[5] In 1989 Shkil became a member of the editorial board of the newspaper Ukrayina Moloda and he was elected deputy chief of the Independent Ukrainian Youth Union.

[2][5] On 21 March 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kyiv during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail.

[1][5] Shkil is the author of a bill banning abortion which was registered in the Verkhovna Rada at the request of the clergy of the Greek Catholic Church and the Vatican on 12 March 2012.

[12] Early 2013 Shkil applied for political asylum in the Czech Republic; Ukrainian authorities claim he is not prosecuted in Ukraine.

[13] In a November 2016 interview with Espreso TV Shkil stated he still resided in France because the criminal case made after his 21 March 2001 arrest was still open.