Landmark Decisions

Key decisions are classified as either harmful (red) or beneficial (green) and are added to the platform in accordance with the methodology.

The REchargeUA project was created as a one-stop platform for civil society advocacy (the “Under Review” section) and as a tool that preserves political memory for voters, enabling them to make informed choices based on legislative voting records and Members of Parliament’s biographies.

Visualizations of voting results by parliamentary factions and groups following landmark votes are generated on the Holka website within one hour after the data becomes available on the Verkhovna Rada website. The platform also visualizes roll-call voting results with MPs’ photographs, including breakdowns by single-member constituencies. This allows regional media outlets, in particular, to quickly inform voters about the actions of representatives elected from their districts.

The distribution of votes among factions and parliamentary groups for all votes is based on MPs’ current factional or group affiliation. This approach ensures that political forces that change their names over time, hoping voters may not retain long-term political memory, cannot shed their political track record and remain politically accountable for the individuals they bring into their teams.

The platform also seeks to foster a new quality of political culture among Members of Parliament. Politicians should take public sentiment into account and actively participate in voting by pressing the “For,” “Against,” or “Abstain” buttons, rather than leaving their voting cards inserted and refraining from voting.

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  • 13719

    Restoration of official broadcasts from the Verkhovna Rada

    Primary author: Ruslan Stefanchuk

    In September 2022, the Verkhovna Rada banned official broadcasting of parliamentary plenary sessions. At that time, 241 Members of Parliament voted in favor of the decision. The move was justified on security grounds.

    Despite the ban, some MPs continued to broadcast sessions from the chamber and used this to grow their social media presence, while the official parliamentary channel “Rada” did not provide live coverage for three years.

    Media outlets and civil society organizations repeatedly called on Parliament to restore transparency and resume live broadcasts. A joint statement supporting this demand was signed by more than 50 organizations.

    Eventually, on 29 August 2025, a resolution was registered in Parliament to restore live broadcasting of plenary sessions. On 4 September, MPs supported it, with 266 votes in favor.

    Bill information page on the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

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  • 10242

    Pressure on Journalistic Activity Through the Disclosure of Publicly Important Information from Registers

    Primary author: Григорій Мамка

    Draft law No. 10242, submitted by MP Hryhorii Mamka (elected from the banned party OPZZh), strengthens criminal liability for the unauthorized dissemination of confidential information obtained from public registers. These proposed amendments could significantly restrict the work of investigative journalists who expose corruption through investigative reporting. This poses a threat to freedom of speech and Ukraine’s European integration process.

    Nearly fifty civil society organizations, media outlets, and journalists called on Members of Parliament not to support this legislative initiative. The statement was published by the Media Movement “Media Movement” on December 17, 2024, and was supported, in particular, by representatives of Detector Media, Zerkalo Nedeli, the civic initiative Holka, Ukrainian Pravda, and other organizations.

    The legislative initiative was also criticized by the Chair of the Committee on Freedom of Speech, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn.

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