Artem Suskov, Head of the Personnel Secretariat at the State Management of Affairs (DU) of Ukraine, has come under public scrutiny due to significant discrepancies between the declared value of his family’s assets and their actual market prices. According to an analysis of his official declarations, the senior official and his wife acquired elite real estate and land at artificially depressed prices—including transactions involving individuals and entities directly dependent on Suskov’s official decisions.
In November 2021, the official’s wife, Tetiana Suskova, acquired a 0.11-hectare land plot in Zalisia, Brovary District. The seller was Taras Kohut, who at the time served as acting director of the Zalisia National Nature Park—an entity under the direct jurisdiction of the DUS. Personnel decisions regarding the park’s leadership were directly approved by Suskov.
The official contract price was set at a nominal 50,000 UAH. In March 2022, following the property transfer, Suskov formally approved Kohut’s appointment as the permanent director of the national park.
This was not an isolated instance of real estate acquired below market value. In May 2024, Tetiana Suskova registered ownership of a 0.0102-hectare plot in the elite cottage community Garden Village Petropavlivka (developed by Sporuda Development Group / «S.D.G.» LLC).
Declared Land Value: 10,000 UAH
Market Land Value: 200,000 to 600,000 UAH
Market Value of Similar Duplexes: 2.75 to 4.2 million UAH ($70,000–$115,000)
According to the Electronic System in the Field of Construction (EDESSB), the duplex built on this plot was reportedly completed in just 28 days—a timeline that raises serious engineering and technological doubts. Such arrangements involving individuals as formal developers are frequently utilized by real estate firms to minimize tax liabilities.
Further questions surround Suskov’s 2021 investment in a residential development on Kanalna Street in Kyiv. The project’s primary contractor was the state enterprise «Ukrinvestbud» (also subordinate to the DUS), with «Intergal-Bud» serving as the developer.
The estimated value of the apartment at the time of investment was approximately 2 million UAH. However, a review of Suskov’s official asset declarations for 2020–2021 reveals no record of these expenditure details or legitimate sources of income to justify the purchase.