A report to the European Commission pointed to illegal actions by the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service due to sanctions against Poroshenko.
A report to the European Commission by the Coalition of Ukrainian NGOs, led by the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives (LZI), identifies the political motives behind the actions of State Financial Monitoring Service Chairman Philipp Pronin, whose letter led to the imposition of sanctions against Petro Poroshenko.
“Despite the fact that the Anti-Money Laundering Law enshrines provisions regarding the political independence of the specially authorized body, without introducing specific mechanisms that could protect it from political influence, these provisions appear largely declarative. Particularly serious concerns regarding political independence arise due to the practice of using the DSF. Information has spread in the media that sanctions were imposed on one Ukrainian politician based on information from the State Financial Monitoring Service.
The report, in particular, cites an article by Irina Vedernikova in “Zerkalo Nedeli.” The article states that the Security Service of Ukraine did not support sanctions against Poroshenko. They were imposed at the initiative of the Cabinet of Ministers, based on information from the Chairman of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philipp Pronin.
“According to a government source, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Yulia Svyrydenko presented the matter to the Cabinet of Ministers and signed all the documents, not Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, whose administration includes Finmoni. Yulia Svyrydenko also signed the submission to the National Security and Defense Council, not Prime Minister Shmyhal , who took a prudent step aside.”
“Philipp Pronin used his people to gather information to impose sanctions against Poroshenko, even before he was brought under the Financial Monitoring Service on December 31, 2024. That’s why they put him there,” the publication writes.
“Finmonitoring Chairman Pronin, along with Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko, voluntarily became instruments in the hands of the president’s inner circle,” the publication states.
In their report to the European Commission, the experts also recall that on February 19, 2025, Bill No. 13029 was registered in Parliament on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the establishment of the procedure for electing the head of a specially authorized body and the procedure for conducting an audit of the performance of a specially authorized body. 3379. Similar to the appointment processes for the heads of NABU, NACP, BEB, and customs authorities; a term limitation for the head’s position – five years with the possibility of holding the position for no more than two consecutive terms, subject to appointment through an open competition; an independent audit of the activities to assess the performance of the body.
A coalition of Ukrainian civil society organizations, led by the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives (LZI), has published a shadow report on Chapters 23 and 24 of the upcoming accession negotiations.
The document highlights not only Ukraine’s progress but also challenges and problems in areas such as the rule of law (courts, prosecutors, advocacy, legal education), the fight against corruption and organized crime, the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms, visa policy, migration, etc.
As a reminder, military officer Oleksandr Pogrebisky previously explained why sanctions against Petro Poroshenko are harmful to Ukraine and beneficial to the aggressor.