Court rules financing of Agrarian Party's Poltava regional organization illegal

Kozelschyna district court of Poltava region has declared financing of Poltava regional organization of Agrarian Party of Ukraine by a company with a citizen of Britain as ultimate beneficiary breach of law, Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) Natalia Korchak has said.

"Yesterday Kozelschyna district court of Poltava region issued a ruling regarding provision of funds to the account of a political party by a company the ultimate beneficiary of which was foreigner – a citizen of Britain," Korchak wrote on her Facebook page on June 9.

She said that Dobrobut Agrofirm three times sent a large sum in the form of charitable assistance to the account of Poltava regional organization of Agrarian Party of Ukraine. When the sum was sent the ultimate beneficiary of the company was a foreigner. This is violation of Part 3 of Article 15 of the law on political parties of Ukraine.

"The court confirmed the fact of breaching law and declared the head of the company guilty in committing administrative crime under Articles 212-15 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses," Korchak said.

The court closed the case and imposed a fine on the head of the company.

Korchak said that this is a first court ruling in the case initiated by NACP using the analysis of the report of a political party on its assets, revenue, expenses and financial liabilities.