43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities?

Article 15 of the LPP

sponsorship by the third parties of the events or other activities in support of an election campaign is also part of a DONATION, also goods, works, services provided or received for free or at discounted price (at a price lower than the market value of identical or similar works, goods and services in the relevant market) that were received by the party or its registered local organization, by the person related to political party or its registered organization, by a candidate nominated by the party or its local organization for the presidential, parliamentary or local elections (through transferring the funds into the election fund account in the respective elections) or provided to the party, its registered local organization, the person related to the party or its local organization or to the candidate nominated by the party or its local organization for the parliamentary, presidential or local elections (through transferring the funds into the election fund account in the respective elections).

the election laws set the following ceilings for donations which an individual can make – in total – to one election fund: in presidential and parliamentary elections, donations must not exceed 400 times the monthly minimum wage (376,400 UAH / approximately 34,630 EUR), and in local elections, 10 times the monthly minimum wage (9,410 UAH / approximately 866 EUR). In case of receipt of donations exceeding these ceilings, the exceeding amount is returned by the banking institution to the donor or, if this is impossible, to the relevant State or local budget.