"Born on December 10, 1969, Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Region. A Ukrainian and Russian politician and statesman, pro-Russian collaborator. Governor of the Zaporizhzhia Region appointed by Russia since September 23, 2023 (acting as governor since October 4, 2022).

Member of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) of the VII and VIII convocations. Head of the Subcommittee on Protection and Rational Use of Subsoil and Water Resources of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy, Nature Management, and Liquidation of the Chernobyl Disaster Consequences.

In 2022, when during the incursion of Ukraine Russia occupied a part of the Zaporizhzhia Region, he sided with Russia and was appointed the head of occupation “Military and Civil Administration of Zaporozhye Region”.

Senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy (Kyiv). Co-owner of Melitopol TV channel “MTV+” and other mass media, chairman of AGAT LCC Board.

Since 2022, as a collaborator and a person involved in the theft of grain, he has been under international sanctions of all countries of the European Union, the United States, the UK and other countries."