Nikolai Doluda | |
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Николай Долуда | |
| Deputy of the8th State Duma | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2021 | |
| Vice-Governor of the Krasnodar Krai | |
| In office 2006 – 25 January 2020 | |
| Ataman of theKuban Cossack army | |
| In office 6 February 2008 – 25 January 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-06-10)10 June 1952 (age 73) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Rostov State University of Economics |

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Doluda (Russian:Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Долу́да;Ukrainian:Микола Олександрович Долуда,romanized: Mykola Oleksandrovych Doluda) is a Ukrainian-born Russian political figure and a deputy the8th State Duma.[1] In 1998 he held the position of Deputy Mayor of the city ofYeysk. In 2001, he started working at the administration of theKrasnodar Krai. On 24 May 2006 he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Krai.[2] In November 2007, Nikolai Doluda was electedataman of theKuban Cossack army. Three years later, he headed the Council of military atamans. He left the post in 2020 to become the new head of theAll-Russian Cossack Society.[3][4]In November 2023, he resigned from his post of his own free will to focus on developing legislation on the Cossacks.[5]
Since 2021, he has served as a deputy of the8th State Duma.[6]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[8]