Arkady Ponomaryov
Аркадий Пономарёв
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1956-05-16) 16 May 1956 (age 67)
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materVoronezh State University of Engineering Technology

Arkady Ponomarev (Russian: Аркадий Николаевич Пономарёв; born 16 May 1956, in Voronezh) is a Russian political figure, entrepreneur, and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 2009, he was granted a Doctor of Sciences in Technical Sciences degree[1]

After graduating from the university, Ponomarev started working at construction sites in Tver Oblast. From 1984 to 1987, he was the chief engineer of the Rossosh Dairy Plant. He left the position to become the chief engineer and the head of the dairy plant Voronezhsky. In 2005, based on the Voronezhsky dairy plant, Ponomarev founded the company Molvest which manufactures popular dairy products. On 14 March 2010 Ponomarev was elected deputy of the Voronezh Oblast Duma. In 2013, he became deputy of the 6th State Duma. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas from the Voronezh Oblast constituency.[1][2]

In 2014, volunteers of the Dissernet accused Ponomarev in plagiarizing his candidate's dissertation.[3]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Пономарев, Аркадий Николаевич" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ "Воронежские депутаты, чиновники и ректоры, которые не прошли проверку антиплагиатом" (in Russian). Вести Воронеж. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.


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