Князевич, Руслан Петрович

Ruslan Kniazevych is a Ukrainian politician and legal scholar who served multiple terms as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. A graduate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, he began his career in the Central Election Commission, where he gained prominence for his legal expertise and his refusal to certify disputed election results during the 2004 Orange Revolution. Throughout his parliamentary career, he represented several political factions, including Our Ukraine, Batkivshchyna, and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc. He also served as the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada from 2014 to 2015 and played a key role in the legal strategy for Petro Poroshenko's 2019 presidential campaign.