“In Germany, law enforcement officers detained Ruslan Demchak, a People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, who was wanted for money laundering.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Ruslan Demchak. Photo from the Facebook of the former deputy Source: DBR, OGP, UP
Details: The law enforcement officers do not name the suspect, but according to the UP, it is about Demchak, who left Ukraine back in April 2023. He was detained on January 3, 2026.
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photo of the DBR In August 2023, the ex-deputy was informed of suspicion for assisting in manipulations on the stock exchange and legalization of property obtained through criminal means. According to the investigation, the people’s deputy, while holding the post of deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on financial policy and banking activities, acted as an accomplice in the manipulation of government bonds on the stock exchange by prior collusion with the directors of two private enterprises. Such actions led to the defendant receiving an illegal investment profit in the amount of UAH 20 million, which was not taxed by law.
In addition, according to the investigation, he and his accomplices carried out financial transactions with funds obtained through crime and actions aimed at concealing and disguising their illegal origin in particularly large amounts. It is about the legalization of more than UAH 1 billion from frauds on the stock exchange.
Criminals legalized criminal income from the manipulation of the purchase and sale of bonds of the domestic state loan of Ukraine. Thanks to this, they managed to receive a payment of investment income, which is not subject to taxation. The participants in the scheme received these funds through a controlled bank (Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
He is also charged with aiding and abetting stock market manipulation (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 222-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The SBI indicates that after the flight of the former parliamentarian abroad, the Pechersk District Court of the city of Kyiv granted permission to carry out a special pre-trial investigation against him.
In October 2025, SBI investigators completed a special pre-trial investigation and provided the defense with access to the materials of the pre-trial investigation.
In February of this year, it is planned to send the indictment to the court, after the completion of the period of familiarization with the case, which the court limited to February 10 inclusive.
It is noted that the term of extradition in a simplified procedure may take approximately 3 months.