Nikolay Bortsov

Nikolay Ivanovich Bortsov (; 8 May 1945 – 23 April 2023) was a Russian politician who served as a deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas convocations.

Biography Bortsov was raised by his mother and grandmother as his father died at the front. After the 8th grade of secondary school, he started working as a loader at a pasta factory, simultaneously studying at an evening school.

In 1969 he graduated from the Michurinsk Technological College, in 1980 he received a second degree at the All-Russian Correspondence Institute of Finance and Economics.

After serving in the army, he got a job as a mechanic at a winery in Lebedyan.

Bortsov died on 23 April 2023, at the age of 77.

Career In 1981, he was appointed Director of the Cannery Lebedyansky. 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 PepsiCo 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.

Sanctions On 23 February 2022, against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he was included in the EU sanctions 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 Duma for "supporting the Kremlin's efforts to violate the sovereignty 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 Russo-Ukrainian War.

Awards and honours

Order of the Badge of Honour (1986) Order of Lenin (1991) Order of Honour (2003) Order of Friendship (2020) Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation (2019) The first honorary citizen of Lebedyan (2007) Honorary citizen of Lebedyansky District (2013) Badge of distinction "For services to the city of Lipetsk"