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'''Oleksandr Serhiyovych Ponomaryov''' ({{lang-uk|Олександр Сергійович Пономарьов}}; born 7 January 1962<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/>) is a Ukrainian economist and politician. He has served as a [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]] since 12 December 2012 from [[Ukraine's 78th electoral district]], representing south-eastern [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]].


An indictment against Ponomaryov for [[collaboration with Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]] was sent to court on 15 July 2024. At the time he was being held in a pre-trial detention center.
'''Ponomariov Olexandr''' ([[Ukrainian language|UA]]: Пономарьов Олександр Сергійович; was born on January 7, 1962 in [[Berdyansk]], [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] economist and politician. He has served as a [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]] of the [[7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada|VIIth]] and [[8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada |VIIIth]] convocations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/15760|title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України|website=itd.rada.gov.ua|access-date=2017-07-21}}</ref>


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==Political activity==
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Ponomariov applied for and received [[Russian citizenship]] in 2003.<ref name="7318448Ponomariov"/> According to his application he obtained citizenship because he had "lived continuously in Russia for at least 5 years."<ref name="7318448Ponomariov"/> In February 2022 (after "{{ill|Schemes: Corruption in Detail{{!}}Schemes|uk|Схеми: корупція в деталях|et|Shemõ}}" had discovered Ponomariov's [[dual citizenship]]) Ponomariov could not explain the purpose for which he applied for Russian citizenship in 2003 and added that he "never used it."<ref name="7318448Ponomariov"/> He also stated that he considered the [[passport]] annulled and did not know if it was valid.<ref name="7318448Ponomariov">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/12/23/7318448/ The media found a Russian passport from the People's Deputy of the OPZH], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (4 February 2022)</ref>
From 2002 to 2006, Ponomaryov was a deputy of [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council]].<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/> He was elected to the Berdiansk City Council in 2006 before again becoming a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council in 2010, on which he served until 2012.<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/>


In 2012, Ponomaryov [[2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election|was elected]] as a [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]] from [[Ukraine's 78th electoral district]] as an independent, representing south-eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast and including [[Berdiansk]].<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/> He was subsequently re-elected twice, [[2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election|in 2014]] as an independent (in parliament he joined the faction [[People's Will (parliamentary group)|People's Will]]) and 2019 as a member of [[Opposition Platform — For Life]].<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/><ref name="URKVOTdist1362300000000">{{Cite web |title=Електоральна пам'ять |url=https://ukr.vote/en/elections/9/eldistrict/136/2300000000 |website=ukr.vote}}</ref> In 2019, he won with 36.85% of the vote. His closest opponent was [[Vitalii Bohovin]] from [[Servant of the People]], who gained 32.44% of the votes.<ref name="URKVOTdist1362300000000" /> Following the [[2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] Ponomaryov became chairman of the subcommittee on the questions of roads and the public road system of the [[Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]] Committee on Transport Questions.<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en |title=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine |access-date=2017-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205144647/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en |archive-date=2015-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Public-Political activity==
* 2002 – 2006 – deputy of [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council]]
* 2006 – was elected a member of executive committee of Berdyansk City Council.
* 2010 – 2012 – Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council deputy.
* 2012 – [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]] of the VIIth convocation, electoral precinct № 78, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, self-nomination.
* November 27, 2014 – People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the VIIIth convocation. Electoral precinct №78, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, self-nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/en|title = Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine}}</ref>
* The member of the deputies’ group "People’s Will"
* The chairman of subcommittee on the questions of autoroads and public road system of the [[Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]] Committee on transport questions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en |title=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine |access-date=2017-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205144647/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/radatransl/Home/deps/en |archive-date=2015-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Russian citizenship controversy ==
In the [[2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election]] Ponomariov was reelected to parliament again in electoral precinct № 78 for [[Opposition Platform — For Life]] with 36.85% of the votes.<ref name="URKVOTdist1362300000000"/><ref name="ukr.votepersons7111">{{Cite web|url=https://ukr.vote/en/persons/7111|title=Електоральна пам'ять|website=ukr.vote}}</ref> Runner-up [[Vitalii Bohovin]] of [[Servant of the People (political party)|Servant of the People]] gained 32.44% of the votes.<ref name="URKVOTdist1362300000000">{{Cite web|url=https://ukr.vote/en/elections/9/eldistrict/136/2300000000|title=Електоральна пам'ять|website=ukr.vote}}</ref>
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Ponomaryov applied for and received [[Russian citizenship]] in 2003.<ref name="7318448Ponomariov">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/12/23/7318448/ The media found a Russian passport from the People's Deputy of the OPZH], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (4 February 2022)</ref> According to his application, he obtained citizenship because he had "lived continuously in Russia for at least 5 years."<ref name="7318448Ponomariov" /> In the first days of February 2022, after "{{ill|Schemes: Corruption in Detail{{!}}Schemes|uk|Схеми: корупція в деталях|et|Shemõ}}" had discovered Ponomaryov's [[dual citizenship]], Ponomaryov could not explain the purpose for which he applied for Russian citizenship in 2003 and added that he "never used it."<ref name="7318448Ponomariov" /> He also stated that he considered the [[passport]] annulled and did not know if it was valid.<ref name="7318448Ponomariov" />

== Russian invasion of Ukraine ==
Following the [[Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Russian occupation of southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast]], it was reported by the Berdiansk City Council that Ponomaryov was [[Enforced disappearance|forcibly disappeared]] by Russian forces on 20 March 2022 for refusing to cooperate with occupational authorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lysohor |first=Iryna |date=2022-03-23 |title=Бердянська міська рада заявила про викрадення народного депутата Пономарьова |language=uk |trans-title=Berdiansk City Council reports abduction of People's Deputy Ponomaryov |work=LB.ua |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/03/23/510710_berdyanska_miska_rada_zayavila_pro.html |access-date=2022-11-05}}</ref> Leader of [[OPZZh]] [[Yuriy Boyko]] also claimed Ponomaryov had been abducted, saying, "I am appealing to all citizens for help. Our colleague Oleksandr Ponomaryov has disappeared and cannot be contacted. In Berdiansk, he helped people evacuated from Mariupol."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Yankovskyi |first=Oleksandr |date=2022-03-24 |title=Народний депутат – у полоні окупантів. Що відомо про зникнення "тіньового господаря Бердянська"? |language=uk |trans-title=People's Deputy captured by occupiers: What's known about the disappearance of Berdiansk's "master in the shadows"? |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/novyny-pryazovya-oleksandr-ponomarov-polon-okupantiv/31768023.html |access-date=2022-11-05}}</ref> According to former member of the [[Berdiansk Raion]] Council Viktor Dudukalov, the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] was conducting an investigation into Ponomaryov regarding alleged financial support for the [[Azov Regiment]] and [[Right Sector]]. Following Ponomaryov's disappearance, multiple factories in Berdiansk were reported to have stopped working, either in protest of his disappearance<ref name=":0" /> or due to a lack of safety guarantees for the factories' workers.<ref name=":1" /> According to a 2024 investigation by the [[Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine]] Ponomaryov left [[Kyiv]] the day after the full scale [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] (thus on 25 February 2022) for Berdiansk to coordinate the activities of the enterprises under his control there and he also "assisted the enemy in the occupation of the city."<ref name="7465784Ponomariov">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2024/07/15/7465784/ Natdep from the OPZZh will stand trial for state betrayal and collaboration], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (15 July 2024)</ref>

Following the banning of OPZZh amidst the Russian invasion, it was reported that Ponomaryov had joined the [[Platform for Life and Peace]] in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Klishchuk |first=Liudmyla |date=2022-04-21 |title=ОПЗЖ перейменувала себе у "Платформу за життя і мир" і продовжить працювати у ВР як група |language=uk |trans-title=OPZZh renames itself to "Platform for Life and Peace", will continue in VR as a group |work=Novynarnia |url=https://novynarnia.com/2022/04/21/opzzh-perejmenuvala-sebe-u-platformu-za-zhyttya-i-myr-i-prodovzhyt-praczyuvaty-u-vru/ |access-date=2022-10-29}}</ref>

According to Russian sources, Ponomaryov remained in Berdiansk after the beginning of the invasion and later moved to [[Crimea]].<ref name="СМИ">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=СМИ: еще четырех депутатов Рады от ОПЗЖ лишат мандатов |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5783750 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=[[Kommersant]] |language=ru}}</ref> According to the 2024 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine investigation he "carried out orders from the aggressor state and illegal authorities in [[Russian occupation of Crimea|temporarily occupied Crimea]]."<ref name="7465784Ponomariov"/>

Ponomaryov re-emerged in Ukraine in January 2023, showing up in Kyiv.<ref name="СМИ"/> On 24 July 2023, the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] announced [[high treason]] charges against an opposition politician which [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] identified as being Ponomaryov.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Pro-Russian Lawmaker In Ukraine Accused Of High Treason |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lawmaker-accused-treason/32516721.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref> The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine finished its investigation on Ponomaryov in July 2024.<ref name="7465784Ponomariov"/> They sent to court an indictment against him on 15 July 2024.<ref name="7465784Ponomariov"/> At the time Ponomaryov was being held in a pre-trial detention center.<ref name="7465784Ponomariov"/>

==Personal life==
Ponomaryov is divorced.<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr"/> He has two sons.<ref name="355-ponomarov-oleksandr">{{Cite news |title=Biography of Oleksandr Serhiyovych Ponomaryov|language=uk |work={{ill|Comments.ua|uk|Коментарі (інтернет-видання)}}|url=https://comments.ua/ua/dossier/item/person/355-ponomarov-oleksandr-sergiyovich.html|access-date=2024-07-15}}</ref>


==References==
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* [http://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/15760/ Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, official web portal]
* [http://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/15760/ Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, official web portal]


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Latest revision as of 11:32, 17 July 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Serhiyovych and the family name is Ponomaryov.

Oleksandr Ponomaryov
Олександр Пономарьов
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyZaporizhzhia Oblast, No. 78
Personal details
Born (1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 62)
Berdiansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1]
Political partyPlatform for Life and Peace (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materZaporizhzhia National Technical University[1]

Oleksandr Serhiyovych Ponomaryov (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Пономарьов; born 7 January 1962[1]) is a Ukrainian economist and politician. He has served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine since 12 December 2012 from Ukraine's 78th electoral district, representing south-eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

An indictment against Ponomaryov for collaboration with Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine was sent to court on 15 July 2024. At the time he was being held in a pre-trial detention center.

Political activity

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From 2002 to 2006, Ponomaryov was a deputy of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council.[1] He was elected to the Berdiansk City Council in 2006 before again becoming a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council in 2010, on which he served until 2012.[1]

In 2012, Ponomaryov was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 78th electoral district as an independent, representing south-eastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast and including Berdiansk.[1] He was subsequently re-elected twice, in 2014 as an independent (in parliament he joined the faction People's Will) and 2019 as a member of Opposition Platform — For Life.[1][2] In 2019, he won with 36.85% of the vote. His closest opponent was Vitalii Bohovin from Servant of the People, who gained 32.44% of the votes.[2] Following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Ponomaryov became chairman of the subcommittee on the questions of roads and the public road system of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Transport Questions.[1][3]

Russian citizenship controversy

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Ponomaryov applied for and received Russian citizenship in 2003.[4] According to his application, he obtained citizenship because he had "lived continuously in Russia for at least 5 years."[4] In the first days of February 2022, after "Schemes [uk; et]" had discovered Ponomaryov's dual citizenship, Ponomaryov could not explain the purpose for which he applied for Russian citizenship in 2003 and added that he "never used it."[4] He also stated that he considered the passport annulled and did not know if it was valid.[4]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Following the Russian occupation of southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, it was reported by the Berdiansk City Council that Ponomaryov was forcibly disappeared by Russian forces on 20 March 2022 for refusing to cooperate with occupational authorities.[5] Leader of OPZZh Yuriy Boyko also claimed Ponomaryov had been abducted, saying, "I am appealing to all citizens for help. Our colleague Oleksandr Ponomaryov has disappeared and cannot be contacted. In Berdiansk, he helped people evacuated from Mariupol."[6] According to former member of the Berdiansk Raion Council Viktor Dudukalov, the Donetsk People's Republic was conducting an investigation into Ponomaryov regarding alleged financial support for the Azov Regiment and Right Sector. Following Ponomaryov's disappearance, multiple factories in Berdiansk were reported to have stopped working, either in protest of his disappearance[5] or due to a lack of safety guarantees for the factories' workers.[6] According to a 2024 investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ponomaryov left Kyiv the day after the full scale 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (thus on 25 February 2022) for Berdiansk to coordinate the activities of the enterprises under his control there and he also "assisted the enemy in the occupation of the city."[7]

Following the banning of OPZZh amidst the Russian invasion, it was reported that Ponomaryov had joined the Platform for Life and Peace in April 2022.[8]

According to Russian sources, Ponomaryov remained in Berdiansk after the beginning of the invasion and later moved to Crimea.[9] According to the 2024 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine investigation he "carried out orders from the aggressor state and illegal authorities in temporarily occupied Crimea."[7]

Ponomaryov re-emerged in Ukraine in January 2023, showing up in Kyiv.[9] On 24 July 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine announced high treason charges against an opposition politician which Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty identified as being Ponomaryov.[10] The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine finished its investigation on Ponomaryov in July 2024.[7] They sent to court an indictment against him on 15 July 2024.[7] At the time Ponomaryov was being held in a pre-trial detention center.[7]

Personal life

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Ponomaryov is divorced.[1] He has two sons.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Biography of Oleksandr Serhiyovych Ponomaryov". Comments.ua [uk] (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Електоральна пам'ять". ukr.vote.
  3. ^ "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) The media found a Russian passport from the People's Deputy of the OPZH, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 February 2022)
  5. ^ a b Lysohor, Iryna (23 March 2022). "Бердянська міська рада заявила про викрадення народного депутата Пономарьова" [Berdiansk City Council reports abduction of People's Deputy Ponomaryov]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b Yankovskyi, Oleksandr (24 March 2022). "Народний депутат – у полоні окупантів. Що відомо про зникнення "тіньового господаря Бердянська"?" [People's Deputy captured by occupiers: What's known about the disappearance of Berdiansk's "master in the shadows"?]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Natdep from the OPZZh will stand trial for state betrayal and collaboration, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 July 2024)
  8. ^ Klishchuk, Liudmyla (21 April 2022). "ОПЗЖ перейменувала себе у "Платформу за життя і мир" і продовжить працювати у ВР як група" [OPZZh renames itself to "Platform for Life and Peace", will continue in VR as a group]. Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "СМИ: еще четырех депутатов Рады от ОПЗЖ лишат мандатов". Kommersant (in Russian). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Pro-Russian Lawmaker In Ukraine Accused Of High Treason". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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