Victor Zobnev
{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Victor Zobnev
| native_name = {{nobold|Виктор Зобнев}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Сенатор Зобнев.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
| office = Senator from the Altai Republic
| term_start = 7 October 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = {{ill|Sergey Belousov (politician)|lt=Sergey Belousov|ru|Белоусов, Сергей Владимирович}}
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| birth_name = Victor Zobnev
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|06|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
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| party = United Russia
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| alma_mater = Altai State Technical University
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Victor Viktorovich Zobnev ({{langx|ru|Виктор Викторович Зобнев}}; born 7 June 1964) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from the Altai Republic since 7 October 2021.
Biography
Victor Zobnev was born on 7 June 1964 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai. In 1989, he graduated from the Altai State Technical University. From 1982 to 1984, Zobnev served in the Soviet Army. Afterwards, he engaged in private business and even became one of the founders of CJSC "Rubtsovsky Spare Parts Plant". On 2 March 2008, he was elected deputy of the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly of the 5th convocation. On 4 December 2011, he was re-elected. From 2016 to 2021, he was the deputy of the 7th State Duma from the United Russia party. On 7 October 2021, he became the senator from the State Assembly of the Altai Republic.{{cite web
|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/zobnev-viktor-viktorovich
|title=Зобнев, Виктор Викторович
|publisher=ТАСС
|accessdate=2023-03-01}}
|url=https://www.pnp.ru/person/viktor--zobnev/
|title=Виктор Викторович Зобнев
|publisher=Парламентская газета
|accessdate=2022-10-23}}
Victor Zobnev is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom,{{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}} the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.{{cite web
|url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-person/827/
|title=Zobnev Viktor Viktororvich
|publisher=War and sanctions
|accessdate=2023-03-01}}
|url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng
|title=Sanctions – Russian invasion of Ukraine
|date=4 February 2022
|publisher=Government of Canada
|accessdate=2023-03-01}}
{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022D0397&from=EN
|title=Official Journal of the European Union
|publisher=European Union
|accessdate=2023-03-01}}
|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0981
|title=Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine
|date=2022-09-30
|publisher=US Department of the treasury
|accessdate=2023-03-01}}