Yevgeny Balitsky

{{short description|Russian and Ukrainian politician (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Yevgeny Balitsky

| birth_place = Melitopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}} {{small|(1991)}}
{{flag|CIS}} {{small|(1991–1992)}}
{{flag|Ukraine}} {{small|(1992–1995)}}

| branch = {{air force|Soviet Union}}
{{air force|Ukraine}}

| children = 3

| party = United Russia (since 2022)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|10|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/15762/9 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=itd.rada.gov.ua}}

| office = Governor of Zaporozhye Oblast
{{small|(Russian-installed)}}
disputed with Ivan Fedorov{{efn|name=Disputed|Control over Zaporizhzhia Oblast is disputed due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Balitsky is supported by Russia, while Oleksandr Starukh was supported by the Ukraine government until he was replaced in January 2023. Ivan Fedorov is the current governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast recognized by Ukraine.}}

| president = Vladimir Putin

| predecessor = Oleksandr Starukh{{efn|name=Disputed}}

| successor =

| termstart = 9 May 2022

| termend =

| caption = Balitsky in 2023

| image = Yevgeny Balitsky (2023-04-06).jpg

| native_name = {{nobold|Евгений Балицкий}}

| serviceyears = 1991–1995

| office2 = People's Deputy of Ukraine

| constituency2 = Zaporizhzhia Oblast, No. 80

| termstart2 = 12 December 2012

| termend2 = 29 August 2019

| predecessor2 = Constituency established

| successor2 = Serhii Minko

| otherparty = {{plainlist|

Independent (1998–2004, 2014)
Party of Regions (2004–2014)
Opposition Bloc (2015–2018)

}}

| nationality = Ukrainian
Russian (2022–present)

}}

Yevgeny Vitalyevich Balitsky ({{langx|ru|Евгений Витальевич Бали́цкий}}, {{langx|uk|Євген Віталійович Балицький|translit= Yevhen Vitaliiovych Balytskyi}}; born 10 December 1969) is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician, entrepreneur and former army officer who is currently serving as the governor of Zaporozhye Oblast, one of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, since 2022.

Originally suspected to be de facto mayor of Melitopol by the Security Service of Ukraine, he was later appointed as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast by Russian authorities on 9 May 2022, amidst the occupation of the southern parts of the oblast by the Russian military.

Before that takeover, Balitsky served in the Soviet and Ukrainian Air Force from 1991 to 1995, before entering business, serving as head of a household appliance company in Melitopol.

He entered politics in 1998 as an independent member of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council and joined the Party of Regions in 2004,{{Cite web |title=Депутатський корпус {{!}} Запорiзька обласна рада |url=https://zor.gov.ua/deputat/all?title=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9&field_rayon_tid=All&field_partiya_tid=All&field_frakciya_tid=All&field_gruppi_tid=All |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=zor.gov.ua}} and had served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 7th and 8th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2019.

Early life and career

Yevhen Vitaliiovych Balitsky was born in Melitopol, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, on 10 December 1969, to a family of military aviators. In 1987, he graduated from high school. In 1991, he graduated from Tambov Higher Military Aviation School as a lieutenant. For the next four years, he served in various aviation garrisons, and in 1995 was transferred to the reserves from Melitopol Regiment military transport aircraft with the rank of captain.{{Cite web |title=Балицкий Евгений Витальевич |trans-title=Balytskyi, Yevhen Vitaliiovych |url=https://kto.zp.ua/person/90/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201210443/http://kto.zp.ua/index.php?id=2&pid=90 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |access-date=2014-02-09 |website=Who's Who in Zaporizhzhia |language=ru}}

From 1995 to 1997, he was the head of the OlZheKa company, which sold and repaired household appliances in Melitopol. In 1996, OlZheKa established the first FM radio station in Melitopol, called Southern Space.

From 1997 to 2007, Balitsky was head of the Melitopol Brewery, and only in 2007 did he sell a controlling stake in this company. Since 2000, he led Melitopol Avtogidroagregat, a tractor parts company. As of 2012, he was deputy director for economics at Melitopol Avtogidroagregat. Both Melitopol Brewery and Avtogidroagregat achieved economic success under Balitsky's leadership.{{cite web |title=БАЛИЦКИЙ Евгений Витальевич |trans-title=BALYTSKYI, Yevhen Vitaliiovych |url=http://peoplemelitopol.ru/index.php?/BALICKIJ-Evgenij-Vitalevich/Vse-stranicy/Vse-stranicy.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114222625/http://peoplemelitopol.ru/index.php?%2FBALICKIJ-Evgenij-Vitalevich%2FVse-stranicy%2FVse-stranicy.html |archivedate=2014-01-14 |accessdate=2015-04-19 |website=Who's Who in Melitopol |language=ru}}

Regional politics

From 1998 to 2002, Balitsky was a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council, as an independent.

In March 2002, Balitsky was seen as a plausible candidate for mayor of Melitopol.{{Cite web |date=2002-04-09 |title=The results of a sociological survey in Melitopol {{!}} SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEY (March 3-4, 2002) tavriya-news |url=http://tavriya-news.com.ua/coz3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020409070016/http://tavriya-news.com.ua/coz3.htm |archive-date=9 Apr 2002 |access-date=2023-03-21 }}

In 2004, he joined the Party of Regions, and from 2010 to 2012 he again served as a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council as a member of the party. This time, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on the Budget, as well as the Acting Department Director in the Ministry of Economy and European Integration.{{Cite news |date=2018-01-31 |title=Балицкий Евгений Витальевич |language=ru |trans-title=Balytskyi, Yevhen Vitaliiovych |work={{ill|Lb.ua|uk|Lb.ua}}|url=https://rus.lb.ua/file/person/815_balitskiy_evgeniy_vitalevich.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930235729/https://rus.lb.ua/file/person/815_balitskiy_evgeniy_vitalevich.html |url-status=live }}

National politics

File:НДУ 7 Балицький Євген Віталійович.jpg

From 2012 to 2019, Balitsky was a People's Deputy of Ukraine, serving in the 7th and 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament). He was elected both times as member of Zaporizhia Oblast district No. 80, a multi-member district comprising Melitopol and Melitopol Raion, with 54.46% of the votes.{{Cite web |date=2014-12-17 |title=Центральна виборча комісія України - WWW відображення ІАС "Вибори народних депутатів України 2012" |url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/WP040?PT001F01=900&pf7331=80 |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217001738/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/WP040?PT001F01=900&pf7331=80 |archive-date=17 December 2014 }} In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected as a member of the Party of Regions and in 2014 reelected as a self-nominated candidate,[https://www.chesno.org/politician/17/ Small biography on Yevgeny Balitsky], Civil movement "Chesno" {{in lang|uk}} receiving 47.4% of the vote.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=Форум Запорожья • Просмотр темы - Евгений Балицкий |url=http://forum.zabor.zp.ua/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=61674 |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092203/http://forum.zabor.zp.ua/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=61674 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}

In June 2013, Balitsky was among a group of 148 people's deputies of Ukraine who signed the Appeal of deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine to the Polish Sejm with a request to "recognize the Volyn tragedy as genocide against the Polish population and condemn the criminal acts of Ukrainian nationalists." This step was described as national treason by the first President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk.{{Cite journal |last1=Kościński |first1=Piotr |last2=Vorobiov |first2=Ievgen |date=17 July 2013 |title=The 70th Anniversary of the Volyn Massacre: Lack of Understanding in Ukraine |url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/167710/Bulletin%20PISM%20no%2077%20(530),%2017%20July%202013.pdf |journal=PISM |volume=77 |issue=530 |pages=2 |via=ETH Zurich}}

On 16 January 2014, he was one of the deputies who voted for the Anti-protest laws in Ukraine. {{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=На сайті ВР вже оприлюднили список всіх, хто голосував руками за авторитарні закони |url=http://ukr-online.com/politic/1255-na-sayt-vr-vzhe-oprilyudnili-spisok-vsh-hto-golosuvav-rukami-za-avtoritarn-zakoni.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402171718/http://ukr-online.com/politic/1255-na-sayt-vr-vzhe-oprilyudnili-spisok-vsh-hto-golosuvav-rukami-za-avtoritarn-zakoni.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=2023-03-21 }}

On 14 February 2014, he was elected deputy chairman of the Melitopol chapter of the Party of Regions. In April, Balitsky noted environmental problems at Molochnyi Lyman.{{Cite news |date=2014-04-14 |title=Решение экологических проблем на Молочном лимане – под контролем областной власти |language=ru |trans-title=Solutions to ecological problems in Molochnyi Lyman under control by oblast government |work=Nash Gorod Plyus |url=https://news.mspravka.info/news/39623 |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416180000/http://news.mspravka.info/news/39623 |archive-date=2014-04-16}}

File:Балицький Євген Віталійович Вадим Чуприна ©.jpg

On 3 June 2014, Balitsky left the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada,{{Cite news |date=2014-06-03 |title=Нардеп Евгений Балицкий покинул фракцию Партии регионов в парламенте |language=ru |trans-title=People's Deputy Yevhen Balytskyi leaves Party of Regions parliamentary faction |work=Nash Horod Plyus |url=https://news.mspravka.info/news/44929 |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606232924/http://news.mspravka.info/news/44929 |archive-date=2014-06-06}} later joining the Opposition Bloc in May 2015.{{Cite news |date=2015-05-15 |title=Гройсман объявил о вхождении Балицкого и Шенцева в состав фракции "Оппозиционного блока" |language=ru |trans-title=Groysman announces entry of Balytskyi and Shentsev into "Opposition Bloc" faction |work=RBC Ukraine |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/groysman-obyavil-vhozhdenii-balitskogo-shentseva-1431675386.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517181800/http://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/groysman-obyavil-vhozhdenii-balitskogo-shentseva-1431675386.html |archive-date=2015-05-17}}

On 2 July 2014, he announced the registration of the deputy group "For peace and stability".{{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=Нардеп Евгений Балицкий: «Наша задача – согласие, мир и независимая Украина» {{!}} «Наш Город» новости Мелитополя и Запорожской обл. |url=http://news.mspravka.info/news/48687 |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125731/http://news.mspravka.info/news/48687 |archive-date=2 April 2015 }} On 17 September 2014, deputies of this group attended a meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Balitsky was not among them, as he refused the invitation.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-02 |title=Нардеп Евгений Балицкий отверг приглашение Госдумы РФ |url=http://ria-m.tv/news/14684/nardep_evgeniy_balitskiy_otverg_priglashenie_gosdumyi_rf.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111638/http://ria-m.tv/news/14684/nardep_evgeniy_balitskiy_otverg_priglashenie_gosdumyi_rf.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}

On 12 July 2016, despite constant media scrutiny of the voting procedure, Balytskyi, in addition to himself, voted for two other fellow MPs who were absent from their seats, hiding behind his jacket.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-21 |title=Євген Балицький та Анатолій Денисенко кнопкодавлять (оновлено) {{!}} ЧЕСНО |url=http://www.chesno.org/news/2299/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821015301/http://www.chesno.org/news/2299/ |archive-date=21 August 2016 }} As response to the coverage, he gave his middle finger to a journalist who was filming him during a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-03 |title=Кнопкодав Євген Балицький показує середній палець / 14.07.16 - YouTube |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_8-ysnUSo&feature=youtu.be |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503144758/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_8-ysnUSo&feature=youtu.be |archive-date=3 May 2017 }}

On 18 January 2018, he was one of 36 MPs who voted against the Law on the Recognition of Ukrainian Sovereignty over the Occupied Territories of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-21 |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=16610 |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121101212/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=16610 |archive-date=21 January 2018 }}

On 23 April 2019, he was one of the 59 MPs who signed a motion on the basis of which the Constitutional Court of Ukraine cancelled the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on illicit enrichment, which required public officials to provide explanations about the sources of their income and the income of their family members. Criminal liability for illicit enrichment was introduced in Ukraine in 2015. This was one of the EU's requirements for the implementation of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan, as well as one of Ukraine's commitments to the IMF, as set out in the Memorandum.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-23 |title=Кто требовал отменить статью за незаконное обогащение: список - новости Украины, Политика - LIGA.net |url=https://news.liga.net/politics/news/otmenit-statyu-o-nezakonnom-obogaschenii-prosili-deputaty-spisok |access-date=2023-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423184204/https://news.liga.net/politics/news/otmenit-statyu-o-nezakonnom-obogaschenii-prosili-deputaty-spisok |archive-date=23 April 2019 }}

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Balitsky failed to get reelected in district No. 80, this time for the party Opposition Bloc. In this election he gained 29.5% of the votes in the constituency, while winner Serhii Minko won with 33.13%.{{in lang|uk}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20211118140434/https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2019/wp040pt001f01=919pf7331=80.html Information on the counting of votes of voters in the single-member constituency №80 (Zaporizhia Oblast)], Central Election Commission of Ukraine{{Cite web|date=2019-07-23|title=The mayor of Melitopol won the election of deputies from the OB in Zaporizhia Oblast|url=https://ukranews.com/ua/news/644169-sergij-minko-peremig-v-80-okruzi-zaporizkoyi-oblasti|access-date=2022-10-10|website=Ukrainian News Agency|language=uk}}

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections Balitsky was again elected as a deputy of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Council for the party Opposition Bloc.

Collaboration with Russian forces

{{see also|Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine|Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts}}

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Following the capture of Melitopol by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Balitsky assisted in the establishment of a new, pro-Russian government in the city. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has claimed that Balitsky is the grey eminence of the occupation in Melitopol.{{Cite web |date=25 March 2022 |title=Що відомо про депутата Євгена Балицького, який співпрацює з окупантами |trans-title=What is known about the deputy Yevhen Balytskyi, who cooperates with the occupiers |url=https://incentre.zp.ua/shho-vidomo-pro-deputata-yevgena-balyczkogo-yakyj-spivpraczyuye-z-okupantamy/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=Zaporizhzhian Investigation Centre |language=uk |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331075119/https://incentre.zp.ua/shho-vidomo-pro-deputata-yevgena-balyczkogo-yakyj-spivpraczyuye-z-okupantamy/ }}{{Cite news |last1=Lotareva |first1=Anastasiya |last2=Zakharov |first2=Andrei |date=1 April 2022 |title=Экс-"регионал", бухгалтерша и горный инженер: кто стал новой властью на оккупированных украинских территориях |language=ru |trans-title=Ex-regional, accountant and mining engineer: who became the new government in the occupied Ukrainian territories? |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-60948087 |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402001457/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-60948087 |url-status=live }}

On 9 May 2022, it was reported that Balitsky was appointed governor of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.{{Cite web |title=Окупанти призначили одіозного екснардепа Балицького "губернатором" Запоріжжя |url=https://24tv.ua/okupanti-priznachili-glavoyu-vtsa-zaporizhzhya-odioznogo-eksnardepa_n1974196 |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=24 Канал |date=9 May 2022 |language=uk |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511212550/https://24tv.ua/okupanti-priznachili-glavoyu-vtsa-zaporizhzhya-odioznogo-eksnardepa_n1974196 |url-status=live }} Balitsky became a member of the United Russia political party on 26 September 2022.{{Cite web |title=Гауляйтер Запорожской области Балицкий вступил в партию Путина |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2022/09/26/7369121/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Украинская правда |language=ru |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003043348/https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2022/09/26/7369121/ |url-status=live }}

On 30 September 2022, Balitsky and the other pro-Russian occupation heads, Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik and Volodymyr Saldo, attended the ceremony in Moscow during which Vladimir Putin formally announced the annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.{{Cite news |last=Landay |first=Jonathan |date=2022-09-30 |title=Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation as military setback looms |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-host-kremlin-ceremony-annexing-parts-ukraine-2022-09-29/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006084106/https://www.reuters.com/world/putin-host-kremlin-ceremony-annexing-parts-ukraine-2022-09-29/ |url-status=live }}

In January 2023, Balitsky and the administration established the Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion{{cite news |title=ГУП "Добровольческий батальон". Воюющее в Украине формирование впервые зарегистрировали в России как бизнес |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-64899262 |access-date=21 March 2023 |publisher=BBC |date=9 March 2023 |language=ru}} and Balitsky's son joined it as a soldier.{{cite news |title=Син антиукраїнського негідника Балицького вступив у батальйон імені Судоплатова |url=https://espreso.tv/sin-antiukrainskogo-negidnika-balitskogo-vstupiv-u-batalyon-imeni-sudoplatova |access-date=21 March 2023 |publisher=espreso.tv |date=27 September 2022 |language=uk}}

Sanctions

On December 25, 2018, he was included in the sanctions list of Russia,{{Cite web |title=Санкции России: что известно о людях и компаниях, которые попали в список |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2018/12/25/7202280/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Украинская правда |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2022-10-05 |title=Руководил пивзаводом и был под санкциями РФ: чем известен глава Запорожья Евгений Балицкий |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5594938 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}} (excluded from the list by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 26, 2022 No. 2151).{{Cite web |title=Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 26.11.2022 № 2151 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202211280046 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru}}

On 21 July 2022, he was included in the sanctions list of all EU countries because he "cooperated with Russian authorities in the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, supported the appointment of Galina Danilchenko as mayor of Melitopol after the abduction of the legitimate mayor".{{Cite web |title=Official Journal L 193/2022 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L:2022:193:FULL&from=EN |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}

On 15 September 2022, he was included in US sanctions lists,{{Cite web |date=9 September 2022 |title=Russia-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License and Frequently Asked Questions; Zimbabwe-related Designation, Removals and Update; Libya-related Designation Update |url=https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220915 |access-date=21 March 2023 |website=U.S. Department of Treasury}} because he "oversees the removal of Ukrainian grain from the Zaporizhzhia region".{{Cite web |last=Office of The Spokesperson |date=15 September 2022 |title=Targeting Russia's Senior Officials, Defense Industrial Base, and Human Rights Abusers |url=https://www.state.gov/translations/russian/%D0%B2%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B2-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%B2-2/ |website=U.S. Department of State}}

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to 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}}

Awards

2013 – Order of Merit, Third degree{{Cite news |date=2013-08-26 |title=Нардеп від Мелітополя Євгеній Балицький став кавалером ордена «За заслуги» |language=uk |trans-title=People's Deputy from Melitopol Yevhen Balytskyi becomes member of Order For Merit |work=Nash Gorod Plyus |url=https://news.mspravka.info/nardep_ot_melitopolya_evgenij_balickij_stal_kavalerom_ordena_za_zaslugi/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003172715/https://news.mspravka.info/nardep_ot_melitopolya_evgenij_balickij_stal_kavalerom_ordena_za_zaslugi/ |url-status=live }}
2022 – Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Third degree{{Cite web |title=Биография Врио Губернатора Запорожской области |url=https://zapgov.ru/%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%be-%d0%b3%d1%83%d0%b1%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b0-%d0%b1%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%b8%d1%8f/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |language=ru-RU |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322032138/https://zapgov.ru/%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last= |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Ceremony for presenting state decorations - President of Russia |url=https://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70150 |website=Kremlin.ru |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320135653/http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70150 |url-status=dead }}