The Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada added that in the process of
de-oligarchization in other countries the relevant antitrust and lobbying
legislation was adopted.
"Any connection of a politician with big business or with any other
business, if it is based on corruption, shadow financing of this policy
directly or indirectly - is corruption," Dmytro Razumkov stressed.
At the same time, the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada noted that a number of
anti-corruption bodies have been established in Ukraine to counteract this
phenomenon, and the Parliament has provided these institutions with the
necessary legal framework.
The Speaker of the Parliament is convinced that the list of oligarchs in
Ukraine should not be determined by the National Security and Defense Council,
but by an independent commission.
Dmytro Razumkov noted that the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada do not
prohibit consideration in the second reading of the draft law on oligarchs,
which was sent to the Venice Commission, until the opinion of the Commission.