President responds to petition on decriminalization of adult content production
9 July 2025 04:31
A petition proposing to decriminalize the creation of adult content has received the required number of votes, and an official response from President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been provided, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
In June, a petition titled “Decriminalize the production of adult content so that law enforcement officers deal with real crimes, not control purchases of intimate photos” was launched by OnlyFans model Svitlana Dvornikova and signed by more than 25,000 Ukrainians.
In the text of the petition, Svitlana said that in the five years she has been working for OnlyFans, she has paid more than UAH 40 million in taxes to the state. She also called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to support draft law No. 12191.
“40 million means a hundred pickup trucks or two thousand FPV drones for the Armed Forces. 40 million means hundreds of Russians killed at the front. However, instead of being grateful for this money, the state opened a criminal case against me under Article 301, and law enforcement officers hinted that for a certain amount of money the case could disappear. I am not the only one. This is our reality – those who are supposed to defend the law come to OnlyFans models, open criminal cases and offer corruption deals,” Dvornikova wrote.
Zelensky responded that the issues raised were within the competence of the Verkhovna Rada.
In his statement, the head of state thanked everyone who used the right of civic initiative and emphasized that the resolution of this issue is within the competence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. According to the President, the Parliament is currently considering draft law No. 12191 of November 11, 2024, which proposes to amend Article 301 of the Criminal Code.
The new version of the article provides for criminal liability only for the production or distribution of pornographic products for the purpose of selling to minors, and not for the production itself for an adult audience.
The President emphasized that it is the Verkhovna Rada that adopts laws, while parliamentary committees prepare relevant draft laws. At the same time, according to the head of state, the proposals set out in the petition have been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada to be taken into account when considering the draft law.
