Konstantin Vladimirovich Basyuk (Russian: Константин Владимирович Басюк; born on 29 May 1966) is a Russian businessman and politician, who serves as Russian Federation Senator from Kherson Oblast since 2022.
Konstantin Basyuk | |
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Константин Басюк | |
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| Russian Federation Senator from Kherson Oblast | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | seat established |
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| Born | Konstantin Vladimirovich Basyuk 29 May 1966[1] Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
He is the first Senator from the region, which was annexed from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion.[2]
Biography
editKonstantin Basyuk was born on 29 May 1966 in Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union.[3]
In 1987, he graduated from the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Higher Border School of the KGB. In 1988, he graduated from the Higher School of the KGB. He then served in Soviet (and later Russian) state security structures, including the Ministry of Security, the Federal Counterintelligence Service and the Federal Security Service (the successor to the KGB).[4]
In 1998, he moved to the private sector. From September to October, he was an advisor to the president of Alliance Group OJSC, before stepping down to assume the directorship of the Department for Relations with State and Public Organizations of Alliance Group OJSC, a position he held until December 2001. He was subsequently promoted, becoming Vice President of Alliance Group OJSC. In December 2004, he became the President of CJSC ALLIANCE-PROM.
Basyuk has worked in the field of civil aviation since 2005, and is the chairman of the board of directors of Khabarovsk Airport JSC, the president of Komaks Management Company LLC, is a member of the board of directors of Vladivostok International Airport JSC.[5]
Basyuk entered politics during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, becoming an advisor to the Head of Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo.[6]
In December 2022, shortly after Russia annexed Kherson Oblast, a move condemned by the United Nations as illegal, Basyuk was appointed as the region's representative in the Federation Council by now-Governor Saldo. He was sanctioned by the European Union for taking up the role.[7] A second representative will be chosen by the new regional legislature after country-wide regional elections in September 2023.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "В минувший вторник стало известно, что сенатором в Верхнюю палату Парламента РФ от Херсонской области стал Константин Владимирович Басюк". kherson-news.ru. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ^ "Владелец Хабаровского аэропорта стал сенатором". dvnovosti.ru. 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ^ Елена Мухаметшина, Сергей Гаврилюк (2022-12-21). "23 декабря назначенных сенаторов от новых регионов представят в Совете Федерации". Ведомости. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ^ "Council implementing regulation (EU) 2023/429 of 25 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine". Official Journal of the European Union. L059I: 279. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Константин Басюк стал сенатором от Херсонской области в Совете Федерации". РИА Новости. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
- ^ Никита Вятчанин (2022-12-23). "Представители новых регионов получили удостоверения сенаторов РФ". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-12-24.