Unofficial Curator of the Rivne Registration Service Center: How Pavlo Bohatskyi Maintains Control Over the Institution Amid a Loud Scandal and What Role His Ties to Vinnytsia Play

Pavlo Mykhailovych Bohatskyi is the deputy head of the Regional Service Center in Rivne. At first glance, a typical second-tier official. Yet two key moments revolve around him: he is the acting head during the height of the scandal involving the head, Volodymyr Kozakov (August 2026), and he is the link to the Vinnytsia team that Kozakov himself joined.

Currently he signs orders in place of the head. Bohatskyi is the one who ensures the unit’s operational capability. He is not a run-of-the-mill deputy who signs temporarily. He is the person trusted with operational management in crises.

The housing where Bohatskyi’s family lives rent-free is registered to Zoya Yosyivivna Svalyuk. Who Svalyuk is — a question for a separate investigation. Relative? A person with business connections? A person through whom Bohatskyi could avoid declaring his own dwelling? A key request in 2026 the year is an extract from the real estate register for Svalyuk, her declarations (if any), and connections to other public servants.

The land in the Sharhorod district is the same district where his Vinnytsia supervisor, Serhiy Haidu, worked as prosecutor. It is there that controversial land-use cases recently arose. It is worth checking whether Bohatskyi received a plot in 2010 the year through procedures in which Haidu could have been involved.

Pavlo Bohatskyi kept nearly a million hryvnias in cash and used vehicles whose value did not match official income.