Roman Viktorovich Rubanov (Russian: Роман Викторович Рубанов; born 1 September 1980) is a Russian politician and activist who served as the former head of Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.[1]
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Роман Рубанов | |
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Born | Roman Viktorovich Rubanov 1 September 1980 Vladivistok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Education | Far Eastern Federal University (2002) |
Occupation(s) | Politician, jurist, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (2014–2018), public figure |
Political party | Russia of the Future (2015–2018) |
Biography
editRubanov was born on September 1, 1980, in Vladivostok. He graduated from the economics department of Far Eastern Federal University in 2002.[2]
From 2002 to 2012, he worked as auditor at several Russian companies, including BDO Russia. In January–July 2013 Rubanov headed the Fraud Investigation and Prevention Service as Fraud Case Officer at a consulting company.[2]
In January 2013, Rubanov organized the registration of Moscow political activists as members of precinct election commissions with the right to a decisive vote. In February–March of the same year, he acted as coordinator of territorial election commissions in the Moscow mayoral elections, representing the League of Voters.[3] In June, Alexey Navalny appointed Rubanov head of the staff of his electoral campaign to pass the municipal filter in the elections. Rubanov was Deputy Head of Navalny's campaign until September 2013.[4]
In February 2015, he joined the Party of Progress. In early 2016, he was among the candidates for the Barvikha Rural Settlement Council.[5]
In June 2017, Rubanov was arrested and detained for 10 days for disobeying a police officer's order to start an anti-corruption rally earlier than scheduled on June 12.[6] On October of the same year, he was detained and taken to the Moscow office of the Federal Bailiff Service.[7] The court charged him for failure to comply with a court order to remove the film "He Is Not Dimon to You" from Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel.[8]
On February 20, 2018, he was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport for organizing protests to support Alexei Navalny's candidature in the presidential campaign.[9] Later the same year, he was forced to resign from the post of the FBK’s head and leave Russia.[10][11] A year later, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had put Rubanov on the wanted list because of a criminal investigation related to the film "He Is Not Dimon to You".[12]
On June 3, 2022, Rubanov was included in Rosfinmonitoring's register of terrorists and extremists.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Экс-главу ФБК Рубанова объявили в розыск из-за неисполнения решения суда по иску Усманова" (in Russian). TASS. February 26, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ a b "Уроженца Владивостока объявили в розыск из-за неисполнения решения суда по иску Усманова" (in Russian). vestiprim.ru. February 27, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Жанна Ульянова (July 1, 2013). "Персональная программа Навального" (in Russian). gazeta.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Александр Литой (September 10, 2013). "Время жечь не пришло" (in Russian). rbc.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Четверо кандидатов ФБК снялись с выборов в Барвихе в знак протеста" (in Russian). bbc.com. April 19, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Директор ФБК Роман Рубанов арестован на 10 суток". Радио Свобода (in Russian). svoboda.org. June 13, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund Edits Video After Usmanov Libel Suit". themoscowtimes.com. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Директора ФБК задержали за отказ удалить фрагменты фильма "Он вам не Димон"" (in Russian). meduza.io. October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Илья Азар (March 1, 2018). "Разочарование или предательство" (in Russian). novayagazeta.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Захарова заявила о технологической связи "Умного голосования" с США" (in Russian). kommersant.ru. September 11, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ ""Цель этого дела — не дать мне вернуться"" (in Russian). meduza.io. February 27, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ Ангелина Кречетова, Елена Мухаметшина (February 26, 2019). "МВД объявило в розыск экс-директора Фонда борьбы с коррупцией". Ведомости (in Russian). vedomosti.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Экс‑директора ФБК Романа Рубанова внесли в список экстремистов". Радио Свобода (in Russian). svoboda.org. June 3, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.