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Artem Sytnyk

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Serhiiovych and the family name is Sytnyk.
Artem Sytnyk
Артем Ситник
Deputy Director of Ukraine's Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Deputy Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention
In office
May 12, 2022 – June 3, 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
First Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
In office
April 16, 2015 – April 16, 2022
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Volodymyr Zelensky
Personal details
Born (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979 (age 45)
Kompaniivka, Kirovohrad region, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
Occupationlawyer, law enforcement officer, civil servant, politician

Artem Sytnyk (Ukrainian: Ситник Артем Сергійович; born August 19, 1979, Kompaniivka, Kirovohrad Oblast) is a Ukrainian lawyer, former prosecutor's investigator, first director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. (2015-2022),[1][2] former deputy head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (May 12, 2022[3] - June 3, 2024 [4]), deputy director of Ukraine's Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) (since June 2024).[5][6]

Biography

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Born on August 19, 1979, in Kompaniivka, Kirovohrad region.

Education

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He graduated from high school in Kompaniivka with honors (gold medal). In 1996, he entered the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine, where he studied law. In 2001, he graduated from the Academy with a diploma with honors.

Work in the investigation

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In July 2001, he began his professional career as an Assistant Prosecutor at the Leninsky District Prosecutor's Office in Kirovohrad. In October of the same year, he was promoted to the position of Investigator.

In April 2004, he was appointed a Senior Investigator at the Kirovohrad Region Prosecutor's Office, and in October 2006, he headed the Investigative Department of the same prosecutor's office. From 2008 to 2011, he served as Head of the Investigative Unit of the Kyiv Region Prosecutor's Office.

Mr. Sytnyk investigated and/or led investigative teams in more than 300 criminal cases, many of which involved corruption. These cases included judges, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Tax Police, the Customs Service, district administrations, and members of regional, city, and district councils. Additionally, he prosecuted election commission members for falsifying presidential election results.

In August 2011, he resigned from his position at his own request due to disagreement with the policies of the Yanukovych regime, including the criminalization of law enforcement agencies, curtailment of anti-corruption efforts, and unprofessional practices by the then Prosecutor of Kyiv Region.

From October 2011 to April 16, 2015[6], having successfully passed the bar exam, he practiced law. He headed the law firm “Yurydychni Garanty".

Director of NABU

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In 2015, Sytnyk participated in the competition for the position of Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), a new law enforcement agency created from scratch for the first time since Ukraine gained independence. The competition [7] was conducted by an independent commission consisting of individuals with significant public authority from academic, human rights, and media communities. More than 150 applicants took part in the competition, which was held in several stages using the best international practices.

After winning the competition, Sytnyk was appointed to the position by a Presidential Decree on April 16, 2015.[8]

The first task was to form the NABU team.[9] This was also done through competitions involving the public. Given the huge public demand for the fight against corruption, NABU was established in a very short time. On September 30, 2015, NABU detectives were ready to register the first proceedings, but due to the failure to elect an anti-corruption prosecutor at that time, the first three criminal proceedings were registered on December 4, 2015,[10] after the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office received its Head.

Under Sytnyk’s leadership, NABU handled high-profile cases, including the detention of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov’s son,[11][12] the arrest of State Fiscal Service head Roman Nasirov,[13] and investigations into cases such as the Kuznya na Rybalskomu plant (owned by Poroshenko and Kononenko),[14] the Rotterdam+ case against Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov,[15] and the case against Ihor Kolomoisky.[16] Over seven years of Sytnyk's leadership, more than 800 individuals were prosecuted, including MPs, ministers, and other high-ranking officials.[17][18][19][20]

On April 12, 2022, he was dismissed from his position as NABU Director upon the expiration of his term.[21]

At the NACP

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In 2022, he was appointed Deputy Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). On June 3, 2024, he was dismissed from this position.

During his tenure, he introduced mechanisms for financial control over public officials' wealth, implemented lifestyle monitoring, and verified declarations using a new risk-based approach. Presented a plan to prevent corruption when men cross the border of Ukraine during martial law (was not approved by the government).[22] His work led to the dismissal of Vsevolod Kniazev, Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine,[23] for bribery, and investigations into property statuses of over 100 military commissars,[24] in particular, Odessa military commissar Yevgeny Borisov,[25] assets confiscated to state revenue some MPs and other top officials.[26][27][28] Automated verification of declarations and a new risk-based approach to their verification were also introduced.[29][30]

At the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

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On June 21, 2024, Artem Sytnyk was appointed Deputy Director of the Defense Procurement Agency[31]., a state-owned enterprise of the Ministry of Defense, where he is responsible for internal security, contractor verification, and proper execution of state contracts.[32] He also focused on reducing intermediaries in arms procurement and developing anti-corruption procedures.[33] Journalistic investigations of that period also confirmed the losses of the state budget due to the activities of special exporters.[34]

Civic position

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In June 2018, he joined a campaign in support of Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.

Family and personal life

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His wife is Hanna Sytnyk, and they have two children.

References

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  1. ^ "Artem Sytnyk appointed Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau". EUROPEAN PRAVDA (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Artem Sytnyk completed his term as NABU Director. He reported on the results of the Bureauʼs work over 7 years". Бабель. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Artem Sytnyk is appointed Deputy Head of the NACP". NACP. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Artem Sytnyk resigns from the NACP". NACP. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Артем Ситник став заступником голови Агенції оборонних закупівель". Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly (in Ukrainian). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Artem Sytnyk became the deputy head of the Defense Procurement Agency". NACP. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  7. ^ "LAW OF UKRAINE On the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  8. ^ "DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 218/2015 On the appointment of A. Sytnyk as Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine". Official Internet Representation of the President of Ukraine, Archive (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  9. ^ "REPORT NABU APRIL–AUGUST 2015" (PDF).
  10. ^ "History of National Anti-Corruption Bureau". National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Ukraine's Anticorruption Agency Reportedly Detains Interior Minister's Son". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  12. ^ ""Backpack case": former deputy minister and two other people detained on suspicion of embezzling UAH 14 million". National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Why Nasirov? All the details of the high-profile case". ГЛАВКОМ (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  14. ^ Время, Настоящее (12 December 2017). "Chronology of the fight against corruption in Ukraine and high-profile NABU cases". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Радіо Свобода / Radio Liberty. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  15. ^ ""Rotterdam Plus" case: investigation completed". National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  16. ^ "NABU reported suspicions to three former top managers of PrivatBank. Among them is the former chairman of the board". babel.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  17. ^ ""Gas case": suspicion against an official of the State Fiscal Service". NABU (in Ukrainian). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Detective's case. Illegal enrichment of the head of the State Audit Service". NABU (in Ukrainian). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Abuse of office by the Chairman of the Accounting Chamber (case against an accomplice)". NABU (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  20. ^ "Purchase of overpriced Bohdan trucks for the army: indictment sent to court". NABU. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  21. ^ "The application of anti-corruption practices in all spheres of life is a necessary condition for the reconstruction of the country. NABU is ready to be a flagship in this process - Artem Sytnyk". NABU (in Ukrainian). 16 April 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Departure from Ukraine abroad under martial law: how to eliminate corruption. The NACP presented the research". NACP. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  23. ^ "Vsevolod Kniazev is found guilty of committing a corruption-related offense under the NACP protocol and may be disqualified from the position of judge". NACP. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  24. ^ "In six months, the NACP discovered unfounded assets worth over UAH 255 million among military commissars". NACP (in Ukrainian). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Based on the NACP materials submitted to the SBI on July 19, Odesa ex-military commander Borisov was served a notice of suspicion today". NACP. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  26. ^ "Illegal enrichment of almost UAH 50 million: NACP transfers results of monitoring of lifestyle of People's Deputy Natalia Korolevska to SAPO". NACP (in Ukrainian). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  27. ^ "MP Halimon's case: NACP found signs of illicit enrichment of ₴10 million". NACP (in Ukrainian). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  28. ^ "MP Halimon's case: NACP found signs of illicit enrichment of ₴10 million". NACP (in Ukrainian). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  29. ^ "All submitted declarations will be covered by the NACP due to a new automated verification tool - Artem Sytnyk". NACP. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  30. ^ "The NACP changes approach to selection and verification of declarations". NACP. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  31. ^ "Defense Procurement Agency". Defense Procurement Agency. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  32. ^ Артем Ситник — заступник директора «Агенції оборонних закупівель» Міністерства оборони з питань безпеки. 21.06.2024
  33. ^ Є ПИТАННЯ (1 October 2024), THERE ARE QUESTIONS : ARMS SCANDAL Who is breaking arms contracts and "covering up" scandalous arms "deals", retrieved 3 December 2024
  34. ^ "Behind the scenes of the corruption attack on $15 billion in arms money". Ukrainska pravda (in Ukrainian). 14 October 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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