Artem Sytnyk
Artem Sytnyk is the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
In December 2018, a court ruled that Sytnik illegally released information about alleged illegal payments to Paul Manafort, however, that decision was annulled by an appeals court in July 2019.
In May 2019, the State Bureau of Investigation started criminal proceedings into the accusation that Sytnyk had several free vacations at a luxury hunting estate in Rivne Oblast, with friend and businessman Mykola Nadeyko paying the bill for hotel accommodation, food and expensive entertainment. The court of first instance found Sytnyk guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a fine of UAH 3,400. In December 2019, the court of appeals in Rivne upheld the guilty ruling and sentence. The law on NABU states that a "final and binding conviction" is a reason for dismissal from the post of NABU director.
A draft resolution on the dismissal of Sytnik as the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau was registered in Ukraine's parliament on 7 February 2020.
