Rustam Temirgaliev

Rustam Ilmirovich Temirgaliev (Russian: Рустам Ильмирович Темиргалиев, Ukrainian: Рустам Ільмирович Темиргалієв, Tatar: Рөстәм Ильмир улы Темиргалиев) is the Director General Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development since August 8, 2018.

Rustam Ilmirovich Temirgaliev
Рустам Ильмирович Темиргалиев
Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea
In office
18 September 2013 – 26 February 2014
Prime MinisterAnatolii Mohyliov
Preceded byValeriy Palchuk
Succeeded byVacant
Director-General Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development
Assumed office
August 8, 2018
Personal details
Born15 August 1976
Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityVolga Tatar
Political partyUnited Russia
Other political
affiliations		Party of Regions

Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[1] Doctor of public administration.

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[2] and his father Ilmir Nasihovich has been the chairman of the Association of Volga Tatars in the Republic of Crimea and Ukraine.[3] According to Mustafa Dzhemilev, Rustam Temirgaliev is an agent of the Russian GRU.[2]

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

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]

Sanctioned by the US government on April 11, 2014.[5]

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).[6][7]

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.[8]

References
  1. blackseaforum.co.ua. "Black Sea Economic forum 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
  2. In Crimea, the occupation authorities have no control over what they created - Dzhemilev. Radio Liberty. March 23, 2014
  3. Татары Украины избрали нового Президента
  4. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. "Ukraine-related Designations | Office of Foreign Assets Control". ofac.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  6. Profile at wanted list. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine website.
  7. SBU placed the non-legitimate vice Prime Minister of Crimea Temirgaliev on wanted list. Televised Service of News (TSN). 2 April 2014
  8. "Золото Крыма светит свободой". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
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