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Ukraine enacts an oligarch-registration statute

In 2021 the Rada adopted and the president signed a law creating a register of oligarchs and restrictions on their political finance. In the causal graph this event weakens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — an improving welfare path.

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In 2021 the Rada adopted and the president signed a law creating a register of oligarchs and restrictions on their political finance. Venice Commission later criticised the design. It is a completed statute with contested bite.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

    He made de-oligarchisation a 2019 promise and signed this law. Implementation remained personnel-dependent.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactUkraine enacts an oligarch-registration statute
    2. weakensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 5 November 2021 · verified

    A public oligarch register can slightly raise the cost of covert political finance, with weak enforcement in practice.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Venice Commission opinion on the oligarch lawCouncil of Europe · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Law on oligarchs, 2021Verkhovna Rada · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorVolodymyr Zelenskyy
  2. contributed toFactUkraine enacts an oligarch-registration statute
  3. weakensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). Ukraine enacts an oligarch-registration statute. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ua-oligarch-law-2021

https://factrail.ai/facts/ua-oligarch-law-2021

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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