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Dmitry Vadimovich Sablin (Russian:Дми́трий Вади́мович Са́блин; born 5 September 1968[1]) is aUkrainian-bornRussian politician, who has served as a Member of theState Duma since 2016, having previously held the office between 2003 and 2013.[2] Sablin served asSenator fromMoscow Oblast from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the rulingUnited Russia party and representsNew Moscow.[2][3]
Outside of parliament, he is the First Deputy Chair of the Fighting Fraternity (Boyevoye bratstvo) veterans organisations.[4]
First Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Veterans Public Organization "Combat Brotherhood",[5] Colonel. Candidate of Economic Sciences (2002). Subject of anti-corruption investigations.[6] Hero of the Russian Federation (2024).
Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he is under personal sanctions imposed by the 27 EU countries, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Ukraine.
According toMeduza, the Rota Development holding company (Russian:холдинг «Рота Девелопмент») owned by Sablin, who is strongly supported by his assistant Valery V. Zaborovsky (Russian:Валерий В. Заборовский),[a] built theGRU associated 20-story "Khimki Tower" or simply "The Tower" (Russian:«Башня») or "Novator Tower" (Russian:«Новатор-Тауэр»), which is located at 22 Kirova Street in the Moscow suburb ofKhimki and allegedly houses themilitary unit 74455 (Russian:войсковая часть 74455 находится по адресу Химки, улица Кирова, 22).[12][c]Robert Mueller alleged that military unit 74455supportedDCLeaks and thehacking of theDNC email accounts.[10][16]
Beginning in January 2015, Sablin was involved in the creation of anAnti-Maidan Russian nationalist movement.[2][19][4][20]
As of 22 April 2024, the UK MoD claimed that Dmitry Sables created a new BARS unit, aBars Kaskad drone unit, far behind the front line for VIPs and Kremlin elite. With additional security, it allows VIPs to serve in Ukraine with a reduced risk of harm. On 16 April 2024, the husband of Russian blogger Yelena Blinovskaya, Alexei Blinovskiy served in it.[21]
On September 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the U.S. sanctions list in response to "sham referendums" and the "annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russian occupation forces."[22][23][24] The U.S. Department of State noted that deputies unanimously adopted legislation on fake news, with some deputies playing a key role in disseminating Russian disinformation about the war.[25]
On December 16, 2022, he was included in the sanctions list of the 27 countries of the European Union for supporting and implementing policies undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine, as he "voted for the illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions."[26][27]
On February 23, 2023, he was placed on Canada's sanctions list targeting "regime associates," as he "voted for legislation related to the invasion and attempted annexation of four Ukrainian regions."[28][29]
Earlier, he was included on similar grounds in the sanctions lists of Switzerland, Ukraine,[30] and New Zealand.[31]
Sablin is married to Alla Sablina (née Nalcha), who is the General Director of Rota Real Estate.[4]
Dmitry Sablin co-owns several Rota Group assets, including Rota-Krym, which owns property in theannexed region of Crimea.[4] According toDozhd, Sablin is one of the wealthiest members of theState Duma.[4]
^Valery V. Zaborovsky (Russian:Валерий В. Заборовский) is called "Putin's propagandist" and "provocateur" for "anti-Ukrainian publications" and "inciting ethnic hatred and spreading disinformation" and in whose name both theantimaidan.ru website (Russian:«Антимайдан») and "anti-Maidan.rf" are registered.[8][9][10][11]
^Allegedly, also located at the JSC Oboronstroy legal address in Moscow at Komsomolsky Prospekt, 18, Building 3, which is the complex of the former Khamovnichesky barracks in the center of Moscow (Russian:АО "Оборонстрой", компания расположена в комплексе бывших Хамовнических казарм в центре Москвы), and, allegedly, also at the former Khamovnichesky barracks at 20 Komsomolsky Prospekt (Russian:Комсомольский проспект, дом 20) is the location of"GRU hackers" military unit 26165 (Russian:"хакерами ГРУ", 26165).[10][13][14][15][16] The former Khamovnichesky barracks at 20 Komsomolsky Prospekt is also the location of themilitary university of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Russian:адресу Комсомольский пр., 20 - это военный университет Министерства обороны России) which is also known as the Prince Alexander Nevsky Military University (Russian:Военный университет им. князя Александра Невского) since 24 September 2021.[15][16][17][18] The 85th Main Special Service Center, which was headed by Sergei Grizunov (Russian:Сергей Гизунов) who later became a deputy under the head of the GRU Sergei Korobov (Russian:Игорь Коробов), is located here.[16]
^"The Tower" (Russian:«Башню»), which is sometimes listed on websites as the "Rota Tower" (Russian:«Рота-Тауэр»), was once known as the Novator business center (Russian:бизнес-центр «Новатор») and was built over several years opening in 2015.[12] JSC Oboronstroy (Russian:АО «Оборонстрой»), which is located at the legal address in Moscow at Komsomolsky Prospekt, 18, Building 3 (Russian:юридический адрес АО "Оборонстрой" – Москва, Комсомольский проспект, 18 строение 3), is a firm wholly owned by theRussian defense ministry, was headed byTimur Ivanov from 2013 to 2016 and is managed by the Sergei Innokentyevich Ten (Russian:Сергей Иннокентьевич Тен) ledJSC Garrison (Russian:АО «Гарнизон»), purchased the building in February 2016.[12][b] As of July 2018, "The Tower" is officially called the "Daily Operations Management Center" (Russian:«Центр управления повседневной деятельностью»), which according to theChief of the General StaffValery Gerasimov in 2014, was created "for the operational coordination of military command and control agencies" (Russian:«для оперативной координации деятельности органов военного управления»).[12]
^Who's Who in Italy S. R. L. (1 January 2007).Who's Who in Russia 2006 Edition. Who's Who Strategic Area. p. 683.ISBN9785990024939.SABLIN Dmitry Vadimovich, State Duma deputy born Sept. 5, 1968 a.: c/o State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Okhotny ryad 1, R- 103265 Moscow
