SVIRIDENKO Oleg Mikhailovich

Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation. Manages a state body of the Russian Federation, which supports or implements actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. From 2014 to 2020 - Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. As a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, upheld the verdict against Oleg and Alexei Navalny in the Yves Rocher case, despite the ECtHR ruling that this verdict was unjust. Currently serves as Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation; his responsibilities include, in particular, enforcement of the foreign agent law that requires anyone who receives "support" from outside of Russia or is under "influence" from outside of Russia to register and declare themselves as foreign agents. The law was specifically designed and is being used to constrain independent NGOs and suppress the opposition and free media. As a public servant, Sviridenko must declare his income and real estate holdings. In order to avoid declaring a mansion on the French Riviera worth more than 700 thousand euro, and multiple luxury properties in Russia, he enacted a fraudulent "divorce" scheme so that all of the properties were registered in the name his "former" wife Natalya Poluychik.

Russian lawyer, judge