Ihor Markov

Ihor Olehovych Markov (; ; born on 18 January 1973) is a former pro-Russian Ukrainian entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the Rodina Party and is a former deputy of Ukrainian parliament as a member of the Party of Regions faction. Markov is wanted in Ukraine in connection with riots in Odesa that took place on 2 September 2007.

During the 28 October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Markov (officially registered as an independent candidate ) won single-member constituency No. 133 (Kyivsky Raion in Odesa), collecting 26.6% of the vote. Police officers had documented the use of pens with disappearing ink in at least 40 polling stations in constituency No. 133 on 28 October 2012.

On 12 September 2013 the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine (under a lawsuit lodged by Yuriy Karmazin) ruled it impossible to reliably establish the results of the 28 October 2012 elections in constituency No. 133. Markov left the Party of Regions faction on 17 September 2013. Oleksandr Yefremov, Markov's former Party of Regions faction leader, refuted the accusations. On 25 February 2014 an Odesa Court freed Markov from custody.

On 24 December 2014 the Ukrainian Interior Ministry again placed Markov on its wanted list in connection with the 2 September 2007 riots.

Markov is co-founder and director of pro-Russian public organizations. Markov was arrested in Italy's Sanremo on 12 August 2015. In February 2016 Italy refused Markov's extradition to Ukraine; claiming his arrest warrant was politically motivated.

In 2022, during the early stages of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Markov founded the pro-russian paramilitary unit "Odessa Brigade".