Yaroslav Dubnevych

Politician

Yaroslav Dubnevych

Ярослав Васильович Дубневич
People's Deputy of Ukraine

Incumbent

Assumed office
12 December 2012
Preceded by| Constituency established
Constituency| Lviv Oblast, No. 120
Personal details
Born|

Yaroslav Vasylyovych Dubnevych

August 7, 1969
Zubra, Lviv Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party| independent
Other political
affiliations| Poroshenko Bloc
Occupation| Businessman, politician

Yaroslav Vasylyovych Dubnevych (Ukrainian: Ярослав Васильович Дубневич born 7 August 1969) is a Ukrainian politician. He serves as People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) elected in the 2012, 2014 and 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1][2]

After the 2012 he joined the UDAR faction.[1] Between 2014 and 2019 he was a member of the Poroshenko Bloc faction.[3] Following the 2019 election he joined the For the Future parliamentary faction.[4][5]

In November 2023 an international arrested warrant was issued against Dubnevych on corruption charges.[6] His current whereabouts are unknown.[6]

## Biography

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In the 2006 and 2010 Ukrainian local elections Dubnevych was elected into the Lviv Oblast Council; for Revival in 2010 and in 2006 for Batkivshchyna.[1]

Dubnevych took part in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election in No. 120 situated in Lviv Oblast as an independent candidate.[1] After being elected he joined the UDAR faction in parliament.[1]

In the 2014 parliamentary election Dubnevych was reelected after he again won single-mandate constituency № 120, gaining 60.1% of the vote as a candidate of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[7][1] He was a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction. On 4 December 2014, he headed the Verkhovna Rada (the official name of Ukraine's national parliament) Committee on Transport. He was a Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Hungary, Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Kuwait, Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Jordan, Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Relations Group with Indonesia.[8] He was one of the initiators of the State Road Fund, the purpose of which was to create a mechanism for the distribution of financial revenues to repair roads. The relevant bill was passed by parliament in November 2016.[9][10]

Dubnevych took part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election again in the same constituency No. 120 again as an independent candidate.[1] After being elected he joined the For the Future faction in parliament.[1] He became Member of the Committee on Nation Health, Health Care and Health Insurance.[1]

The media repeatedly reported that commercial entities associated with Yaroslav Dubnevych and his brother Bohdan regularly win tenders for the supply of spare parts for the national railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. In 2016 alone, the state-owned company purchased goods worth about UAH 1 billion from them. Former Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan expressed doubts about their necessity.[11][12]

In October 2019 Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Riaboshapka filed to National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) statements on bringing Dubnevych to criminal liability in the case of misappropriation of Ukrzaliznytsia.[1] On 31 October 2019 parliament lifted his parliamentary immunity.[1]

In September 2022 the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine closed criminal case against Dubnevych for the seizure of Ukrzaliznytsia's assets.[1]

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections Dubnevych unsuccessfully tried to be elected into the Lviv Oblast Council heading the list of For the Future.[1] For the Future did not win any seats.[13]

In October 2023 NABU and SAP reported Dubnevych on suspicion of organizing a scheme to steal natural gas worth 2.1 billion Ukrainian Hryvnia.[1] NABU ordered Dubnevych arrest.[1] On 2 November 2023 Dubnevych had agreed to attend a meeting with the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, but he did not show up.[6] Following this the court issued an international arrest warrant for Dubnevych.[6] Europol informed the Ukrainian authorities that he on 8 October 2023 had crossed the Romanian border with Hungary.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o (in Ukrainian) Small biography on Yaroslav Dubnevych, Civil movement "Chesno" (2 November 2023)
2. ^ Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі № 120 cvk.gov.ua
3. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua.
4. ^ 23 самовисуванці об'єднуються в групу «За майбутнє» — Лубінець Інтерфакс-Україна (29.08.2019)
5. ^ Парламент затвердив список своїх комітетів і їх склад. ХТО В ЯКОМУ Новинарня (29.08.2019)
6. ^ a b c d e "Defendant nardep Dubnevych "teleported" abroad – CPC" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
7. ^ "Сайт Центральної виборчої комісії". Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
8. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua.
9. ^ «Законы о Государственном дорожном фонде предполагают субвенции в местные бюджеты для ремонта дорог местного значения.» Сегодня, 21 Марта 2017.
10. ^ «Рада создала Государственный дорожный фонд.» Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, 17 ноября, 2016.
11. ^ БізнесЦензор (7 February 2017). "Корупційні ризики в "Укрзалізниці". Інфографіка". БізнесЦензор (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
12. ^ БізнесЦензор (26 January 2017). "Володимир Омелян: "Ми самі заспокоїли себе в тому, що у нас відбуваються реформи. Це початок "брежнєвських" часів"". БізнесЦензор (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
13. ^ Results of the 2020 elections of the Lviv Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine