Petrychenko, the author of the petition on restrictions for online casinos, died: when and where will the funeral take place
18 April 2024 10:23
The funeral of Pavlo Petrychenko, an activist and author of a petition for restrictions on online casinos, and sergeant of the 59th Brigade, will take place on 19 April at St Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv. This was reported by his sister Marina, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
“The funeral service for Junior Sergeant Pavlo Petrychenko will be held on 19 April at 12:00 in St Michael’s Cathedral,” the statement reads,
– the statement reads.
As a reminder, Pavlo Petrychenko died at the front on 15 April.
Prior to the full-scale war, Pavlo Petrychenko was a project manager and participated in public initiatives. He was an activist of the ‘Who Ordered Katya Handziuk’ movement, and was involved in the development of the Serhiy Prytula Volunteer Centre.
on 29 March this year, Pavlo Petrychenko registered a petition on the website of the official website of the President of Ukraine, calling for a ban on gambling and access to online casinos for military personnel during martial law, a ban on gambling advertising using the symbols of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a ban on charitable foundations cooperating with gambling market participants.
Petrychenko argued that online casinos have gained wide popularity among the military, and there are cases when servicemen spend their entire allowance on gambling and even take out loans.
In a few hours, the petition gained the required 25,000 signatures for consideration.
The author of the petition asked Volodymyr Zelenskyi to submit an urgent bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that would provide for
- a ban on gambling and access to online casinos for military personnel during martial law;
- a ban on gambling advertising using the symbols of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and any symbols or objects related to war and the army, such as uniforms, helmets, machines, etc;
- a ban for charitable foundations to cooperate with gambling market participants;
- prohibition for military units to accept property in the form of charitable aid from gambling market participants or related individuals or legal entities;
- prohibition of any advertising or public references to the fact that gambling market participants provide charitable assistance to military personnel;
- prohibiting pawnshops from accepting drones, thermal imagers and other similar dual-use goods;
- obligation of Internet providers and mobile operators to block websites of illegal casinos.
The day before, Petrychenko complained that he had been trying to register a petition to restrict gambling for ten days, but it was constantly being rejected by the moderation team.
