Alexander Basansky

Alexander Alexandrovich Basansky (; born 6 May 1963) is a Russian oligarch. According to a 2022 article, he is the First Deputy Chairman of the Magadan Oblast Duma.

According to Forbes, he had the fourth highest income amongst all Russian civil servants.

According to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, he has not been sanctioned during the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the United States .

Biography Basansky was born on 6 May 1963, In the 1990s, he served as an executive in a number of companies. and the director of Agat since 1998.

He graduated from the Moscow State Open University in 2001.

He has substantial influence in the region of Kolyma in the Russian Far East. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, while in Kolyma, Basansky openly ignores the law. He allegedly openly ordered violence against a business rival, whom he referred to as a "rat", and drives recklessly.