Serhiy Kuzminykh

Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kuzminykh (; born 17 January 1983) is a Ukrainian philanthropist and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 67th electoral district since 29 August 2019.

Early life and career Serhiy Volodymyrovych Kuzminykh was born on 17 January 1983 in Zhytomyr, within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. He is a graduate of the Zhytomyr Military Institute, with a specialisation in system engineering. His brother is , a member of the Cyborgs that fought at the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.

Prior to his political career, Kuzminykh was active in charity, founding the International Charitable Foundation of the Kuzminykh Brothers, an organisation dedicated to providing healthcare to wounded veterans of the war in Donbas. Rehabilitation centres of the International Charitable Foundation of the Kuzminykh Brothers were opened in Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, and Kyiv. Kuzminykh was also a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. He was ultimately successful, defeating incumbent People's Deputy Viktor Razvadovsky with 36.35% of the vote compared to Razvadovsky's 34.29%. He is a member of the Verkhovna Rada National Health, Healthcare, and Health Insurance Committee, as well as the party faction of Servant of the People within the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament). However, he still refused to appear before court, leading for the head of the High Anti-Corruption Court, Oleh Tkachenko, to initiate a forced arraignment on 24 February 2022.

On 1 February 2022, prior to his arrest, Kuzminykh requested to Davyd Arakhamia, head of Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, that he be removed from the party faction with the possibility of returning if he was found innocent. Kuzminykh has rejected any notion of guilt, and claimed that the charges were motivated by his vote in favour of the dismissal of Zoriana Skaletska, then director of NABU and Minister of Health of Ukraine. His defence lawyer has additionally claimed that his actions fell under the umbrella of his duties as a People's Deputy.