Kryvonos Semen Yuriyovych

Head of the State Architectural and Urban Planning Inspection

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Director of NABU who passed through DIAM without anti-corruption results and refused to report to the Council

In public service since 2007. From 2021 to 2023 — head of the State Architectural and Urban Planning Inspection (DIAM), created to replace the scandal-ridden DABI. Since 2023 — director of NABU. Urban planning expert Mohylnyi publicly stated that Kryvonos is responsible for the scandalous draft law No. 5655, which "loosened the hands" of developers and allowed the destruction of historical monuments under the guise of liberalization; and as head of DIAM, he did not use anti-corruption tools — corruption in the construction sector continued despite the liquidation of DABI.

Data leak from NABU, removal of Uhlava and refusal to report to the committee

In 2024, the media reported that subjects of NABU anti-corruption cases were receiving detailed information about the progress of their cases — a possible data leak. SAP and police conducted searches at NABU. Kryvonos removed First Deputy Hizo Uhlava from his duties. Simultaneously, Kryvonos refused to attend a parliamentary Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy meeting where he was to explain the circumstances of the leak. The situation with Uhlava has not yet been publicly resolved, and the question of whether a leak actually occurred and who is behind it remains open.

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⚡️Expose everyone, or only the "others"? An awkward question for anti-corruption journalists. Yurii Nikolov, Vitalii Shabunin — don't stay silent, — media. ⭕️The story around Semen Kryvonos, according to Ihor Reiterovych, long ago went beyond a personal issue for the director of NABU. Today it is already a test for the entire community that for years has demanded openness, explanations, and accountability from those in power. "All the more surprising is the reaction to this situation from inve...

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Land arithmetic 21.12.2011 Semen Kryvonos acquires ownership of a land plot of 1,9862 ha (cadastral no. 3223184200:07:002:0034) for 316 thousand UAH in Obukhiv district. 23.08.2018 he then disposes of it for 4,3 million UAH in favor of LLC “Lend-Project,” that is, at a price 13 times higher than the original cost. The owner of Lend-Project is Andriy Yershov, a banker, rentier, and former deputy minister of infrastructure. According to open-source data, he has been a long-time partner of Serhiy L...

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Trends Semen Kryvonos’s tenure in Obukhiv district is notable not only for stories about extortion schemes tied to land allotments. There is another, no less telling layer — a systematic accumulation of land in the same region where he exercises authority. As follows from the declaration for 2016 year (officially published via NACP), already in 21.12.2011 Kryvonos acquired ownership of a land plot of almost 2 hectares in Obukhiv district — in the village of Kopachiv. An important nuance: this pl...

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“Wait, you could do that?!” A new lifehack from Vadym Stolar: how to avoid arrest and “send” the High Anti-Corruption Court through the banks, — media From the start, the case against the MP in the “Femida” scheme followed some ultra‑lenient scenario. Legally, avoiding arrest and pretrial detention usually only happens for pregnant women or women with infants. But Stolar was immediately handed a comfortable bail instead of any pretrial detention — basically, walk free, just deposit the money int...

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⚡️"What, you could do that?!" A new lifehack from Vadym Stolar: how to avoid arrest and "send away" the High Anti-Corruption Court through the banks, — media. ⭕️The lawmaker's case in the 'Femida' scheme followed some ultra-humane script from the start. Legally, avoiding arrest and pretrial detention is usually reserved only for pregnant women or women with infants. But Stolar was immediately handed a comfortable bail without any pretrial detention — allegedly, just go about your life, just de...