The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, which found People's Deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky guilty of committing an administrative offense related to corruption. The decision has entered into legal force, and from now on Dubinsky will be included in the Unified State Register of persons who have committed corruption offenses.
The Pechersk District Court previously found the People's Deputy guilty of violating the requirements for the prevention and settlement of conflicts of interest (Part 2 of Article 172-7 of the Code of Ukraine). On November 8, 2023, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NACP), based on the materials of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), handed Dubinsky a report on an administrative offense.
As indicated in the investigation materials, in August and October 2023, Oleksandr Dubinsky addressed the Ministry of Health and the SBI with parliamentary appeals that violated his personal interest. In particular, he tried to influence the consideration of the issue of issuing him a permit to travel abroad, which is the subject of a criminal case in which he is a defendant. In addition, the deputy tried to put pressure on the investigation, demanding to initiate inspections of the leadership of law enforcement agencies investigating criminal proceedings in which Dubinsky is a suspect.
With these actions, he violated the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention of Corruption", in particular, regarding the prevention of conflict of interests, which led to administrative liability under Art. 172-7 of the Code of Ukraine on administrative offenses.
In addition, Dubinsky was informed of the suspicion of official forgery in order to travel abroad. In January 2024, the Prosecutor General's Office sent an indictment against Dubinsky to the court. But this is not the only accusation. The People's Deputy was also charged with treason as part of a criminal organization. According to the investigation materials, in 2016 the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces created a criminal group in Ukraine with the participation of Dubinsky, which was engaged in destabilizing the socio-political situation in the country and discrediting it abroad. Members of this organization received money from the military intelligence of Russia.
