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Askold Zapashny

Person of interest · Politician · Sanction-linked entity

Askold Zapashny is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Askold Valterovitsj Zapasjniy · Askold Zapashny · Askold Zapašnõi · Zapashny Askold Valterovich · Аскольд Вальтерович Запашный · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Askold Valterovich Zapashnyi · Аскольд Запашный · Запашный Аскольд Вальтерович · Запашный, Аскольд Вальтерович				[sources]
Birth date	1977-09-27				[sources]
Place of birth	Kharkiv				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia				[sources]
Last name	Zapashny				[sources]
Website	www.zapashny.ru				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4186648				[sources]
Position	Presidential proxies in elections · Доверенные лица президента на выборах				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-21	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Authorized representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Authorized representatives ensured the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who has pursued an aggressive policy against Ukraine since 2014, in the non-competitive presidential election on March 18, 2018.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2024-04-12

Authorized representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the non-competitive presidential election on March 15-17, 2024. Authorized representatives voluntarily campaign for the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who is responsible for unleashing an aggressive war against Ukraine and political repression in Russia. Information from Vladimir Putin's election website: Artistic director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Big Moscow Circus on Vernadsky Avenue", People's Artist of the Russian Federation. ---- Circus performers and the Zapashny brothers perform in support of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Actively supports the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2025-07-17

Russian screenwriter

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-12-27

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Valter Zapashny Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of United Russia	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Zapashny Edgard Valterovich Sanctioned entity	sibling	-	-

Data sources

ACF List of War Enablers8,520

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging78,072

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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