'''Serhiy Oleksiyovych Taruta''' ({{lang-uk|Сергій Олексійович Тарута}}, {{lang-rus|Сергей Алексеевич Тарута|r=Sergei Alekseyevich Taruta}},; born 22 July 1955 in [[Novoazovsk Raion|Vynohradne]], [[Donetsk Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]) is a [[Ukrainia]]n politician and current member of the [[Ukrainian parliament]],<ref name="winner for the seat in constituency 58"/> Ukrainian businessman,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/03/03/ukrainian-oligarchs-and-businessmen-speak-in-support-of-ukrainian-unity-as-russia-commences-invasion-of-crimea/#arvlbdata |title=Ukrainian oligarchs and businessmen speak in support of Ukrainian unity as Russia commences invasion of Crimea |publisher=[[Euromaidan Press]] |date=2014-03-01 |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=2014-03-03T10:23+02:00 10:23 03.03.2014 |url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/193945.html |title=Businessman Taruta replaces Donetsk Regional Administration head Shyshatsky |website=en.interfax.com.ua |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eecpoland.eu/2016/en/speakers/taruta-serhij,5868.html |title=IX European Economic Congress - Poland, Katowice May 10-12 2017 |website=eecpoland.eu |date=1955-07-22 |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref> sometimes called an [[Ukrainian oligarchs|oligarch]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/25/billionaire-ukraine-troubled-region-serhiy-taruta|title=The billionaire parachuted in to run Ukraine's most troubled region|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 April 2014|author=Luke Harding}}</ref> founder of [[Industrial Union of Donbas]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/a99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fa99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de.html%3Fsiteedition%3Dintl&siteedition=intl&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fa99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de.html|author=Roman Olearchik|title=Akhmetov joins Ukraine oligarchs in pledging to protect homeland|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302032535/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/a99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fa99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de.html%3Fsiteedition%3Dintl&siteedition=intl&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fa99fc964-a189-11e3-a29e-00144feab7de.html|archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url-status=live|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/ukraine-oligarchs-appointments-new-fairness|title=Ukraine: Are oligarch appointments at odds with new sense of fairness?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 8, 2014|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012035/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/ukraine-oligarchs-appointments-new-fairness|archive-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref> former<ref>{{cite web|url=https://delo.ua/sport/doneckij-futbolnyj-klub-metallurg-prekratil-svoe-suschestvovani-297888/ |title=Донецкий футбольный клуб "Металлург" прекратил свое существование - Футбол: деловой новостной сайт Дело Украина |publisher=Delo.ua |date=2015-06-05 |access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2017}} President of [[FC Metalurh Donetsk]],{{cn|date=May 2023}} and the former [[Governor of Donetsk Oblast|governor]] of [[Donetsk Oblast]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/world/europe/ukrainian-officials-in-east-move-to-blunt-pro-russia-forces.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0|author=Andrew Roth|title=Ukrainian Officials in East Act to Blunt Pro-Russian Forces|date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325215758/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/world/europe/ukrainian-officials-in-east-move-to-blunt-pro-russia-forces.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/31371.html |title=Petro Poroshenko presented new Head of Donetsk RSA Oleksandr Kikhtenko - Official web-site of President of Ukraine |access-date=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127152853/http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/31371.html |archive-date=2015-01-27 }}</ref>
