Ivan Mikhailovich Musatov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Мусатов; born 14 February 1976) is a Russian politician and deputy of the 8th State Duma, serving since the 2021 Russian legislative election.[1] Previously, he served as a deputy of the 4th State Duma.[2] He is a member of the populist oriented Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
Musatov was born to a military family on 14 February 1976 in Rakvere, Estonia, then occupied by the Soviet Union. His father was Mikhail Ivanovich Musatov,[3] a Russian politician who served continuously as a deputy of the State Duma from 1995 to 2011 and also belonged to the LDPR. Musatov grew up in Belarus, moving with his family to Moscow in 1985.[2] He studied engineering as a cadet at the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School, graduating in 1997 with academic honors.[1] He then received a master's of economics from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999, and a law degree in 2003.[3]
In 2003 he was elected as a deputy to the 4th convocation of the Russian State Duma. As a member, he served on the Security Committee. In 2007, he was renominated by the LDPR, but failed to secure another seat.[3] He was again elected in 2021, and returned to the State Duma, becoming a member of the Committee on Culture chaired by Yelena Yampolskaya.[1]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
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