Artem Chayka is the son of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and is alleged to have leveraged his father’s position and ability to award his subordinates to unfairly win state-owned assets and contracts and put pressure on business competitors. For example, in 2014, reconstruction of a highway began, and Chayka’s competitor for supplying materials to the project suddenly fell under prosecutorial scrutiny. An anonymous complaint letter with a fake name initiated a government investigation against the competitor. Government inspectors did not produce any documents confirming the legality of the inspections and did not inform subjects of the investigation of their rights. Traffic police were deployed along the route to the competitor, weight control stations were suddenly dispatched, and trees were dug up and left to block entrances. The competitor was forced to shut down, leaving Chayka in a position to non-competitively work on the highway project. [1] [2]
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| IDENTIFYING INFORMATION | Son of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Yuri Chayka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25.09.1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sverdlovsk, Russia |
| NATIONALITY | Russia |
| COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE | Russia |
| FULL NAME | Artem Yuryevich Chayka |
| FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME(S) | Artem Yuryevich |
| ALIASES | Artem Chaika |
| FAMILY MEMBERS | Yuri Chayka - father [1] [2] |
| FAMILY MEMBERS SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS | None |
| SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED OVERSEAS PROPERTIES | Pomegranate luxury hotel in Greece on the Chalkidiki peninsula and a $3m home in Switzerland. [1] |
| SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED LINKS TO LEGAL ENTITIES | Upper Lena River Shipping Company. [1] Nerudnaya Kompaniya Berdyaush ZAO, "Management Company PNK" [2] |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS FROZEN OR CONFISCATED | Unknown |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS RETURNED | None |
| SANCTIONS REGIMES | US Global Magnitsky Sanctions. [1] |
| START OF SANCTIONS | 21.12.2017 [1] |