Parliament restricts access to real estate registries: another step to hide corruption assets
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Kostiantyn Golubtsov
Published: August 22 2025 at 08:30 amSource: MyUkraineis.org
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted draft law No.11533, which limits access to real estate data. The decision immediately drew sharp criticism from investigative journalists and the public, as it concerns one of the key tools for uncovering corruption assets.
What the law provides
According to the new law, during martial law and for one year after its end, access will be closed to:
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information about the location of real estate objects;
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cadastral numbers of land plots owned by legal entities.
This means journalists, civic organizations and potential buyers will be deprived of the ability to verify property ownership and detect links to corruption figures.
Impact on society
Experts warn that the restrictions will significantly complicate investigative work and create favorable conditions for corrupt officials who use controlled companies to conceal their assets.
Ordinary citizens will also be affected. If someone wants to buy an apartment or house from a construction company, it will be much harder to verify whether the property is legitimately owned. This increases the risk of fraud in the real estate market.
Who authored the bill
The initiative came from MP Ihor Fris of the Servant of the People party. Notably, BIHUS.Info journalists have previously uncovered numerous assets registered under companies linked to Fris’s relatives.
Who voted for the restrictions
Critics argue that the new law looks like a form of revenge by MPs against investigative journalists. Many of those who supported draft law No.11533 are themselves subjects of high-profile corruption investigations. Without access to registries, uncovering their hidden wealth would be nearly impossible.
Here are just some examples of MPs who voted in favor:
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Hennadii Kasai (Servant of the People) – whose family, according to Schemes, bought apartments in Dubai worth over $1 million.
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Andrii Klochko (Servant of the People) – BIHUS.Info reported that his relatives bought assets worth more than 20 million UAH, while his 70-year-old mother purchased a brand new Tesla.
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Roman Ivanisov (ex-Servant of the People) – BIHUS.Info revealed elite apartments, luxury cars, and 12 million UAH “gifted” by his mother, who ran a Russian company.
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Pavlo Khalimon (Servant of the People) – Ukrainska Pravda exposed that his partner acquired a mansion in central Kyiv for 10 million UAH.
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Bohdan Torokhtii (ex-Servant of the People) – BIHUS.Info uncovered lavish spending and hidden trips abroad even after 2022.
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Volodymyr Vatras, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Oleh Marusiak (Servant of the People) – their relatives benefited from state tenders after they became MPs.
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Roman Kaptielov (Servant of the People) – whose wife settled in Moscow, owns property there, and cooperates with Russian-linked structures (Schemes).
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Pavlo Pavlish (Servant of the People) – BIHUS.Info reported on his luxury house near Kyiv, allegedly “built by his parents” in record time.
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Serhii Mandzii (Servant of the People) – drives a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado worth about $60,000, registered to his company (BIHUS.Info).
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Anton Yatsenko – transferred real estate worth $10 million to his father-in-law before the full-scale war, while still driving luxury cars registered to relatives (Schemes).
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Larysa Bilozir (Dovira) – drives a Tesla registered to her brother (Schemes).
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Suto Mamoyan (ex-OPZZh) – regularly registers numerous assets to relatives while undervaluing them (BIHUS.Info, Schemes).
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Volodymyr Kreidenko (Servant of the People) – owns a $200,000 apartment in Kyiv, citing “successful business on cherries” as the source of funds.
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Serhii Lytvynenko (Servant of the People) – drives a Land Cruiser allegedly “bought by his assistant’s family with money from beekeeping.”
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Ivan Krulko (Batkivshchyna) – whose relatives built an entire hotel and restaurant chain (BIHUS.Info).
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Ihor Molotok (Za Maibutnie) – his 90-year-old mother owns a firm that sold overpriced fortification materials (BIHUS.Info).
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Yurii Shapovalov (Za Maibutnie) – his sister was involved in illegal Dnipro riverbank construction (Kremenchuk Telegraph).
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Anatolii Urbanskyi (Za Maibutnie) – his family acquired a villa in Western Czechia and apartments in Karlovy Vary, none of which were declared (Nikcenter).
Among others, well-known figures like Davyd Arakhamia, Maryana Bezuhla, Viktor Baloga, Serhii Vlasenko, Oleksandr Korniienko, Hryhorii Mamka, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Antonina Slavytska and more also supported the restrictions.
The full list of MPs who voted for the bill can be found here: serpom.org.ua.
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