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The former first vice prime minister of Ukraine and former head of the National Bank, Serhiy Arbuzov, has become a deputy in the State Duma of Russia following the September elections. He ran from the A Just Russia party.
This was reported by Ruslan Tatarinov, the head of the apparatus of the faction.
What is known about Arbuzov's new position?
The former first vice prime minister of Ukraine and former head of the National Bank, Serhiy Arbuzov, has become a deputy in the State Duma of Russia following the September elections.
He ran from the A Just Russia party and led the regional group №5, which Russia included temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, as well as Crimea and Sevastopol.
Serhiy Arbuzov was born in 1976 in Donetsk. Under President Viktor Yanukovych, he held a number of high state positions.
From 23 December 2010 to December 2012, Arbuzov headed the National Bank of Ukraine. In December 2012, he was appointed first deputy prime minister in the government of Mykola Azarov.
After his resignation, 28 January 2014, Arbuzov temporarily served as acting prime minister of Ukraine. In this position he remained until 27 February 2014, when the Verkhovna Rada approved a government led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
After the Revolution of Dignity, Arbuzov left Ukraine and moved to Russia. Since 22 April 2014, he has been on the wanted list of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs as a suspect under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
This concerns an investigation into misappropriation, embezzlement, or misappropriation of property through abuse of official position on an especially large scale. In particular, the case concerned funding of the TV channel "BTB".
After moving to Russia Arbuzov continued to publicly comment on Ukrainian politics and criticized the new Ukrainian authorities. He also took part in Russian television talk shows.
As a reminder, in April 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a memorandum of the National Security and Defense Council imposing indefinite sanctions against 4 former Ukrainian officials and businessmen. In particular, these sanctions concerned Serhiy Arbuzov, Viktor Polischuk, Andriy Klyuyev, and Olena Shevtsova. The sanctions provide for asset blocking, cessation of trading operations, and other restrictive measures.
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