Vasyl Kiselov
Василь Кисельов
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
25 May 2006[1] – 12 December 2012[2]
First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea
In office
May 2002 – 25 May 2006
Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea
In office
8 February 1997 – 29 June 1999
Preceded byDmytro Stepanyuk
Succeeded byAnatoliy Korniychuk
4th Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
In office
10 October 1996 – 6 February 1997
Preceded byYevhen Suprunyuk
Succeeded byAnatoliy Hrytsenko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
In office
1990 – 25 May 2006
Personal details
Born
Vasyl Oleskiyovych Kislelov

(1948-09-25) 25 September 1948 (age 76)[1]
Zlatoust, Russia, Soviet Union
Political partyParty of Regions

Vasyl Oleskiyovych Kiselov (Ukrainian: Василь Олексійович Кисельов; born on 25 September 1948), is a Russian-born Ukrainian politician who had last served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2012.

A member of the Party of Regions, until September 2009, he was the deputy chairman of the Committee on Regulations, Deputy Ethics and Ensuring the Activities of the Verkhovna Rada, member of the Special Control Commission of the Verkhovna Rada on Privatization since December 2007.

Kiselov also served as the Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea from 1997 to 1999.

He was also the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 1996 to 1997.

He is a candidate of economic sciences as of 2001.

Biography

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Vasyl Kiselov was born Vasily Kiselyov in Zlatoust, Russia on 25 September 1948 to a Russian family,[3] to his father, Aleksey Dmitryevich (1912–1988) and his mother, Galinana Romanovna (1925–2002).

Education

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In 1972, he graduated from the Uman Agricultural Institute, majoring in fruit and vegetable growing and beekeeping.[4][5]

Early career

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From 1965 to 1967, he was a laborer at the Shpolyansky brick factory in Cherkasy region.[6][5]

From 1973 to 1974, he served in the Soviet Army.[7][5]

From 1972 to 1973, he was a technologist at the canning shop of the Friendship of Peoples collective farm in the Krasnogvardeisky district in Crimea.[5]

From 1974 to 1976, he was a promoted to senior technologist.[5] From 1976 to 1983, he was the head of subsidiary enterprises.[5]

From 1983 to 1987, he was the deputy chairman of the collective farm "Friendship of Peoples".[5]

Between 1987 to October 1996, he was the chairman of the agricultural firm "Friendship of Peoples" of the Krasnogvardeysky district.[5]

In 1990, Kiselov was elected to Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.[5]

On 10 October 1996, Kiselov became the chairman of the 4th Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[8]

On 6 February 1997, Kiselov was dissmissed as the Chariman.[9] On 8 February, Kiselov was appointed Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea.[10]

He was replaced by his successor, Anatoliy Korniychuk on 29 June 1999.[11], and became the Deputy Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex of Ukraine.

From April 2000 to September 2001, he was the acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea.[12]

From September 2001 to May 2002, he was the Head of the Crimean regional department of the Department of excise administration and control over the production and turnover of excisable goods of the State Tax Administration in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

From May 2002 to May 2006, he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea.[13]

In April 2006, Kiselov was elected a member of parliament, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada, taking office on 25 May.[14] In July 2006, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Regulations, Deputy Ethics and Ensuring the Activities of the Verkhovna Rada.

In September 2006, he was the Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Faction of the Party of Regions.[5] In December 2007, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on issues of regulations, parliamentary ethics and ensuring the activities of the Verkhovna Rada.[5]

In July 2010, he was appointed freelance adviser to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on economic and land issues.[15]

In September 2012, he advocated the abolition of the right to free healthcare at the constitutional level.[16]

Party issues and controversy

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He joined the Party of Regions in 2001.[17]

In August 2009, a split occurred in the Crimean branch of the Party of Regions: one of its leaders, Kiselov, accused the Crimean leadership of corruption.[18]

Kiselyov stated that the militia of the autonomy has operational data that a representative of the Crimean criminality ordered his physical removal.[18] Kiselyov also stated himself on the live broadcast of the State Television and Radio Company "Crimea" on a Thursday evening, speaking with his report, "The day before yesterday (August 18 - IF), I was invited to the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where I was presented with operational data that the criminal authority "ordered" me and was looking for an executor of my physical removal. I think you can guess who it is. The politician became very famous, on the first place in the ranking in Crimea."[18]

Following him, the leaders of the Russian Community of Crimea (RCC) announced their withdrawal from the Party of Regions.[18] The Ukrainian mass media linked this demarche due to Kiselov's conflict with the Crimean Speaker Anatoliy Hrystenko and the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the ARC from the "For Yanukovych" bloc, Oleksandr Melynk, a member of the Party of Regions, whom Kiselov accused of being the leader of the organized crime group "Seilem".[18]

On 2 September 2009, wrote a statement that he will resign as the chairman of the Crimean regional organization of the Party of Regions in connection with his transfer to work in the central office of the presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. He stated to temporarily, until the presidential elections, suspend his activities in Crimea and head one of the departments of the headquarters of the future candidate.[19][20]

On 17 September, Kiselov announced that he would be leaving the Party of Regions, on a temporary basis. He added that such a step dictated by the desire to maintain unity in the party, as he believed that "there will be no split in the party" after his exit.[21] Kiselov further said that “Viktor Yanukovych handed over Crimea to criminals.”[22] “In September last year, when they were drawing up lists (for early elections to the Verkhovna Rada.—Kommersant), I twice rejected Prigodsky's proposal to include Oleksandr Melnyk" he said at a press conference in Simferopol.</ref> Kiselov further said that “Viktor Yanukovych handed over Crimea to criminals.”[23] “I repeated twice that this will not happen, just as he will not become a member of the Party of Regions under me because such people kill the party’s rating.”</ref> Kiselov further said that “Viktor Yanukovych handed over Crimea to criminals.”[24] Let us recall that Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko said in an interview with Kommersant that Mr. Melnyk is involved in organized crime on the peninsula.</ref> Kiselov further said that “Viktor Yanukovych handed over Crimea to criminals.”[25]

In response, on 18 September, the Presidium of the Political Council of the Party of Regions decided to expel Kiselov from the party with the wording “for violating the charter and harming the reputation of the party.”[26] “Unfortunately, Vasyl Olesksiyovych Kiselov, who made a huge contribution to the formation of the Party of Regions in Crimea, became a victim of the intrigues of our opponents,” said Deputy Chairman of the Party of Regions Borys Kolesnikov. Having learned about this decision, Mr. Kiselov said that he intended to meet with the Chairman of the Party of Regions, Viktor Yanukovych, in order to find out why they were going to expel him.[27]

On 9 October, he was expelled from the faction of the Party of Regions of the Verkhovna Rada.[28]

On 29 September, Kiselov submitted an application to leave the Party of Regions, citing Yanukovych is "killing the future" of party, and was bringing more crime in Crimea.[29]

On 7 September 2010, he was reinstated in the Party of Regions, and on 14 October he rejoined the faction of the Party of Regions of the Verkhovna Rada.[30]

Family

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He is married to his wife Mariya Vasiliyivna (born in 1949), who is retired.[5] The couple have a son Roman (born in 1972),[5], a bank employee, and daughter Lyudmila (born in 1983).[5]

References

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  9. ^ Eastern Europe: Newsletter. Eastern Europe. 1997.
  10. ^ "Про призначення В. Кисельова Постійним Представником Президента України в Автономній Республіці Крим". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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  28. ^ "Василий Киселев: На мои слова о покушении Янукович ответил: "Это ментовский разводняк"". Ukrainska Pravda. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010.
  29. ^ Gazeta.ua (2009-10-29). ""Якщо команда Януковича прийде до влади, у країні правитимуть кримінальні авторитети"". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  30. ^ "Киселев: У меня просто «крышу сорвало», когда исключили из партии". ГЛАВКОМ (in Ukrainian). 2010-10-14. Retrieved 2024-09-05.