It Became Known Who Officially Advises Serhii Koretskyi (Document)

The first advisor chosen by Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky after his appointment was Ruslan Kvitin. He was appointed in 11 August. Kvitin works on a voluntary basis, i.e., he does not receive a salary for his services. This is stated in the material of the Ukrainske media outlet Glavkom, “The Eyes and Ears of the Koretsky Government. The Complete List of Advisors to the Prime Minister and His Ministers.”

Koretsky and Kvitin have worked closely together for at least the last four years. Indeed, 9 November 2022 year Kvitin chaired the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of PJSC Ukrnafta, during which Koretsky was elected head of this enterprise. Moreover, the meeting authorized Kvitin to sign a contract with the new director of Ukrnafta.

At the beginning of September, Koretsky had one advisor, Ruslan Kvitin.

In the Getcontact mobile app, subscribers listed Ruslan Kvitin as “Ruslan Kvitin, lawyer” and “Kvitin, Head Administration of Military Justice.” His license to practice advocacy was suspended as of 7 2022 year on the basis of a statement. In 2024 year Kvitin held the position of deputy head of the Main Directorate of Military Justice and held the rank of senior lieutenant of justice.

As of mid-September, Koretsky’s advisory pool expanded. In addition to Kvitin, Anna Koziarska and Oleh Kryzhanivskyi now also advise the prime minister.

Koziarska has been filing declarations as an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the past ten years. Kryzhanivskyi worked as deputy director for legal matters, director of the Department for Corporate Rights Management at the Ministry of Energy, and as deputy director of the Department of Research and Investigations at the Antimonopoly Committee.

For comparison, previous prime ministers during Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency had different approaches to forming advisory teams. For example, Yulia Sviridenko worked with one in-house advisor, one assistant, and five advisors on a voluntary basis.

Denys Shmyhal, who led the government for a record five years and four months, worked with 18 advisors. Half of them worked in paid positions.

Oleksiy Honcharuk, who managed to be prime minister for only seven months, remembered having a large number of advisors. Under the first head of government in Zelensky’s era, there were four in-house advisors, 22 extra-legal advisors, and two assistants.

As a reminder, 16 July the Verkhovna Rada appointed Serhiy Koretsky as prime minister of Ukraine. His candidacy was supported by 289 members of parliament. Before that, he headed Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta, and he began his career in the fuel and energy sector as a security guard in the Kontinium group of companies. Glavkom wrote a dossier on the prime minister detailing his path.

Before the vote, Koretsky stated that the new Cabinet should become a “government of defense, economic development, and European integration.” Among his priorities, he named ensuring the defense forces, scaling up the defense-industrial complex, preparing for winter, supporting business, veterans and displaced persons, and moving Ukraine toward the EU.