Yuriy Karmazin

Yurii Karmazin (; 21 September 1957 – 9 November 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and judge.

At the parliamentary elections on 31 March 2002, Karmazin was listed as number 17 on the "Our Ukraine" Bloc list and was elected to the Ukrainian parliament for the third time.

In the 2006 Ukrainian local elections he failed to win a seat in the Odesa City Council (for the Yuriy Karmazin Bloc). In the 2013 by-election in district No. 94 in Kyiv Oblast he did take part as an independent candidate, but he failed to win.

In November 2015 he joined the leadership of the "Far-right forces " movement, the organizer of an anti-government protest in February 2016, whose headquarters were located in "Kazatsky" hotel. The campaigners demanded the resignation of the government of President Petro Poroshenko and the release of political prisoners, they themselves were accused of destructive and provocative actions, beneficial to Russian media and the Russian authorities. By the end of the month, the protests stopped.

In January 2018, Karmazin held a press conference in which he provided documents that he said confirmed the relationship between ICU company and the American financier, deputy chairman of the inaugural committee of Donald Trump, Elliott Broidy.

In May 2018, Karmazin proclaimed himself the hetman of all Ukrainian Cossacks. In the election he gained 0.08% of the vote.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Karmazin failed to get elected in district No. 198 located in Cherkasy Oblast. In this election he gained 4.21% of the votes in the constituency, while winner Serhiy Rudyk won with 28.91%.

Karmazin died on 9 November 2022, at the age of 65.

Awards Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (1996). Judicial Counsellor III Class Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.