The Ministry of Justice has asked the High Anti-Corruption Court to order the confiscation of assets belonging to Azarov and his son for the benefit of the state
This was reported on the Ministry of Justice’s website.
The ministry filed a claim for the application of the relevant sanctions with the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) on 6 May. This relates to a provision of Article 4 of the Law ‘On Sanctions’, which provides for the confiscation of assets for the benefit of the state.
Mykola Avakov served as Prime Minister of Ukraine during Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency, from March 2010 to January 2014.
The Ministry of Justice noted that following the events of the Revolution of Dignity, Azarov left Ukraine, after which he began providing informational support for Russia’s actions aimed at the annexation of Crimea, and also publicly denied the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government.
And when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Azarov disseminated Russian propaganda aimed at justifying the war.
His son, Oleksiy Azarov, is a former Member of Parliament for the Party of Regions in the 7th convocation (from December 2012 to November 2014). He left Ukraine after his father resigned as Prime Minister. Azarov Jr. now has an extensive business network in Russia.
The Ministry of Justice states that Oleksiy Azarov, through his business structures, supports Russian aggression by paying taxes to the Russian Federation’s state budget and producing goods used to provide logistical support for Russian aggression against Ukraine.
The Ministry of Justice has therefore initiated the seizure of assets which, directly or indirectly through third parties, belong to Mykola Azarov and his son. Specifically, this concerns properties and land plots in Kyiv and the surrounding region, cash, corporate rights, books, icons and jewellery of material and historical-cultural value.
Mykola Azarov: what is known about him
Following the Revolution of Dignity, Mykola Azarov left Ukraine and is currently in Russia. He has been wanted by the SBU since 2014.
Back in 2023, investigators discovered that the former prime minister, whilst in Russia, had set up a Telegram channel where he posts propaganda and anti-Ukrainian content.
In December 2025, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv found Azarov guilty of high treason and publicly calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order in Ukraine. He was sentenced in absentia to 15 years’ imprisonment.
As a reminder, it was previously reported that the confiscation of Russian assets has brought over 8 billion hryvnias to Ukraine’s budget.
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