“The coalition of Ukrainian public organizations submitted a shadow report to the European Commission, in which it pointed to the political motives of the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philip Pronin. On the basis of his letter, sanctions were introduced against Petro Poroshenko. This is stated in the corresponding document. “Despite enshrining in the Law on Combating Money Laundering the provisions on the political independence of a specially authorized body, without introducing specific mechanisms that can protect against political”, — write on: ua.news
The coalition of Ukrainian public organizations submitted a shadow report to the European Commission, in which it pointed to the political motives of the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philip Pronin. On the basis of his letter, sanctions were introduced against Petro Poroshenko.
This is stated in the relevant document.
“Despite enshrining in the Law on Combating Money Laundering provisions regarding the political independence of a specially authorized body, without introducing specific mechanisms that can protect against political influence, these provisions appear to be mostly declarative. Particularly serious concerns about political independence arise in view of the practice of using the FMS as a tool for the introduction of sanctions. In February 2025, information spread in the media that sanctions were imposed on one of the Ukrainian politicians based on the information of the State Financial Monitoring Service. And in combination with publicly disclosed information about the specifics of these processes, there are positions regarding doubts about the independence of the head of the DSFM,” the report states.
The report includes a link to an article by journalist Inna Vedernikova on ZN.ua, where it is noted that the SBU did not support sanctions against Poroshenko. At the same time, they were introduced at the initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers on the basis of information provided by the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philip Pronin.
The experts reminded that on February 19, 2025, the draft law No. 13029 was registered in the Council on establishing the procedure for electing the head of a specially authorized body and the procedure for conducting an audit of the effectiveness of the activity of a specially authorized body.
It is about:
competitive selection for the position of the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, similar to the process of appointing the heads of NABU, NAKC, BEB and customs authorities;
limitation of the term of office of the manager – for a period of five years with the possibility of occupying the position for no more than two terms in a row, provided that the appointment is made through an open competition;
independent audit of activities to assess the effectiveness of the body.
The report for the EC was published by a coalition of Ukrainian public organizations led by the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives on Chapters 23 and 24 of the upcoming opening negotiations.
The document noted not only Ukraine’s progress, but challenges and problems in such areas as the rule of law (courts, prosecutor’s office, advocacy, legal education), the fight against corruption and organized crime, the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms, visa policy, migration, etc.
We will remind On October 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued consideration of the lawsuit filed by the fifth president and leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, against the current head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyi. The lawsuit concerns the cancellation of the decree on sanctions introduced by the National Security Council against Poroshenko in February 2025.
Cassation Administrative Court as part of the Supreme Court will continue November 7 consideration the lawsuit of the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, regarding the introduction of NSDC sanctions against him.
