Nikolai Doluda

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Doluda (Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Долу́да; Микола Олександрович Долуда) is a Ukrainian-born Russian political figure and a deputy the 8th State Duma. In 1998 he held the position of Deputy Mayor of the city of Yeysk. In 2001, he started working at the administration of the Krasnodar Krai. On 24 May 2006 he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Krai. In November 2007, Nikolai Doluda was elected ataman of the Kuban Cossack army. Three years later, he headed the Council of military atamans. He left the post in 2020 to become the new head of the All-Russian Cossack Society. In November 2023, he resigned from his post of his own free will to focus on developing legislation on the Cossacks.

Since 2021, he has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma.

Sanctions
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

Awards

 * Order of Honour
 * Order of Friendship
 * Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
 * Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 * Medal "For the Return of Crimea"
 * Medal "For Impeccable Service"