The Prosecutor General's Office accused Vadym Novynskyi of failing to pay 4.3 billion hryvnias in taxes

The Ukrainian government continues to persecute former Verkhovna Rada deputy, businessman, and protodeacon Vadym Novynskyi. This time, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has published information that the former deputy allegedly failed to pay an astronomical amount of taxes—4.3 billion hryvnia. In connection with this, a new criminal case has been opened against Novinsky. This was reported by LB.ua.

It is reported that Vadym Novynskyi has been charged with “evading payment to the state budget of Ukraine of personal income tax on investment profits received abroad (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).” According to the investigation, after obtaining Ukrainian citizenship in 2012, the politician continued his entrepreneurial activities in Ukraine, becoming a tax resident. However, contrary to the requirements of tax legislation, he allegedly did not declare income received abroad and did not pay personal income tax in the amount of more than UAH 4.3 billion.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, Novinsky allegedly received investment income of more than UAH 25 billion, which at the time of sale amounted to several billion dollars, from the sale of investment assets – shares in foreign companies operating in the Republic of Cyprus. This violation led to the actual non-receipt of funds to the State Budget of Ukraine in particularly large amounts.

The necessary investigative actions are currently underway. The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the State Bureau of Investigation with the operational support of SBU employees.

As a reminder, we previously reported that Vadym Novynskyi plans to sue Volodymyr Zelenskyi. The reason for this decision was the spread of slander by the head of state against the businessman. In particular, Zelenskyi stated that at the beginning of the