Name
Artem Yurievich Chaika
Year of birth
1977
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Source
Switzerland - Sanctions List
Type
Individual
Aliases
Additional Information
Nationalities:
Russian Federation
Switzerland
Places of birth:
Russian Federation
Other information:
Function: Russian lawyer and businessman
Associated individuals: Yury Chaika (father), ex-Prosecutor General of the Federation of Russia (designated 21.7.2022), Igor Chaika (brother)
Justifications:
Artem Chaika is the eldest son of Yury Chaika, the ex-Prosecutor General and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District. He has built his businesses mainly on state contracts during the time his father was the Prosecutor General. Artem Chaika’s companies have repeatedly won public procurement tenders due to the removal of competitors by law enforcement agencies. Artem Chaika is the owner of the company PNK-Ural, the largest supplier of crushed stone for Russian Railways.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic and close ally of President Putin, appointed Artem Chaika as his advisor for humanitarian, social, and economic matters in Oct 2022.
Therefore, Artem Chaika is supporting materially and benefiting from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine. Furthermore, he is associated with Ramzan Kadyrov.