Journalists from the publication “Slovo i dilo” analyzed the declarations of people’s deputies for 2025 and compiled a rating of parliamentarians who declared the largest number of paintings. The list was published on April 27.
The greatest connoisseur of art was Vadim Stolar, a member of the Ukrainian Renewal parliamentary group, who owns 377 paintings. Second place in the ranking was taken by People's Deputy Sergei Taruta (Batkivshchyna faction), having declared 253 paintings, and third place by Grigory Surkis (deputy group Platform for Life and Peace) with 120 paintings. Alexander Feldman (deputy group “Vіdnovlennya Ukrayiny”) has almost the same number of works of art – 118 paintings.
Deputy Geo Leros (non-factional) indicated in the declaration 96 works of art, including paintings and sculptures. Viktor Bondar (non-factional) and Konstantin Bondarev (Batkivshchyna faction) declared 78 paintings each.
Former President of Ukraine and leader of the European Solidarity faction Petro Poroshenko indicated 45 paintings in the declaration. Sergei Levochkin (deputy group “Platform for Life and Peace”) has one less picture, and his colleague in the deputy group Sergei Larin has 35.
Among other parliamentarians who indicated works of art in their declarations are Viktor Baloga (non-factional) with 26 paintings, Viktor Cherny (deputy group “Platform for Life and Peace”) with 22. Members of the Servant of the People faction Daniil Getmantsev and Oleg Dunda declared 15 and 11 paintings, respectively, another 11 people’s deputies own less than 10 paintings.
