Vladimir Anatoliyevich Bidyovka (, ; born 7 March 1981) is a politician from the

Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...

region, who currently serves as Chairman of the People's Council of the

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

(DPR) since 2018. Prior to the conflict in the east Ukraine region, after which he supported DPR independence, he served as a lawmaker in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada between 2012 and 2014.

Biography

Bidyovka was born on 7 March 1981 in

Makiyivka Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. He was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine until 2015. He represented the party from 2010–2012 as a member of Donetsk Regional Council and in 2012 represented it as an MP. After failing to gain a seat in the 2014 election, he moved to regions controlled by the

, where he was elected to its legislature in November 2014. He replaced

Olga Makeeva Olga Aleksandrovna Makeeva (russian: Oльга Александровна Макеева; born November 21, 1974) is a statesman and political figure, diplomat. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Donetsk People's Republic to t ...

Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic The People's Council (russian: Народный Совет, Narodny Sovet), formerly the Supreme Council (russian: Высший Совет, Vysshy Sovet), is the regional parliament of the Donetsk People's Republic, a disputed entity annexed as a ...

on 20 November 2018. Bidyovka was also on a list of persons designated by the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

as being involved in illegal elections and had financial sanctions imposed against.

References

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