Oleksiy Kuznyetsov was born in
Sievierodonetsk on 2 December 1979. He graduated from the "Economics and Entrepreneurship" faculty of the
Eastern Ukrainian National University named after V. Dahl. He is a PhD in economics. Kuznyetsov is a candidate for People's Deputies from the Servant of the People party in the 2019 parliamentary elections in the electoral district No. 106, Severodonetsk, part of Kadiivka, part of Popasnyan district. At the time of the elections, he was temporarily not working, lives in Severodonetsk, and was an independent. Kuznyetsov is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, Deoccupation and Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories in
Donetsk,
Luhansk Oblasts and the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of
Sevastopol, the National Minorities and International Relations, and was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Rights and Freedoms of Persons Living in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine and internally displaced persons. On 4 August 2025, Kuznyetsov was arrested on charges related to a corruption scandal involving inflated state contracts for drones and electronic warfare equipment from 2024 to 2025. ==References==