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Victor Basargin

Person of interest · Politician

Victor Basargin 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	Basargin Victor Fedorovich · Victor Basargin · Viktor Basargin · Wiktor Fjodorowitsch Bassargin · Виктор Басаргин · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Victor Fyodorovich Basargin · Viktor Fyodoroviç Basargin · Wiktor Fedorowitsch Bassargin · Басаргин Виктор Федорович · Басаргин Виктор Фёдорович · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Bassargin · 维克托·巴萨尔金				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Asbest				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Viktor				[sources]
Last name	Basargin				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q982320				[sources]
Position	Governor of Perm Krai (2012-2017) · Low priority · Minister of Regional Development (2008-2012) · Низкий приоритет				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Economic Sciences · Ural Institute of Management (1991) · Ural State Mining University (-1984)				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-09	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Former head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport of the Russian Federation. Managed a state body of the Russian Federation, which supported or implemented actions or policies that undermined or threatened the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2025-04-03

Russian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
federal minister of Russia	-	-
Minister of Regional Development

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,535

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 Categories339,199

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,240

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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