Rustam Temirgaliev

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1956)}}

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{{Infobox Politician

| name = Rustam Ilmirovich Temirgaliev
Рустам Ильмирович Темиргалиев

| image = Рустам Ильмирович Темиргалиев - Крымский и Российский политик.jpg

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| caption = Temirgaliev in 2017

| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea

| primeminister1 = Anatolii Mohyliov

| term_start1 = 18 September 2013

| term_end1 = 26 February 2014

| predecessor1 = Valeriy Palchuk

| successor1 = Vacant

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 15 August 1976

| birth_place = Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| nationality = Volga Tatar

| party = United Russia

| otherparty = Party of Regions

| spouse =

| children =

| office3 = Director-General Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development

| term_start3 = August 8, 2018

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Rustam Ilmirovich Temirgaliev ({{langx|ru|Рустам Ильмирович Темиргалиев}}, {{langx|uk|Рустам Ільмирович Темиргалієв}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Рөстәм Ильмир улы Темиргалиев}}) is the Director General Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development since August 8, 2018. He previously held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.{{cite web|url=http://blackseaforum.com.ua/speakers/rustam-temirgaliev/|author=blackseaforum.co.ua|title=Black Sea Economic forum 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140305171028/http://blackseaforum.com.ua/speakers/rustam-temirgaliev/|archivedate=2014-03-05}}

Biography

He was born on August 15, 1976, in Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR. His father Ilmir Nasikhovich Temirgaliev moved to Crimea in 1983, after finishing his military service in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliev finished high school in the village of Perevalne. In 1998 Temirgaliev graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University. After studying he worked as a teacher of economic policy in the Crimean Institute of Economy and Administrative Law. In 2002-03 Temirgaliev worked for the State Innovation Company. In 2003-05 he was a member of the Crimean republican government and in 2003-04 he was a deputy chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Family and Youth.

In 2005-09 Temirgaliev continued his education in the National Academy of State Administration. In 2010 he was elected to the Supreme Council of Crimea on a party list of the Party of Regions.

Temirgaliev is a Volga Tatar[http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/25305246.html In Crimea, the occupation authorities have no control over what they created - Dzhemilev]. Radio Liberty. March 23, 2014 and his father Ilmir Nasihovich has been the chairman of the Association of Volga Tatars in the Republic of Crimea and Ukraine.[http://www.milli-firka.org/content/DBAGEBAC Татары Украины избрали нового Президента] According to Mustafa Dzhemilev, Rustam Temirgaliev is an agent of the Russian GRU.

During the 2014 Crimea crisis he sided with Sergey Aksyonov and played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea.

=Sanctions=

In 2014, Temirgaliev was sanctioned by the UK and US for involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Ukraine-related Designations {{!}} Office of Foreign Assets Control |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20140411 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=ofac.treasury.gov |language=en}}

Criminal proceedings

=In Ukraine=

On April 2, 2014, Rustam Temirgaliev was placed on the SBU wanted list for "actions aimed at violent change or overthrow the constitutional order or the seizure of state power" (Article 109, part 1, Criminal Code of Ukraine).[https://web.archive.org/web/20150217191451/http://mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control/investigation/card/wantedPerson?ID=14091636789401 Profile] at wanted list. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine website.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150217191623/http://tsn.ua/politika/sbu-ogolosila-u-rozshuk-krimskogo-vice-prem-yera-temirgaliyeva-343240.html SBU placed the non-legitimate vice Prime Minister of Crimea Temirgaliev on wanted list]. Televised Service of News (TSN). 2 April 2014

=In Russia=

In February 2015 the media reported about investigation against Temirgaliyev. But Temirgaliyev stated that he was only a witness and was not related to this story.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2916171|title=Золото Крыма светит свободой|work=Коммерсантъ|access-date=2019-10-29}}

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