The NABU and the SAPO accuse sitting Member of Parliament of Ukraine Oleksandr Kachnyi of inaccurate declaration and illicit enrichment of nearly UAH 13 million. He faces up to 10 years of imprisonment and additional penalties.

Details of the crime

According to the investigation, in 2020–2021, Oleksandr Kachnyi, an MP of the 9th convocation from the banned Opposition Platform For Life, acquired assets worth a total of UAH 12.7 million, significantly exceeding his officially declared income. To conceal these assets, Kachnyi involved his acquaintances in the crime.

On the MP's instructions, in November 2020, they purchased a 132.6 sq.m apartment in central Kyiv for UAH 5.6 million. The design project and renovation of the apartment cost another UAH 5.5 million. In fact, Kachnyi and his wife have been living in this apartment on a permanent basis since December 2021.

In September 2021, Kachnyi's trusted persons again acquired property for the MP: a cottage and a land plot on the Black Sea coast in Koblevo for UAH 1.7 million.

Oleksandr Kachnyi's actions were classified under Article 368-5 and Article 366-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

According to Kachnyi's declarations for 2020–2021, the total lawful income and other payments received by the MP and his wife in 2020–2021 amounted to only UAH 2.2 million.

About Oleksandr Kachnyi

Kachnyi has a long political career. Between 2006 and 2018, he served several times as a member of the Kyiv Regional Council, representing the Socialist Party, the Party of Regions, and the Opposition Bloc. In 2019, he was elected to the 9th-convocation Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from Opposition Platform For Life. After OPFL was banned in 2022, Kachnyi, along with other fellow party members, joined the Platform for Life and Peace parliamentary group.

In July 2025, Kachnyi also voted for Draft Law No. 12414, which sought to eliminate the independence of anti-corruption bodies.

The MP was also one of the initiators of a petition to the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of a number of provisions of anti-corruption legislation. Following its review, electronic declaration, the NACP's powers to conduct full verification and lifestyle monitoring, civil forfeiture of assets, and liability for inaccurate declaration and illicit enrichment were struck down.