A full audit of Herman Halushchenko\u2019s 2025 declaration began on 16 March, raising fresh questions about alleged funding of his son\u2019s Swiss education.<\/p>\n
The head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, Anastasia Radina, who is part of the Servant of the People faction, said that the National Agency on Corruption Prevention has begun a full verification of Herman Halushchenko\u2019s declaration \u2013 the former Minister of Energy and ex-Minister of Justice. According to the deputy, the NACP\u2019s response to her inquiry confirms when exactly the check will begin and whether it will cover, in particular, data on paying for his children\u2019s education in Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Earlier, reporters from Schemes investigative program reported that Halushchenko\u2019s son studies for about $200,000 per year at one of Switzerland\u2019s most expensive colleges. It is estimated that four years of study could cost at least $700,000, or about 26 million hryvnias \u2013 which significantly exceeds the official income and declared family savings of Herman Halushchenko.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question of carrying out a full verification of the declaration or monitoring of the lifestyle can be resolved after providing factual data.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 NACP<\/p>\n
After the publication, Schemes journalists sent an inquiry to NACP asking to comment on the journalists\u2019 findings. In response, the agency noted that \u201cthe question of carrying out a full verification of the declaration or monitoring of the lifestyle can be resolved after providing factual data.\u201d<\/p>\n
Verification timelines and Radina\u2019s clarifications<\/p>\n
On Anastasia Radina\u2019s Facebook page, she said that in response to her request the NACP stated that \u201cthe full verification of the declaration filed by Herman Halushchenko for 2025 (before his dismissal) began on March 16, 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
The head of the anti-corruption policy committee noted that this is already her second appeal to the agency asking for clarification on exactly when Halushchenko\u2019s declaration would begin to be checked. The Schemes material also mentioned other issues, including the rent of the seized house of the former Interior Minister from Viktor Yanukovych\u2019s era \u2013 Vitaliy Zaharchenko.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoreover, during the consideration of the issue of selecting a preventive measure at the High Anti-Corruption Court, Halushchenko stated that the education of his children in Switzerland was paid for by a wealthy godfather and a relative. However such generous gifts are not reflected in the declaration \u2013 and perjury in the declaration carries criminal liability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Anastasia Radina<\/p>\n
The NACP said that the verification of Halushchenko\u2019s declaration would last up to 120 days with the possibility of an extension of another 60 days if there are grounds. In December 2025, Schemes journalists published material according to which the son of the former minister \u2013 Maxim Halushchenko \u2013 is in his fourth year of study at College Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland, and he is mentioned in NABU\u2019s tapes in the Midas case about a large-scale corruption scheme in the energy sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe education expenses for Halushchenko\u2019s son were not mentioned in the declaration. In total, over four years they could amount to around $700,000, or nearly 26 million hryvnias \u2013 which significantly exceeds the official income and the family\u2019s declared savings of the former high-ranking official.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Schemes<\/p>\n
In December 2025, Halushchenko\u2019s lawyer told journalists that \u201cthese matters are being handled by his former wife\u201d and that they are part of the investigations. She is also involved in a money-laundering scheme disclosed by NABU and SAP. The investigation revealed transfers of over $7.4 million to foundation accounts controlled by the suspect\u2019s family, as well as other substantial sums \u2013 part of the funds were placed on the accounts of the former wife of Halushchenko.<\/p>\n
\u201cA photo of Maxim Halushchenko at the college cannot unconditionally testify to the education of his son, and may reflect participation in lectures or scholarship programs for internally displaced persons. Therefore the provided information does not confirm the specifically paid education of Halushchenko G.V.\u2019s son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 NACP<\/p>\n
After the Schemes investigation was published, Schemes contacted NACP with questions about how to respond to what was found. In response, the agency stated that the provided information does not confirm the fact of paying for the son\u2019s education at the specified college and does not contain verified data regarding Halushchenko\u2019s assets after November 28, 2019, which requires additional factual substantiation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lack of factual data in the information you provided about Halushchenko and his family acquiring assets after 28.11.2019 and the gap between their value and legal incomes by more than 1,500 subsistence minimums \u2013 the question of carrying out a full verification of the declaration can be resolved after providing such data.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 NACP<\/p>\n
On February 15, NABU announced that Halushchenko was detained while attempting to leave Ukraine, marking a continuation of the resonant investigations and circumstances surrounding him and his entourage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A full audit of Herman Halushchenko\u2019s 2025 declaration began on 16 March, raising fresh questions about alleged funding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[20297,20298,20299,20300,1202,41,20301,17],"class_list":["post-34210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-corruption-investigation","tag-declaration-audit","tag-halushchenko-probe","tag-nacp-inspection","tag-news","tag-swiss","tag-swiss-tuition-payments","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116248750418140193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}