Oleh Tatarov

Oleh Tatarov (Ukrainian: Олег Юрійович Татаров; 31 August 1982, Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad Oblast) is a Ukrainian lawyer and administrator. As of 2020, he is the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[1]

Oleh Tatarov
Олег Юрійович Татаров
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
5 August 2020–present
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Personal details
Born (1982-08-31) 31 August 1982
Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Alma materNational Academy of Internal Affairs
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
University of London
Occupationjurist, statesman
Awards Honored Lawyer of Ukraine

Early life

In 2003, Tatarov graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs. In 2005, he received a master's degree from the National Academy of Internal Affairs.

In 2010, he graduated from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in accounting and auditing.[2]

Tatarov graduated from the University of London and obtained a European bar license. [2]

In 1999–2014, he served in the internal affairs agencies.[2]

From 2011 to 2014, he was the Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]

Since 2014, he has been practicing law, managing partner of Tatarov, Farynnyk, Holovko.[2]

On 5 August 2020, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decree.[1]

Tatarov started in the presidential team by coordinating the work of law enforcement agencies: the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine, and the National Police of Ukraine.[4] Tatarov was later the head of several different parts of the Ukrainian criminal justice system – the bodies of pre-trial investigation, including the prosecutor's office, and the courts that hear criminal cases.[4]

Bribery allegations and case

Bribery allegations by Mykytas

Maksym Mykytas, former head of the construction company Ukrbud, testified in court that in 2019, when Mykytas was a suspect in a case of theft, Tatarov gave a US$600,000 bribe to High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) employees to convince the HACC to release Mykytas on bail at a low value of the bail bond. Mykytas also testified that he himself had given a bribe to judges of Solomianskyi District Court, via Tatarov.[5]

Bribery case

In December 2020, Tatarov was charged by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with having bribed a forensic expert during his work for the construction company Ukrbud.[5] According to the NABU investigators, the forensic expert, who worked at the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was to be given a parking space worth ₴250,000 in exchange for creating fake documents to hide losses of ₴80,000,000.[6] NABU published documents that it stated show WhatsApp correspondence establishing Tatarov's agreement to bribery.[5][7]

During the investigation, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Iryna Venediktova twice replaced the prosecutors responsible for the case.[7] On 23 December 2020, Deputy Prosecutor General Oleksiy Symonenko transferred the case to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).[8] NABU considered the transfer to be illegal.[7]

A 13 January 2021 decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) stated that the case was in the jurisdiction of NABU. Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) interpreted the decision as legally obliging Venediktova to return the case to NABU.[8] According to The Kyiv Independent, the SBU did not carry out any investigation.[7]

On 14 December 2021, the Shevchenkivsky District Court ordered the case against Tatarov to be closed, on the grounds that the case had passed the time limit for investigation.[7]

Analysis

Transparency International interpreted the initial change in prosecutors as an "attempt to sabotage the case" and the case as a whole as having been "buried".[6]

Recognition

In December 2021, Tatarov took 12th place in the top 100 most influential people of Ukraine, according to Focus magazine.[4] According to experts, Oleh Tatarov's influence on the system increased in 2021. First of all, this happened after Arsen Avakov left his post as Minister of Internal Affairs.[4]

Awards
  • Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (January 2014).[9]

References
  1. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 5 August 2020 year № 310/2020 «Про призначення О.Татарова Заступником Керівника Офісу Президента України» (in Ukrainian)
  2. "Татаров Олег Юрійович". Law & Business. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. "Зеленський про Татарова: Залишилося багато нормальних, які не побігли за Януковичем". Ukrayinska Pravda. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "#12 Олег Татаров в рейтинге «Зеленский vs Ахметов. 100 самых влиятельных украинцев по версии журнала Фокус»". focus.ua. Focus. 13 December 2021.
  5. Oleg Sukhov (6 July 2021). "Zelensky refuses to fire controversial deputy chief of staff despite petition". Kyiv Post. ISSN 1563-6429. Wikidata Q117357933. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023.
  6. Who is Oleh Tatarov?, Transparency International, 4 August 2022, Wikidata Q117359870, archived from the original on 1 April 2023
  7. Oleg Sukhov (12 January 2022). "Court orders closure of bribery case against top member of Zelensky's administration". The Kyiv Independent. Wikidata Q117357621. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023.
  8. The High Anti-Corruption Court confirmed that Tatarov’s case is under jurisdiction of the NABU, Anti-Corruption Action Center, 16 January 2021, Wikidata Q117357781, archived from the original on 9 May 2022
  9. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 22 January 2014 year № 27/2014 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня Соборності та Свободи України» (in Ukrainian)
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