[1] It received the corresponding name after the registration of the bill “On the Prevention of Threats to National Security Related to the Excessive Influence of Persons who have Significant Economic or Political Weight in Public Life (Oligarchs)” (Reg.
[2] The law on oligarchs is designed to create a special register of persons depending on their fortune level and involvement in social and political processes in the country.
Preliminary, the register must include 13 people,[3] whom the state will limit the ability to finance political parties and participate in the acquisition of state-owned enterprises on an equal basis with other citizens.
[13] Fareed Zakaria, a journalist, political commentator and the host of CNN’s weekly public affairs show said, that the Bill on oligarchs creates risks for freedom of speech in Ukraine.
[15] British historian Niall Ferguson called Zelensky’s bill a ‘dangerous precedent’, attempting to create exceptional laws for specific social groups.