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Otari Ionovich Arshba (Russian: Отари Ионович Аршба; born 12 April 1955) is a Russian politician and member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from 2003.[1] He is a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party.[2]
Arshba was born in Sukhumi in the Abkhaz ASSR. He is a former entrepreneur, top manager. Dollar multimillionaire. Retired FSB Colonel, a veteran of the security services.[3]
According to a Gordonua.com article, Otari Arshba allegedly recruited Oleg Boyko (Russian: Олег Викторович Бойко) into the KGB and, while Boyko was at the computer center of Moscow State University from 1982 to 1986, Boyko excelled as an KGB agent and was subsequently sent on business trips to Great Britain and the United States.[4]
In 1989–1991, Arshba stood at the origins of Abkhazian statehood in modern times, serving as an advisor and organizer of political activities in the Soviet parliament of the USSR people's deputy, the future fighter for the independence of the republic, the first president of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba. In 1992–1993, during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, Arshba was one of the main financial sponsors of strengthening the defense capability of Abkhazia.[5]
Until April 1994, Arshba was a state security officer.[6]
In 1998, Arshba began working at Evraz becoming the director of public relations, and then he successively held the positions of vice president and senior vice president. Until March 2004, he was the chairman of the board of directors of Evraz.[4]
Arshba is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Siberian Metallurgical Plant (Russian: Западно-Сибирский металлургический комбинат) which merged into Evraz in July 2011 to become OJSC EVRAZ - Consolidated West Siberian Metallurgical Plant (ZSMK) (Russian: ЗСМК).[7][8]
On 3 December 2004, Arshba, Leonid Lebedev, and others founded VAO R. Prim Company (Russian: "Фирмы ВАО Р. Прим") which operated gas stations.[6][9]
Since 7 December 2003, Arshba has been a member of United Russia from the Kemerovo region in the Duma's lower house and, as of July 2023, is the head of the ethics commission in the Duma's lower house.[10][11][12][13]
- ^ Profile at State Duma website
- ^ "Аршба Отари Ионович". er.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Аршба Отари". Forbes.ru. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Записки колишнього підполковника КДБ: Агентура впливу російської "глибинної держави": Один з авторів книжки "КДБ грає в шахи" і колишній співробітник Комітету держбезпеки СРСР Володимир Попов нещодавно завершив роботу над своїми мемуарами. У книжці "Змова негідників. Записки колишнього підполковника КДБ" він розповідає про становлення режиму російського президента Володимира Путіна, його соратників, про свою роботу в комітеті та головні події, до яких були причетними радянські спецслужби. Раніше книжки не видавали. За згодою автора видання "ГОРДОН" ексклюзивно публікує розділи з неї. У цій частині Попов пише про агентів КДБ у бізнесі та на держслужбі" [Notes of a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB: Agency of influence of the Russian "deep state": Volodymyr Popov, one of the authors of the book "The KGB Plays Chess" and a former employee of the State Security Committee of the USSR, recently completed work on his memoirs. In the book "Conspiracy of scoundrels. Notes of a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB", he talks about the formation of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, his associates, his work in the committee and the main events in which the Soviet special services were involved. Previously, books were not published. With the consent of the author, the publication "GORDON" exclusively publishes sections from it. In this part, Popov writes about KGB agents in business and civil service.]. «ГОРДОН» (Gordonua.com) (in Ukrainian). 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023. All archived articles of "Заговор негодяев. Записки бывшего подполковника КГБ", "Владимир Попов" 2020 ("Conspiracy of scoundrels. Notes of a former KGB lieutenant colonel", "Vladimir Popov" 2020): List part 1, List part 2, and List part 3
- ^ "Аршба Отари Ионович". ФедералПресс (in Russian). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b Шлейнов, Роман (Shleinov, Roman) (21 August 2006). "Самых богатых готовят на газе: Что общего между офшорным фондом на Виргинских островах, "Росукрэнерго", "Газпромом" и российским правительством" [The richest are cooked on gas: What do the offshore fund in the Virgin Islands, Rosukrenergo, Gazprom and the Russian government have in common?]. Novaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive - ^ Озерова, Марина (Ozerova, Marina); Галимова, Наталья (Galimova, Natalia) (17 December 2004). "Купание в молочной реке" [Bathing in the milk river]. Московский Комсомолец (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 December 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive - ^ "Company Overview of OJSC EVRAZ - Consolidated West Siberian Metallurgical Plant". Bloomberg News. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "АО "ФИРМА ВАО Р. ПРИМ"" [JSC "FIRM VAO R. PRIM"]. РБК (www.rbc.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Иванов, Виталий (Ivanov, Vitaly); Воронина, Анфиса (Voronina, Anfisa); Онегина, Анастасия (Onegina, Anastasia) (9 October 2003). "Сырьевая Дума" [Raw Duma]. Vedomosti (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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