Vadim Rabinovich

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Zinovyevich and the family name is Rabinovich.

Vadim Rabinovich
Вадим Рабінович
'ודים רבינוביץ
Rabinovich outdoors, in an open-necked shirt
Rabinovich in 2009
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 3 November 2022[a]
Constituency
Personal details
Born (1953-08-04) 4 August 1953 (age 71)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Citizenship
  • Ukraine (formerly, revoked)
  • Israel
Political partyOpposition Platform — For Life (2016–2022)[2]
Other political
affiliations		Opposition Bloc (2014–2016)
Children1 daughter, 2 sons
Residence(s)Bitan Aharon, Israel
Occupation
Known for
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Army
Years of service1973–1975

Vadim Zinovyevich Rabinovich[b][c] (born 4 August 1953) is an Israeli and formerly Ukrainian oligarch[3][4] and Jewish community leader. He is a former leader of the banned Opposition Platform — For Life party, as well as an unsuccessful candidate in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election and a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the 8th and 9th Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) convocations, serving as a member of the Opposition Bloc from 2014 to 2019 and as a member of Opposition Platform — For Life from 2019 until he was removed from office by the party for his support of Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Born in Kharkiv, Rabinovich spent seven years in Soviet prisons for embezzlement and involvement with the black market, and made aliyah to Israel in the early 1990s, becoming an Israeli citizen in 1999. Rabinovich was a supporter of efforts to restore the Hurva Synagogue, for which a square was named after him after he was mistakenly believed to be deceased. In addition to his leadership of the Jewish community in Ukraine and philanthropic activities in Israel, Rabinovich is known for his support of pro-Russian politics in Ukraine, including his founding of the Opposition Platform — For Life political party and participation in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections.

In 2022, Rabinovich left Ukraine shortly after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, beforehand blaming the possibility of the war on the west and Ukraine on his Facebook. In March 2022, his position as a People's Deputy of Ukraine was terminated by Opposition Platform — For Life. The next month, Ukraine's government placed Rabinovich on a list of 111 people labelled as traitors in the war with Russia, and in July 2022, his citizenship was revoked by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with Ihor Kolomoyskyi and eight other Ukrainian oligarchs. On 3 November 2022 parliament officially terminated the powers of the People's Deputy Rabinovich because of his deprivement of Ukrainian citizenship.[1]

  1. ^ a b ALONA MAZURENKO (3 November 2022). "The council deprived Rabinovich and Vasilkovsky of their mandates". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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  3. ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (28 July 2022). "Zelensky said to strip 3 Jewish oligarchs of citizenship; all hold Israeli passports". Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Ukrainian, Russian Oligarchs Find Common Ground -- Soccer". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2022.


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