Previously, the threshold was 100 subsistence minimums (UAH 302 thousand).
In Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code ("Declaration of false information") there were also important changes:
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Part 1: The threshold was raised from 750 to 2500 subsistence minimums - UAH 7.75 million;
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Part 2: Applies to 2500 subsistence minimums.
The penalties are increased at the same time:
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under part 1 - from 68 to 102 thousand UAH (4000-6000 nmdg),
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under part 2 - from 102 to 136 thousand UAH (6000-8000 NMDG).
It is interesting that in another article-Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code ("illegal enrichment")-the threshold is reduced: now liability comes when the assets over the income of a person by 3000 subsistence minimums (UAH 9.084 million). Previously, this figure was 6500 pm (UAH 9.84 million).
It is also clarified that members of the VLK (military medical commissions) and former MSEC (medical and social expert commissions) are also also subjects of punishment for illegal enrichment.
Article 290 of the Civil Procedure Code has established a new threshold for a claim for unreasonable assets: from 750 PM (UAH 2.271 million). Previously, it was 500 pm (UAH 1.514 million). This allows civil claims against persons with unjustified wealth only with a significant difference between assets and income.
The Law is supplemented by Article 59 of the Law "On Prevention of Corruption", in particular, the terms of storage of data in the register of persons who have committed corruption offenses are clearly defined:
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1 year - in case of administrative or civil liability;
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to repayment of criminal offenses - for criminal offenses;
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5 years - for legal entities that have been punished in connection with corruption.
After the expiration of the relevant period, information about the person is excluded from the registry.
Finally, the Law on Military Duty and Military Service has been clarified: persons who are accused of serious or particularly serious corruption crimes and for which the trial continues, cannot be mobilized to the Armed Forces and other military formations.
Increasing thresholds for bringing to justice look like a step to focusing on severe corruption cases, but at the same time causes fears from human rights activists: will it open a new "window of opportunity" for officials who will declare property for millions with the hope of avoiding punishment through new, higher strips?
In any case, these changes will become a litmus paper of the effectiveness of Ukrainian anti-corruption policy in the coming years.
