Ukrainian MPs, even having gone on a well -deserved rest, continue to enjoy their special status. The legislative framework they themselves created allows them to receive pensions, the size of which sometimes exceeds any perceptions of justice.
How do people's deputies get space pensions?
The richest pensioner in Ukraine - expatate Sergei Kivalov. He took advantage of the old rule of the Law on the Status of the People's Deputy, which allowed to receive up to 90% of the salary of the working parliamentarian. This law is no longer valid, but through the court Kivalov was able to bypass standard calculations. His pension is not based on a parliamentary salary, but on a salary from his own private university, which he has artificially upgraded before the trial.
Other exNAR Deputy, such as Alexander Borzikh, also achieved an increase in their payments through the court. For example, he received a certificate on the salary of the working secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee, which is more than 68 thousand UAH, and sued 90% of this amount for his pension. Now his monthly pension reaches 61 752 UAH.
Even those who have considerable income, like Borzi, owned by two apartments and a new Volkswagen Tiguan car worth UAH 1.7 million, continue to be sued with the Pension Fund.
Records of Judges: Millions of Millions
Even larger payments are retired by judges. Vasily Nimchenko, the current MP and former judge of the Constitutional Court, receives 192 136 UAH monthly. It is a lifelong monetary deduction that is not subject to reduction.
Among the current deputies, the pension is more modest: for example, Yuriy Boyko has a pension of 20.4 thousand UAH, and Mykola Skoryk - 11.8 thousand UAH. However, it is rather an exception than a rule.
In 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on the use of coefficients to reduce excessively high pensions. Payments exceeding 10 subsistence minimums (UAH 23.6 thousand) are now subject to reduction on a progressive scale.
For example, the pension of Sergei Kivalov in 246 thousand UAH will be reduced to a much smaller amount after applying the coefficients.
However, this decision can be temporary. Already, some courts are considering claims to cancel these coefficients. If the Supreme Court decides that the reduction of pensions is illegal, it can open the way to a new wave of "retirement records".
The problem of deputy pensions remains a painful issue for Ukrainian society. While most pensioners barely make ends meet, exNARPPPs through courts receive payments that are more like topless salaries. The Cabinet's decision on the coefficients is only a partial solution to the problem. Whether the state will be able to tidy up in this system will show time.
