Sergey Kolbin Explained

Sergey Kolbin
Native Name:Сергей Колбин
Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Russian Federation Senator
from Sevastopol
Term Start:29 October 2020
Predecessor:Yekaterina Altabayeva
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol
Term Start1:2019
Term End1:29 October 2020
Birth Name:Sergey Nikolayevich Kolbin
Birth Date:29 October 1969
Birth Place:Penza, Soviet Union
Party:United Russia

Sergey Nikolayevich Kolbin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Колбин; born 29 October 1969), is a Russian politician who is a member of the Federation Council from the legislative branch of Sevastopol since 2020.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU and the United States added Kolbin to their sanctions lists in 2022.[1] [2]

Biography

Sergey Kolbin was born on 29 October 1969 to a large family of Soviet officers.[3]

In 1991, he graduated from the with a degree in social psychology teacher, in 2008 he graduated from the Academy of Labour and Social Relations in Moscow with a degree in law.[4]

As a Ukrainian citizen, from 2003 to 2004, he headed the department of professional training of police officers of the personnel department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sevastopol. From 2004 to 2016, he commanded a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Berkut", and participated in this capacity in the events of 2013 to 2014 on the Euromaidan.[5] He took part in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, commanded a detachment of activists at checkpoints at the entrance to the peninsula.

In 2016, he headed the department of the National Guard of Russia in Sevastopol.

In September 2018, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard in the Republic of Crimea.

In 2019, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol as a United Russia candidate.[6]

On 29 October 2020, by the votes of 20 deputies of the Legislative Assembly, Kolbin was vested with the powers of a member of the Federation Council, a representative of the legislative body of state power of Sevastopol. Three deputies supported the Communist Party of the Russian Federation's candidate Roman Kiyashko.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Journal of the European Union. 11 April 2022. 31 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220331213042/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022D0397&from=EN. live.
  2. Web site: США ввели санкции против всех российских сенаторов, Набиуллиной и членов семей чиновников . ru . September 30, 2022. moscowtimes.news. March 16, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Структура . 6 June 2022 . Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации . ru.
  4. Web site: Колбин, Сергей Николаевич. TASS. 20 February 2021.
  5. Web site: 25 February 2019. Сергей Колбин: Севастопольцы стоят насмерть . 6 June 2022 . ForPost . ru.
  6. Web site: Новым сенатором от Севастополя стал участник Крымской весны. 29 October 2020. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 4 November 2020. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101013729/https://rg.ru/2020/10/29/reg-ufo/novym-senatorom-ot-sevastopolia-stal-uchastnik-krymskoj-vesny.html. live.
  7. Web site: В Севастополе выбрали нового сенатора в Совет Федерации РФ. 29 October 2020. RIA Novosti Krym. 4 November 2020. 31 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231719/https://crimea.ria.ru/politics/20201029/1118881102/V-Sevastopole-vybrali-novogo-senatora-v-Sovet-Federatsii-RF.html. live.