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Ruslan Tarpan | |
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Руслан Тарпан | |
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| Member of the Odesa City Council | |
| In office 1994–2010 | |
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| Born | 14 August 1971 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine |
Ruslan Serafymovych Tarpan (Ukrainian: Руслан Серафимович Тарпан; born 14 August 1971) is a Ukrainian businessman, living in the United Arab Emirates. The founder of the "Incor-Group" company, Tarpan served as a member of the Odesa City Council from the pro-Russian Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine from 1994 to 2010, and was heavily involved in the rebuilding of monuments in Odesa. In 2010, Tarpan began construction on a deep-sea sewage pipeline. The project, which lasted seven years and was never completed, ended in Tarpan and his associates being charged with the embezzlement of ₴200 million. Subsequently, Tarpan fled Ukraine for the United Arab Emirates, where he has lived since 2017.