The head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU), Dmytro Natalukha, is facing scrutiny over potential violations of anti-corruption legislation regarding the promotion of business associates to the supervisory boards of strategic enterprises. Specifically, the allegations involve the nomination of his suspected business partner for an upcoming vote during the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of PrJSK «Kharkivenergozbut,» scheduled to take place remotely on June 15, 2026. The State Property Fund has put forward two candidates, one of whom has sparked significant backlash and points to a potential conflict of interest.
The State Property Fund has officially nominated two contenders for the leadership positions at the energy company. The first candidate is 37-year-old Taras Boiko, an attorney and current director of LLC «Scientific-Research Enterprise ‘Security Technologies.'» His professional background includes serving as the head of the Department of Economics, Security, and Defense at the Ministry of Economy (2021–2022) and acting as an advisor to the head of the State Special Transport Service.
The second nominee is 39-year-old Artem Glazunov, a manager by education who currently serves as the managing partner of LLC «Lead/Augury.» Between 2013 and 2020, Glazunov built his career at the State Enterprise «Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority» (USPA), where he managed procurement and held the position of deputy director of the management apparatus’s procurement department. Notably, USPA’s operations during this period frequently drew the attention of law enforcement agencies due to recurring corruption risks in tender procedures.
The primary allegations of bias against the agency’s head center directly around Artem Glazunov. According to analytical business registries, the company «Lead/Augury,» currently managed by the nominee, was previously owned by Dmytro Topchiy, and prior to that, its direct owner was the current head of the SPFU, Dmytro Natalukha himself.
«There is a high probability of a personal acquaintance between the head of the Fund and the candidate, indicating an intent to promote the interests of connected individuals into state positions.»
Such actions by the SPFU leadership carry signs of a direct violation of the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention of Corruption.» Monitoring such appointments and verifying the presence of private interests falls under the jurisdiction of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP).
Currently, civil society groups and industry experts are calling for the immediate cancellation of the nominations and the withdrawal of the controversial candidates to prevent undermining the credibility of public administration reforms. Official responses are anticipated from the State Property Fund of Ukraine and law enforcement authorities regarding the legality of the candidate lists compiled for the «Kharkivenergozbut» shareholders’ meeting. Ukrainian political news outlets and anti-corruption watchdogs continue to monitor the case closely, as transparency in the SPFU’s personnel decisions directly impacts the country’s investment climate.