Volodymyr Saldo

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Saldo.

Volodymyr Saldo
Володимир Сальдо
Saldo Kremlin 2022.jpg
Saldo in the Kremlin in 2022
Head of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration
Assumed office
26 April 2022
Preceded byHennadiy Lahuta[a]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012 – 27 November 2014
ConstituencyParty of Regions, No. 182
Mayor of Kherson
In office
2014–2015
Preceded byZoya Berezhna
Succeeded byVolodymyr Mykolayenko
In office
2002–2012
Preceded byMykola Ordynskyy
Succeeded byZoya Berezhna
Personal details
Born (1956-06-12) 12 June 1956 (age 68)
Zhovtneve, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality
  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
Political party
Independent (1998–2001, 2022–present)
Children1
Alma materKryvyi Rih Mining Institute
Signature

Volodymyr Vasylovych Saldo (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Сальдо, Russian: Владимир Васильевич Сальдо, romanized: Vladimir Vasilyevich Saldo; born 12 June 1956) is a Russian and Ukrainian politician who has served since 26 April 2022 as the head of the collaborationist Kherson military–civilian administration in Russian-occupied Ukraine.[1][2]

Early life and engineering career

Saldo was born on 12 June 1956 in the town of Zhovtneve, Mykolaiv Oblast, in what was then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.

In 1978 he graduated from the Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute with the degree in industrial and civil construction. He specialized as a civil engineer and earned a PhD in economics in 2008.[3]

From 1978 to 2001, he worked as an engineer and served as a head of installation departments at the Khersonpromstroy plant.[4]

Political career

Saldo first became a member of the Kherson City Council in 1998, serving until 2002 and since 2015. Saldo served as the member of the Kherson City Council from 1998 to 2002. In 2001, he joined the Party of Regions and was named the head of its branch in Kherson Oblast. In 2006, he was named the head of the Party of Regions branch in the city of Kherson.[4][5]

Deputy Governor of Kherson Oblast (2001-2002)

In 2001, he was named the deputy governor of the Kherson Oblast, in charge of construction, housing and communal services, and served until 2002.[4][5]

Mayor of Kherson (2002–2012)

A former member of the Party of Regions and the party's head in Kherson Oblast, Saldo served as mayor of Kherson from 2002 to 2012.[6][7] He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 and served until 2012.[4][5]

The Association for the Reintegration of Crimea reported after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, that Saldo's ten-year mayoralty was a "time of total embezzlement and corruption that entangled all spheres of the city's life, at times grandiose scandals".[8]

People's Deputy of Ukraine (2012–2015)

Saldo was elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine in 2012; he served until 2015.

Saldo in April 2013

Since 2014, he has been serving as the chairman of the board of the Kherson City Public Association of Builders and Investors.

Saldo was elected People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary elections. Following his election, he was named the deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's committee for construction, urban planning, housing and communal services and regional policy. He voted for the set of anti-protest laws, also called the "dictatorship laws", on 16 January 2014.[5]

Kherson City Councillor (2015–2022)

In 2015, he ran for Mayor of Kherson as a member of the Our Land party. In the first round he finished second with 16.88%, however, he withdrew from the second round, citing pressure on himself. In the city council elections the same year, Saldo was elected member of the Kherson City Council once again. In 2020 he was re-elected to the City Council once again, while he lost to Ihor Kolykhaiev in the mayoral elections and finished second once again.[5]

Head of banned party

In 2020, he founded the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc.[5]

The political party was banned by Ukraine on 20 March 2022, ostensibly because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

2022 Russian occupation of Kherson

Main article: Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Saldo took a pro-Russian position.[10] On 13 March, he took part in a pro-Russian rally in Kherson.[11] However, Saldo stated that he did not support the creation of a "people's republic" in the Kherson Oblast,[12] and claimed his collaborationism was driven by a desire to maintain Kherson as part of Ukraine.[13]

The head of the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc within the Kherson Oblast Council, Valery Lytvyn, sent a letter to the first deputy chairman of the Oblast Council Yuriy Sobolevsky, stating that the deputies did not agree with Saldo's choice to attend the 13 March rally. Deputies of the bloc announced that they would continue their activities in the Kherson Oblast Council as part of a new faction, titled the "Support to the programs of the President of Ukraine" faction.[14]

Saldo received attention following his participation in a meeting of the Salvation Committee for Peace and Order, a Russian-established government organ in Kherson Oblast. Following the meeting, Olga Spivakina, a deputy of the city council, posted Saldo's statement on Facebook, in which he claimed that he had been taken captive and forced to participate in the meeting.[15]

On 17 March, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine opened proceedings on treason related to the "creation of a pseudo-authority in the Kherson Oblast," with Saldo as a prime suspect in the case.[16][17]

Saldo's aide was assassinated in Kherson on 20 March.[18]

2022 Russian-appointed governor of Oblast

Saldo (left) with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 30 September 2022

Saldo was appointed governor of Kherson Oblast by Russian military on 26 April 2022.[6][19][20] Following a Ukrainian missile attack on Kherson on 27 April, Saldo stated that "Kyiv abandoned people from Kherson".[21] On 29 April, Saldo stated that official languages in the Kherson Oblast will be both Ukrainian and Russian, and that the International Settlements Bank from South Ossetia would soon open 200 branches in Kherson Oblast.[22]

On 29 April the Ukrainian prosecutor pressed treason charges against Saldo for his collaborationism.[16]

On 6 May 2022, Saldo met with Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Andrey Turchak, secretary of the general council of United Russia. During an interview on the same day, Saldo stated that Kherson Oblast was already an "integral part of the big family of Russia".[23]

On 3 June 2022, he was sanctioned by the European Union due to his role in the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast[24] and for providing support and promoting policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.[25][26]

On 5 August, Russian authorities announced that Saldo would be transferred to Moscow for medical treatment, after a "Minister of Health" approached him insisting on a medical examination by doctors on hand in his office, against his will. Following his departure to Russia, he was replaced by Sergei Yeliseyev.[27] It was initially reported by RT that Saldo had suffered from a stroke and was comatose, but this was denied by Saldo's deputy Kirill Stremousov, who claimed that such reports were, "part of Ukraine's information war against Russia."[28] Some reports said he was poisoned on that day.[29] According to Russian (RIA Novosti and Lenta.ru) and Ukrainian media reports, on September 12, Saldo died in intensive care after alleged poisoning.[30][31] Soon, articles in the Russian media about his death were deleted.[32] Kirill Stremousov also wrote about the death of Saldo, but then deleted the post.[33] On 19 September 2022, Ria Novosti reported that Saldo had returned to "fulfilling his duties".[34]

Controversies

2016 debtor assault

In 2016, Saldo was held in the Dominican Republic for three months after he was accused for kidnapping and torturing a 33-year-old Ukrainian man who allegedly owed him and his partner $334,000.[35]

2022 sanctions

In 2015, he bought part of the Czech company Agriatis, mostly owned by his Ukrainian partner Volodymyr Erekhynskyi. Following the placement of EU sanctions in June 2022 for collaborating with Russia, the Czech Ministry of Finance announced that they had launched an investigation into his ownership.[36]

Notes

  1. ^ Control over Kherson Oblast is disputed due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Saldo was installed by Russian forces on 26 April 2022, while Lahuta has been in office since 26 October 2021 and remains loyal to the Ukrainian government.

References

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  14. ^ "Депутати "Блоку Сальдо" не згодні з діями Сальдо: написали лист керівництву Херсонської облради" ["Saldo Bloc" deputies disagree with Saldo's actions: write letter to head of Kherson Oblast Council]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian). 14 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Два учасники засідання колаборантів у Херсоні стверджують, що їх змусили до участі" [Two participants in Kherson collaborators' meeting claim they were forced to participate]. Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Treason charges pressed against so-called "governor" of Kherson region, appointed by Russians". Ukrinform. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Зрадники Херсону: прокуратура відкрила провадження щодо держзради Сальда і Стремоусова" [Traitors of Kherson: Prosecutor's office opens proceedings regarding treason of Saldo and Stremousov]. StopKor (in Ukrainian). 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  18. ^ Mazurenko, Alona; Romanenko, Valentyna (20 April 2022). "У Херсоні розстріляли помічника російського колаборанта Сальдо" [In Kherson, assistant of Russian collaborator Saldo shot]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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