Sytnyk Artem Serhiyovych

Founder of NABU, who led the most high-profile cases against presidents' entourages

The first director of NABU (April 2015 – April 2022). After the end of his term — deputy head of the NACP (2022–2024), dismissed on June 3, 2024. Under his leadership, NABU conducted high-profile cases: the detention of Avakov Jr., investigation of Ukrgazvydobuvannya, Poroshenko’s forge, Operation ‘‘Clean City’’, the Nasirov case. He faced systematic pressure from the Office of the President — in particular through draft law №5599 (2021), which envisaged his dismissal.

Hunting estate for 500 thousand of others' money, SAP proceedings and administrative penalty for disclosure of Manafort's data

In 2015, the GPU investigated the inclusion of Sytnyk’s wife in a delegation to London at state expense; charges were dropped. In 2018, the SAP registered a criminal proceeding for an inaccurate declaration. In 2019, the police investigated Sytnyk's stay at a hunting estate in Rivne region funded by others (~500 thousand UAH); he failed to appear for summons multiple times. The High Anti-Corruption Court found Sytnyk guilty of an administrative offense — disclosing personal data of Paul Manafort during a 2016 briefing. This penalty was used by Manafort's American lawyers to overturn his conviction. No criminal sentence has been issued to Sytnyk.