Yuriy Aristov (politician)

Yuriy Aristov (Юрій Арістов, born 1 July 1975) is a Ukrainian politician who previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine as the 42nd member of Verkhovna Rada. He was also a deputy chief of Ukraine's Committee of National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, and head of the Committee on Budget. He was elected in the 2019 election.

In July 2023, Aristov was in the focus of media attention, when it was discovered that earlier that month he was allowed to travel abroad to hold meetings in the Parliament of Lithuania. Subsequently, he claimed to have fallen ill, and then went with his family on a luxury holiday to the Maldives for two weeks. After this activity was discovered, a criminal investigation was opened against Aristov. On 25 July 2023, he requested to leave his position as an MP, on 27 July the Verkhovna Rada confirmed this decision and thereby deprived Aristov of his seat in parliament.