From March to August 2013, he was the deputy head of the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau of the Department of Health Care of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration.

On April 24, 2024, a session of the Zaporizhzhia City Council was held, whereby secret ballot, all 38 deputies present voted for the early termination of Kurtiev's powers.

[9] On 25 June 2021, the mayor of Zaporizhzhia, Volodymyr Buriak, signed an order to dismiss Kurtiev from the office of secretary of the city council.

The reason was cited as a violation of the law "On Prevention of Corruption" due to the submission of false information in the declaration.

[12] He was listed in the "Myrotvorets" database with the qualification "marauding"[13] with other officials of the Zaporizhia Oblast and the city of Zaporizhzhia[14][15][16] because of accusations of embezzlement of humanitarian aid.