In the first quarter of 2026, the head of State Financial Monitoring, Philip Pronin, was at his workplace for only 27 days: 23 days he spent on business trips to Tanzania and Mexico, 17 days he was on sick leave and 10 days — on vacation.
About this writes ZN.UA.
Such data was provided by Derzhfinmonitoring, responding to ZN.UA’s request, but refused to provide information on travel expenses.
According to the information of the department, in January the official worked for only 7 days (January 1-9), after which he was on sick leave, and later on a business trip to the city of Arusha (Tanzania).
In February, he was at the workplace for 3 days (February 18-20): after returning from Tanzania, he took sick leave again, then went on a business trip to Mexico City (Mexico), and after a short time at work, he took a vacation that lasted until the beginning of March.
“In general, during the first quarter, Pronin spent 23 days on business trips, 17 days on sick leave and 10 days on vacation,” ZN.UA writes.
During this period, according to the agency, the official received about UAH 250,000 from the state budget. Of this amount, more than UAH 163,000 was wages, more than UAH 55,000 was paid for sick leave, and more than UAH 31,000 was vacation pay.
At the same time, the State Financial Monitoring Service did not provide information on travel expenses, and also refused to publish copies of travel reports, which became the basis for the official’s stay abroad, ZN.UA notes.
The publication will remind that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating the case of embezzlement of UAH 200 million for the construction of fortifications in Donetsk region.
In October 2025, detectives of the Bureau conducted searches of officials, contractors and persons connected with the State Financial Monitoring Service.
Former officials of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Philip Pronin and Bohdan Korolchuk, later took up positions at the State Financial Monitoring Service.
During the searches, materials, seals of business entities (including offshore ones), equipment for the “conversion center” and funds that were not declared ($278,000 and UAH 3.3 million) were seized from Korolchuk.
We will remind:
Earlier journalists Bihus.Info found out that during the year in office, the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philip Pronin, spent more than 70 days on foreign business trips. Moreover, his departures coincided with important meetings of the parliamentary TSK or corruption scandals involving his team.
It was also reported that the wife of the head of the State Financial Monitoring Service, Philip Pronin became business partner of the manager of the sanctioned oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
