1. Vitaliy Pavlovich Khotsenko is a Ukrainian-born Russian politician, who serves as Governor of Omsk Oblast since September, 2023.
11 Facts About Vitaliy Khotsenko
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Vitaliy Khotsenko had previously held several statewide positions in Stavropol Krai, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Donetsk People's Republic.
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Vitaliy Khotsenko graduated from the Faculty of Sociology in Moscow State University, from the Singapore Institute of Marketing with a degree in Business Management and from the Specialized Institute of Jurisprudence with a degree in the field.
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Vitaliy Khotsenko graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a master's degree in State regulation of the Economy, as well as postgraduate studies at Moscow State University.
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Vitaliy Khotsenko first worked as an assistant to a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
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From 2008 to 2010, Vitaliy Khotsenko worked as the head of the analysis and forecasting department of the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug.
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On 16 December 2013, Vitaliy Khotsenko was appointed Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of Stavropol Krai.
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On September 12,2019, Vitaliy Khotsenko became the Director of the Department of Industrial Policy and Project Management in the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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That day, Vitaliy Khotsenko was appointed to the position by the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin.
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On 21 December 2022, Vitaliy Khotsenko was injured by shelling along with Dmitry Rogozin in Donetsk; the attack killed two people according to DPR head Denis Pushilin, while Ukraine's border service confirmed that the Ukrainian military perpetrated the attack.
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Vitaliy Khotsenko was sanctioned by the US Treasury and the United Kingdom in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.