Roman Rubanov
{{Short description|Russian political activist}}
{{family name hatnote|Viktorovich|Rubanov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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| name = Roman Rubanov
| native_name = Роман Рубанов
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Роман Рубанов.png
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| caption = Rubanov in 2017
| birthname = Roman Viktorovich Rubanov
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|09|01}}
| birth_place = Vladivistok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| party = Russia of the Future (2015–2018)
| occupation = Politician, jurist, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (2014–2018), public figure
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| education = Far Eastern Federal University (2002)
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Roman Viktorovich Rubanov ({{Langx|ru|Роман Викторович Рубанов|links=no}}; born 1 September 1980) is a Russian politician and activist who served as the former head of Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.{{cite web
|url = https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/6161245
|title = Экс-главу ФБК Рубанова объявили в розыск из-за неисполнения решения суда по иску Усманова
|author =
|language= ru
|date = February 26, 2019
|publisher = TASS
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
Biography
Rubanov was born on September 1, 1980, in Vladivostok. He graduated from the economics department of Far Eastern Federal University in 2002.{{cite web
|url = https://vestiprim.ru/news/ptrnews/73794-urozhenca-vladivostoka-obyavili-v-rozysk-iz-za-neispolneniya-resheniya-suda-po-isku-usmanova.html
|title = Уроженца Владивостока объявили в розыск из-за неисполнения решения суда по иску Усманова
|author =
|language= ru
|date = February 27, 2019
|publisher = vestiprim.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
From 2002 to 2012, he worked as auditor at several Russian companies, including BDO Russia. In January–July 2013 Rubanov headed the Fraud Investigation and Prevention Service as Fraud Case Officer at a consulting company.
In January 2013, Rubanov organized the registration of Moscow political activists as members of precinct election commissions with the right to a decisive vote. In February–March of the same year, he acted as coordinator of territorial election commissions in the Moscow mayoral elections, representing the League of Voters.{{cite web
|url = https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/07/01_a_5402685.shtml
|title = Персональная программа Навального
|author = Жанна Ульянова
|language= ru
|date = July 1, 2013
|publisher = gazeta.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}} In June, Alexey Navalny appointed Rubanov head of the staff of his electoral campaign to pass the municipal filter in the elections. Rubanov was Deputy Head of Navalny's campaign until September 2013.{{cite web
|url = https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2013/09/10/56c0ec8b9a7947299f72dde2
|title = Время жечь не пришло
|author = Александр Литой
|language= ru
|date = September 10, 2013
|publisher = rbc.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
In February 2015, he joined the Party of Progress. In early 2016, he was among the candidates for the Barvikha Rural Settlement Council.{{cite web
|url = https://www.bbc.com/russian/news/2016/04/160419_fbk_barvikha_candidates
|title = Четверо кандидатов ФБК снялись с выборов в Барвихе в знак протеста
|author =
|language= ru
|date = April 19, 2016
|publisher = bbc.com
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
File:Алексей Навальный и Иван Жданов на заседании Центральной избирательной комиссии, 25 декабря 2017 года.jpg and Ivan Zhdanov at a meeting of the Central Election Commission in December 2017]] In June 2017, Rubanov was arrested and detained for 10 days for disobeying a police officer's order to start an anti-corruption rally earlier than scheduled on June 12.{{cite news
|url = https://www.svoboda.org/a/28547033.html
|title = Директор ФБК Роман Рубанов арестован на 10 суток
|author =
|newspaper = Радио Свобода
|language= ru
|date = June 13, 2017
|publisher = svoboda.org
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}} On October of the same year, he was detained and taken to the Moscow office of the Federal Bailiff Service.{{cite web
|url = https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/10/11/navalny-fund-publishes-retractions-in-usmanov-libel-suit-a59232
|title = Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund Edits Video After Usmanov Libel Suit
|author =
|language=
|date = October 11, 2017
|publisher = themoscowtimes.com
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}} The court charged him for failure to comply with a court order to remove the film "He Is Not Dimon to You" from Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel.{{cite web
|url = https://meduza.io/news/2017/10/10/direktor-fbk-zaderzhali-za-otkaz-udalit-fragmenty-filma-on-vam-ne-dimon
|title = Директора ФБК задержали за отказ удалить фрагменты фильма "Он вам не Димон"
|author =
|language= ru
|date = October 10, 2017
|publisher = meduza.io
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
On February 20, 2018, he was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport for organizing protests to support Alexei Navalny's candidature in the presidential campaign.{{cite web
|url = https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/03/01/75659-razocharovanie-ili-predatelstvo
|title = Разочарование или предательство
|author = Илья Азар
|language= ru
|date = March 1, 2018
|publisher = novayagazeta.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}} Later the same year, he was forced to resign from the post of the FBK’s head and leave Russia.{{cite web
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4984966
|title = Захарова заявила о технологической связи "Умного голосования" с США
|author =
|language= ru
|date = September 11, 2021
|publisher = kommersant.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
|url = https://meduza.io/feature/2019/02/27/tsel-etogo-dela-ne-dat-mne-vernutsya
|title = "Цель этого дела — не дать мне вернуться"
|author =
|language= ru
|date = February 27, 2019
|publisher = meduza.io
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}} A year later, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had put Rubanov on the wanted list because of a criminal investigation related to the film "He Is Not Dimon to You".{{cite news
|url = https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2019/02/26/795171-mvd
|title = МВД объявило в розыск экс-директора Фонда борьбы с коррупцией
|author = Ангелина Кречетова, Елена Мухаметшина
|newspaper = Ведомости
|language= ru
|date = February 26, 2019
|publisher = vedomosti.ru
|accessdate = October 25, 2022
}}
On June 3, 2022, Rubanov was included in Rosfinmonitoring's register of terrorists and extremists.{{cite news
|url = https://www.svoboda.org/a/eks-direktora-fbk-romana-rubanova-vnesli-v-spisok-ekstremistov/31882003.html
|title = Экс‑директора ФБК Романа Рубанова внесли в список экстремистов
|author =
|newspaper = Радио Свобода
|language= ru
|date = June 3, 2022
|publisher = svoboda.org
|accessdate = January 10, 2023
}}
References
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Category:21st-century Russian politicians
Category:Russian anti-corruption activists
Category:Anti-Corruption Foundation
Category:Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine