Yutkin Vyacheslav Mykhailovych

Former KGB intelligence officer, banker of Sberbank, and owner of VIP hotels under the National Security and Defense Council sanctions

From 1979 to 1991, he worked in Soviet intelligence, then in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as deputy head of the information and analytical center. From 2001 to 2007, he headed the NRB Bank; in 2008, he became chairman of the board of Sberbank; and from 2009 to 2016, held senior positions at Prominvestbank — both institutions are subsidiaries of Russian state capital. In 2018, he openly admitted that it was his business partner "from Moscow" — Oleksandr Lebedev, a former officer of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) — who suggested he get involved in business. He currently controls over 20 companies, including the five-star BANK Hotel in Lviv and several hotels in Kyiv.

Hotels in occupied Crimea, ties to the FSB, and Zelensky's sanctions

Antikor has repeatedly published investigations about Yutkin's connections with notorious Russians and his attempts to conceal his KGB past by placing pseudo-patriotic articles against the occupiers in the press. After 2014, Yutkin remained co-owner of two hotels in occupied Crimea; according to official Russian registries, at least one of them is still registered to him. He is also listed as a participant in the Russian LLC "MORSKOY." On December 23, 2023, Zelensky signed Decree No. 851/2023: full cessation of trade operations, freezing of assets, prohibition from participating in privatization and acquisition of land plots were applied to Yutkin. His son Anton became known for involvement in a scandalous video where Kyiv "privileged youths" blocked traffic and sang songs supporting the Kremlin.