Lev Kovpak

Russian politician

Лев Ковпак

Member of the State Duma for Sverdlovsk Oblast

Incumbent

Assumed office
5 October 2016Preceded byconstituency re-establishedConstituencyKamensk-Uralsky (No. 169) Personal detailsBorn (1978-10-23) 23 October 1978 (age 45)
Pervouralsk, RSFSR, USSRPolitical partyUnited RussiaSpouseVeronica KovpakChildren2 daughtsRelativesSydir KovpakAlma mater

Lev Igorevich Kovpak (Russian: Лев Игоревич Ковпак; born 23 October 1978, Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas. He is a distant relative of the Hero of the Soviet Union Sydir Kovpak.^[1]

Lev Kovpak studied in the US at the University of California, San Francisco. In the 1990s, he worked at the SKB-bank in Ekaterinburg. From 2005 to 2010, he was the deputy of the Ekaterinburg City Duma of the 4th convocation. In 2010–2011, he was the deputy of the Regional Duma of the bicameral Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region. In 2016 he was elected deputy of the 7th State Duma from the Sverdlovsk oblast constituency. Since September 2021, he has served as the deputy of the 8th State Duma.^[2]^[3]

His father Igor is an entrepreneur, operating the Kirovsky supermarket chain in Sverdlovsk Region. The company is a major employer in the region and a regional government contractor. Lev was vice president of the company from 2002 till 2015, he is also its shareholder.^[4] According to the OCCRP report, Igor is the beneficiary of an offshore British Virgin Islands company with USD $56 million worth of assets.^[5]

In July 2021, The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region arrested the property of Lev Kovpak and his family. The decision was made as part of a bankruptcy case at the request of Konstantin Markov, acting bankruptcy trustee of the "Prodovolstvennaya Kompania", that tried to bring Kovpakov to subsidiary liability.^[6] The arrest was lifted at the end of August the same year.^[7]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[8]

In 2022, as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was placed on a list of sanctioned Russian entities and people by the European Union, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Belgium and Japan.^[9] After that, the Czech Republic the froze bank account with USD $10.5 million owned by Lev's wife Veronika.^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Ковпак, Лев Игоревич" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
^ "Лев Игоревич Ковпак" (in Russian). Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "PEP: Kovpak Lev Igorevich, The State Duma, deputy, member of the Committee on Budget and Taxes". rupep.org. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ OCCRP/IStories. "Putin Loyalist MP Condemned Offshores. But His Father Stashed Tens of Millions Abroad". OCCRP. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ "Суд наложил арест на имущество депутата Госдумы Ковпака и его семьи" (in Russian). РИА Новости. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ "Суд снял арест со счетов уральского депутата Госдумы Льва Ковпака" (in Russian). Екатеринбург Онлайн. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Lev Igorevich KOVPAK". opensanctions.org. 19 October 1966. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ "Czechia vs. oligarchs: A quarter of a billion has frozen Russian MPs - List News". Connexionblog. 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ "Na zmrazeném kontě ženy ruského poslance bylo čtvrt miliardy korun - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznamzpravy.cz. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-02.