Alexander Alexandrovich Basansky (Russian: Александр Александрович Басанский; born 6 May 1963) is a Russian oligarch. According to a 2022 article, he is the First Deputy Chairman of the Magadan Oblast Duma.[1] He is a former high-ranking officer in the Soviet special services, and an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.[2]
According to Forbes, he had the fourth highest income amongst all Russian civil servants.[1] His son is the politician Anton Basansky.[3]
According to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, he has not been sanctioned during the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the United States as of September 2023[update].[4]
Basansky was born on 6 May 1963,[5][6] in Dykanka, Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. He worked as an apprentice electrician in Ukraine, then later in mining in the Magadan Oblast.[7][1] From 1981 to 1982, he served in the Soviet Army.[6] In the 1990s, he served as an executive in a number of companies.[1] He is a founder and owner of the company Arbat («Арбат»),[1][8] and the director of Agat («Агат») since 1998.[6]
He graduated from the Moscow State Open University in 2001.[6][5]
He has substantial influence in the region of Kolyma in the Russian Far East. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, while in Kolyma, Basansky openly ignores the law.[7][2] He allegedly openly ordered violence against a business rival, whom he referred to as a "rat",[2] and drives recklessly.[7][2]
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