He was born on August 15, 1976, in
Ulan-Ude,
Russian SFSR. His father Ilmir Nasikhovich Temirgaliev moved to
Crimea in 1983, after finishing his military service in the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliev finished high school in the village of
Perevalne. In 1998 Temirgaliev graduated from the
Kyiv National Economic University. After studying he worked as a teacher of economic policy in the Crimean Institute of Economy and Administrative Law. In 2002-03 Temirgaliev worked for the State Innovation Company. In 2003-05 he was a member of the Crimean republican government and in 2003-04 he was a deputy chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Family and Youth. In 2005-09 Temirgaliev continued his education in the National Academy of State Administration. In 2010 he was elected to the
Supreme Council of Crimea on a party list of the
Party of Regions. Temirgaliev is a
Volga Tatar and his father Ilmir Nasihovich has been the chairman of the Association of Volga Tatars in the Republic of Crimea and Ukraine. According to
Mustafa Dzhemilev, Rustam Temirgaliev is an agent of the Russian
GRU. ==Criminal proceedings==