Dmitry Sablin

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Dmitry Sablin
Дмитрий Саблин
Member of the State Duma for Moscow
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded byconstituency established
ConstituencyNew Moscow (No. 202)
Russian Federation Senator from Moscow Oblast
In office
16 September 2013 – 18 September 2016
Preceded byBoris Gromov
Succeeded byYury Lipatov
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
24 December 2007 – 18 June 2013
Succeeded byBoris Gromov
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast
In office
29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007
Preceded bySvetlana Savitskaya
Succeeded byconstituencies abolished
ConstituencyPushkino (No. 114)
Personal details
Born (1968-09-05) September 5, 1968 (age 55)
Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseAlla Sablina
Children3 (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Education
Websitesablin.ru

Dmitry Vadimovich Sablin (Russian: Дми́трий Вади́мович Са́блин; born September 5, 1968[1]) is a Ukrainian-born Russian politician, who has served as a Member of the State Duma since 2016, having previously held the office between 2003 and 2013.[2] Sablin served as Senator from Moscow Oblast from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the ruling United Russia party and represents New Moscow.[2][3]

Outside of parliament, he is the First Deputy Chair of the Fighting Fraternity (Boyevoye bratstvo) veterans organisations.[4]

Education[edit]

  • Moscow Higher All-Arms Command School named after Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1989);
  • Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces (courses, 2008, 2015);
  • Moscow State University of Service (Russian State University of Tourism and Service) (2003).

Political career[edit]

In parliament[edit]

Sablin is head of the State Duma group that oversees ties between Russian and Syrian lawmakers.[5]

Activism in Ukraine[edit]

Beginning in January 2015, Sablin was involved in the creation of an Anti-Maidan Russian nationalist movement.[2][6][4][7]

As of 22 April 2024, the UK MoD claimed that Dmitry Sables created a new BARS unit, a Bars Kaskad drone unit, far behind the front line for VIPs and Kremlin elite. With additional security, it allows VIPs to serve in Ukraine with a reduced risk of harm. On 16 April 2024, the husband of Russian blogger Yelena Blinovskaya, Alexei Blinovskiy served in it.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Sablin is married to Alla Sablina (née Nalcha), who is the General Director of Rota Real Estate.[4]

Dmitry Sablin co-owns several Rota Group assets, including Rota-Krym, which owns property in the annexed region of Crimea.[4] According to Dozhd, Sablin is one of the wealthiest members of the State Duma.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Who's Who in Italy S. R. L. (1 January 2007). Who's Who in Russia 2006 Edition. p. 683. ISBN 9785990024939. SABLIN Dmitry Vadimovich, State Duma deputy born Sept. 5, 1968 a.: c/o State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Okhotny ryad 1 , R- 103265 Moscow
  2. ^ a b c Davydov, Viktor; Golunov, Ivan; Dmitriev, Denis (July 18, 2018). "The Building That Mueller Says Housed A Russian Hacking Unit Was Built By A Nationalist Russian Politician". BuzzFeed News.
  3. ^ The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. May 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Investigative Report: On The Trail Of The 12 Indicted Russian Intelligence Officers". Translated by Coalson, Robert. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Russian delegation delivers presents to schoolchildren in Syria's Homs". TASS. April 13, 2018. Russian MP Dmitry Sablin, who is the coordinator of a parliamentary group for ties with Syrian lawmakers, said the delegation was glad of having a chance to help those in need.
  6. ^ Robert Nalbandov (2016). Not by Bread Alone: Russian Foreign Policy Under Putin. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 978-1-61234-800-1.
  7. ^ Luhn, Alec (March 5, 2015). "Pro-Kremlin Activists Claim Boris Nemtsov Killed by 'American Curators'". Vice Media. Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Sablin, Starikov and Zaldostanov had announced in January that they were creating an "Anti-Maidan" movement to fight pro-democracy protests against Putin's government.
  8. ^ MARIA KHOLINA (22 April 2024). "Special fake unit far from front created for Kremlin elite - UK intelligence". RBC-Ukraine.

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