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Ivan Mikhailovich Musatov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Мусатов; born 14 February 1976) is a Russian politician and deputy of the 8th State Duma, serving since the 2021 Russian legislative election.[1] Previously, he served as a deputy of the 4th State Duma.[2] He is a member of the populist oriented Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).

Biography

Musatov was born to a military family on 14 February 1976 in Rakvere, Estonia, then occupied by the Soviet Union. His father was Mikhail Ivanovich Musatov,[3] a Russian politician who served continuously as a deputy of the State Duma from 1995 to 2011 and also belonged to the LDPR. Musatov grew up in Belarus, moving with his family to Moscow in 1985.[2] He studied engineering as a cadet at the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School, graduating in 1997 with academic honors.[1] He then received a master's of economics from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999, and a law degree in 2003.[3]

official portrait, circa 2021

In 2003 he was elected as a deputy to the 4th convocation of the Russian State Duma. As a member, he served on the Security Committee. In 2007, he was renominated by the LDPR, but failed to secure another seat.[3] He was again elected in 2021, and returned to the State Duma, becoming a member of the Committee on Culture chaired by Yelena Yampolskaya.[1]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Мусатов Иван Михайлович" [Musatov Ivan Mikhailovich] (in Russian). Moscow: State Duma. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Miodushevskaya, Tamara. "Депутат Иван Мусатов по части песен обошел выпускницу «Фабрики звезд»". km.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  3. ^ a b c "Мусатов, Иван Михайлович" [Musatov, Ivan Mikhailovich]. TASS (in Russian). ТАСС. Archived from the original (encyclopedia) on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Archived from the original on 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2022-04-10.


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