Boguslaev Vyacheslav
Date of Birth: 28.10.1938
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Boguslaev - Member of the V, VI, VII and VIII Congresses of the Verkhovna Rada, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor. Since 1994, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, General Director, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Honorary President of the Motor Sich company.
In 2022, he was arrested on suspicion of collaborative activities and supporting Russia as an aggressive power.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Uralsk (Kazakhstan). In 1966, he graduated from the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute named after Chubary, specializing in aircraft engines.
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Career. 1956-1960 - Assistant machinist at the Ural shipbuilding plant, service in the armed forces of the USSR.
1966-1988 - Design engineer, head of the Zaporozhye production association Motor Builders, director of the Volotchisk Machine-Building Plant (Khmelnytskyi region). Since 1988 - General Director of the Motor Builders Production Association.
1994-2006 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, General Director of JSC 'Motor Sich' (formerly the Motor Builders Production Association). Since 2006 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Honorary President of PJSC Motor Sich.
2006-2007 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine V. Congress of the Regions Party (No. 5 in the election list). Chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Issues of National Defense, the Military-Industrial Complex, Military and Military-Technical Cooperation of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense. Member of the Regions Party.
2007-2012 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine VI. Congress of the Regions Party (No. 11 on the list). Deputy Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defense of Parliament.
2012-2014 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine VII. Congress, nominated by the Regions Party in single-mandate district No. 77 (Zaporizhzhia region). Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial and Investment Policy of the Verkhovna Rada.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'dictatorial laws' - a package of undemocratic laws that significantly restricted citizens' rights and curtailed freedom of expression.
From November 2014 to August 2019 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine VIII. Congress. Vyacheslav Boguslaev was elected in the 77th single-mandate constituency in the Zaporizhzhia region.
During the parliamentary elections in 2019, he participated in the 94th constituency (Kiev region). After the elections, he lost with a result of 12.01% in the district against the candidate of the Servant of the People party and the journalist from the 1+1 channel, Alexandr Dubinsky (40.94%).
During the parliamentary elections in 2019, he participated in the 77th constituency (Zaporizhzhia region). After the elections, he lost in the constituency against the candidate of the Servant of the People party, the wedding photographer Sergey Shtep.
Real Estate. Vyacheslav Boguslaev is among the hundred richest Ukrainians. In 2008, experts from Focus magazine estimated his property as a co-founder of JSC Motor Sich at USD 372 million, noting that it was 'only' USD 106 million the year before.
JSC Motor Sich is one of the largest machine-building companies in Ukraine. It specializes in the production of aircraft and helicopter engines, gas turbine engines and power plants, wind power plants, agricultural machinery, municipal equipment, small boats and inflatable boats, etc.
In 2014, Forbes magazine estimated Vyacheslav Boguslaev's wealth at USD 234 million.
In 2018, he was ranked 21st among the top 100 richest people in Ukraine with $327 million in the ranking of Focus magazine.
In December 2019, the owners of the shares of JSC 'Motor Sich' announced that they sold their shares to Chinese investors.
Investigation. On October 22, 2022, Vyacheslav Boguslaev was arrested by the SBU.
On October 23, 2022, the SBU charged Vyacheslav Boguslaev with treason. According to the investigation, he and the head of the foreign economic activity department of Motor Sich are involved in the supply of military equipment to Russian occupying forces, including aircraft engines for the aviation of the Russian Federation. They were suspected under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, st. 111-1 (collaborative activity) and st. 111-2 (support of an aggressor state).
On October 24, 2022, the SBU released audio recordings of telephone conversations of the president of Motor Sich, confirming his collaboration with the enemy. On that day, Boguslaev was taken into pre-trial detention without bail.
Awards. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine.
Awarded the medal 'For Merits in Labor' (1970), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1982), the Order 'For Merits' in three degrees (1996, 1998, 1999). In 2000, he was awarded