Vyacheslav Oleksandrovych Boguslayev ( uk, Вячесла́в Олекса́ндрович Богусла́єв; born 28 October 1938) is a Ukrainian engineer, businessman and politician. A former member of the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...

, Boguslayev served as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Alte ...

from 2006 to 2019. He is primarily known as chief engineer of

Motor Sich The Motor Sich Joint Stock Company ( uk, АТ «Мотор Січ») is a Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer headquartered in Zaporizhzhia. The company manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters, and also industrial marine gas tur ...

, a company producing airplane engines. He was arrested on 22 October 2022 on suspicion of treason by the

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainia ...

. Many of Boguslayev's assets, particularly ones that were strategic to the Ukrainian state in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including his ownership of

, were nationalized by the Ukrainian government in November 2022.

Business career

From 1956 to 1960, Boguslayev served in Soviet Army and worked as assistant engine driver at the Uralsk shipbuilding yard. In 1961, he moved to

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a popula ...

, where he worked as a mechanic. In the same year, he entered Zaporizhzhia Technical Institute and graduated in 1965, specializing in air engines with qualification of mechanic engineer. * 1966 - Vyacheslav Boguslayev started working at Zaporizhzhia Engine Plant: before 1969 as construction engineer, and from * 1969 till 1973 as Head of the Department * 1973 - 1988 Vyacheslav Boguslayev worked as Director of Volochisk Engineering Plant (

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

) * 1988 - 1994 - Director General of "Motorobudіvnik", Zaporizhzhia * 1994 - 2006 - Chairman of the Board, General Director of JSC "Motor Sich" (ex-"Motorobudіvnik") * since 2006 - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Honorary President of JSC "Motor Sich" In October 2022, Boguslayev was detained by the

. The head of

is accused of illegal supplies of helicopter engines to Russian military enterprises. The period when this happened is not specified. The Russian state corporation

Rostec Rostec ( rus, Ростех, p=, r=Rostekh), officially the State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology Industrial Product Rostec (russian: Государственная корпорация по � ...

has announced that it has not been using Ukrainian engines since 2014.

Social activities

* 2001 - 2004 - Member of the Guardian Council of the National Fund of Social Protection of Mothers and Children "Ukraine to Children" * since 2001 Vyacheslav Boguslayev has been the President of the International Charity Fund "Dnipro-Sich" * Member of the National Council on Philanthropy, established in 2007 at the initiative of President

Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

and led by his daughter Vitalina.

Politics

* In 2006-2007 Vyacheslav Boguslayev was elected as People's Deputy of Ukraine to the 5th Verkhovna Rada, from the

(No 5 on the list). At that time he was working as the Head of the Subcommittee on Legislative National Defense, the defense industry complex supplies, military and military-technical cooperation of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence. He was as well member of the

. * In November 2007 Vyacheslav Boguslayev became the MP of the 6th Verkhovna Rada, elected from the Party of Regions (No. 11 in the list). He was Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence Policy. * Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security and Defense * Member of the Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation between The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the

Federal Assembly of Russia The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian ...