Dmitry Sablin


Dmitry Vadimovich Sablin is a Ukrainian-born Russian politician, who has served as a Member of the State Duma since 2016, having previously held the office between 2003 and 2013. Sablin served as Senator from Moscow Oblast from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the ruling United Russia party and represents New Moscow.
Outside of parliament, he is the First Deputy Chair of the Fighting Fraternity veterans organisations.
First Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Veterans Public Organization "Combat Brotherhood", Colonel. Candidate of Economic Sciences. Subject of anti-corruption investigations. Hero of the Russian Federation.
Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he is under personal sanctions imposed by the 27 EU countries, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Ukraine.

Education

In parliament

Sablin is head of the State Duma group that oversees ties between Russian and Syrian lawmakers.

Support for military unit 74455

According to Meduza, the Rota Development holding company owned by Sablin, who is strongly supported by his assistant Valery V. Zaborovsky, built the GRU associated 20-story "Khimki Tower" or simply "The Tower" or "Novator Tower", which is located at 22 Kirova Street in the Moscow suburb of Khimki and allegedly houses the military unit 74455. Robert Mueller alleged that military unit 74455 supported DCLeaks and the hacking of the DNC email accounts.

Activism in Ukraine

Beginning in January 2015, Sablin was involved in the creation of an Anti-Maidan Russian nationalist movement.
As of 22 April 2024, the UK MoD claimed that Dmitry Sables created a new BARS unit, a Bars Kaskad drone unit, far behind the front line for VIPs and Kremlin elite. With additional security, it allows VIPs to serve in Ukraine with a reduced risk of harm. On 16 April 2024, the husband of Russian blogger Yelena Blinovskaya, Alexei Blinovskiy served in it.

Sanctions

On September 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the U.S. sanctions list in response to "sham referendums" and the "annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russian occupation forces." The U.S. Department of State noted that deputies unanimously adopted legislation on fake news, with some deputies playing a key role in disseminating Russian disinformation about the war.
On December 16, 2022, he was included in the sanctions list of the 27 countries of the European Union for supporting and implementing policies undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine, as he "voted for the illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions."
On February 23, 2023, he was placed on Canada's sanctions list targeting "regime associates," as he "voted for legislation related to the invasion and attempted annexation of four Ukrainian regions."
Earlier, he was included on similar grounds in the sanctions lists of Switzerland, Ukraine, and New Zealand.

Personal life

Sablin is married to Alla Sablina, who is the General Director of Rota Real Estate.
Dmitry Sablin co-owns several Rota Group assets, including Rota-Krym, which owns property in the annexed region of Crimea. According to TV Rain, Sablin is one of the wealthiest members of the State Duma.