During the war, Ukrainian parties received more than UAH 1.6 billion from the state budget
Four parliamentary parties – “Servant of the People”, “European Solidarity”, “Fatherland” and “Voice” – received a total of 885 million hryvnias from the state budget in 2022. In 2023, the amount of state funding of these parties decreased to 753 million hryvnias. Funds for the needs of the parties were allocated in accordance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Political Parties”, in just 2 years the amount of expenses amounted to over UAH 1.6 billion.
The party “Servant of the People” received the largest amount – in 2022-2023, UAH 1.2 billion was transferred to the party’s accounts, including UAH 870.9 million from the state budget. About this testifies research of the analytical platform YouControl.
Distribution of funds:
• “Servant of the people”: UAH 1.2 billion (of which UAH 225 are contributions from individuals).
• “European solidarity”: about UAH 303 million.
“Batkivshchyna”: UAH 168.78 million.
• “Voice”: over UAH 200,000 (received only in 2023 due to the previous termination of funding).
Funding of the “Opposition Platform – For Life” was terminated in 2022 due to the ban on the party’s activities. However, before the ban, OPZZ managed to receive 25% of the total amount of state funding in 2022 – UAH 33.2 million. The amount allocated from the budget to finance parties is determined by the formula: multiply 2% of the minimum wage by the number of voters who took part in the last parliamentary elections. Most of the funds are divided among the parties proportionally: the one who got more votes, the more money he will receive.
