Valeriy Horbatov

Ukrainian politician

Prime Minister of CrimeaIn office
25 July 2001 – 29 April 2002Presidential
Representative
Anatoliy KorniychukPreceded bySerhiy KunitsynSucceeded bySerhiy Kunitsyn Personal detailsBorn (1955-06-27) 27 June 1955 (age 68), Nechayane, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyMotherland Defenders Party (2005–present)Other political
affiliations
  • Independent (until 2000)
  • Labour Ukraine (2000–2002)
  • Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) (2002–2005)
SpouseYevheniaChildrenOlha, YuriyAlma materKherson State Agrarian and Economic University

Valeriy Myronovych Horbatov (Ukrainian: Валерій Миронович Горбатов; born 27 June 1955) is a Ukrainian politician and scientist.

In 2000 and 2001 Horbatov was Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[1][2]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Horbatov fled Kyiv and is believed (by non-governmental organisation Chesno) to have fled to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.[1]

In April 2022 the National Police of Ukraine opened an investigation into Horbatov on charges of "financing of the terrorist organisation Donetsk People's Republic.[2] It was established that after the occupation of part of Ukraine by Russia, Horbatov continued to carry out his business activities there and paid taxes to Russia.[2] Also was discover that he had stolen from Crimean museums and bought from "black archaeologists" valuable archaeological finds. Those seized during the investigation were exhibited in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in August 2023.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Small biography on Valeriy Horbatov, Chesno (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ a b c d "ANNOUNCEMENT: The National Museum of History opened an exhibition of archaeological finds recovered from the ex-deputy". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

External links

  • Valeriy Horbatov at Who is who in Crimea
  • Valeriy Horbatov
Preceded by
post created
Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea
1994–1996
Succeeded by
Dmytro Stepanyuk
Preceded by Prime Minister of Crimea
2001–2002
Succeeded by