Fedorov Eduard Volodymyrovych

Ukrainian civil servant, lawyer, economist, and former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)

Eduard Fedorov served as acting director of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BEB) from April to August 2023. Born in Donetsk region (Sloviansk), he built his career in the SBU from 2007 to 2021, holding operational and leadership positions. Later, he worked as deputy head of the Kyiv Customs Department, and from 2022 to 2023 he headed the SBU Directorate in Sumy region. At BEB, he came as first deputy director and temporarily led the agency after the dismissal of Vadym Melnyk. However, in August 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dismissed him by mutual agreement.

Public Resonance and Revealed Facts

The official became the central figure in a high-profile anti-corruption investigation by the Bihus.Info team titled "Breaking BEB," which exposed extensive shadow assets and businesses of his family. Journalists found that his wife is the beneficiary of over 20 various companies, and one of her firms (LLC "GTM") for years supplied diodes to "Ukrzaliznytsia" repair plants with markups of 100–200%, sharing this business with relatives of other senior SBU officials. Additionally, investigators discovered that the ex-official's mother and father, without official commensurate incomes, purchased valuable land, premium cars, and motorcycles, and the family built a large hotel complex at a ski resort in the village of Mykulychyn.