Nikolay Ivanovich Bortsov (russian: Николай Иванович Борцов; 8 May 1945 – 23 April 2023) was a Russian politician who served as a deputy of the

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, 7th, and 8th State Dumas convocations. Bortsov was raised by his mother and grandmother as his father died at the

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. After the 8th grade of secondary school, he started working as a loader at a pasta factory, simultaneously studying at an evening school. After serving in the army, he got a job as a mechanic at a winery in Lebedyan. In 1981, he was appointed Director of the Cannery

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. In 1992, together with his son Yuri, they acquired a controlling interest in Lebedyansky. By 2003, the factory ranked third in Russia in juice production. In 2008, Lebedyansky was sold to

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and The Pepsi Bottling Group. In 2004, together with his son, he founded a charitable foundation that shares their second name. The fund specializes in the restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church temples, also assists war veterans and allocates funds to support science and education. From 2003, Nikolay Bortsov was a deputy of the State Duma, running with the

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. Since September 2021, he had served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 2021,

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included Bortsov in the list of the two hundred wealthiest businessmen in Russia. Bortsov died on 23 April 2023, at the age of 77.

Sanctions

On 23 February 2022, against the backdrop of

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, he was included in the EU

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list, as he "supported and pursued actions and policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, which further destabilize Ukraine". On 24 March 2022, he was included in the US sanctions list alongside many members of the

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for "supporting the Kremlin's efforts to violate the

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and territorial integrity of Ukraine" and "complicity in Putin's war". Later, for similar reasons, he was included in the sanctions lists of Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine and New Zealand. Bortsov was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom Government in 2022 in relation to the

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