Anton Polyakov

Polyakov was born on 11 November 1987 in Chernihiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.^[3] In 2004, he graduated from Chernihiv Collegium No. 11. Later, in 2010, he registered the trademark "Count" for a company selling flooring.^[3]

In 2016, he became head of the public organization "Ukrainian Center for Combating Crime and Corruption", and during the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election was a confidant of Volodymyr Zelensky for electoral district no. 205.^[3] Later that same year, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada during the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as a non-partisan nominated by the Servant of the People for the 206th constituency (Chernihiv).^[3] Upon joining the parliament, he became a member of the Servant of the People party until 25 November 2019 when he was expelled together alongside Anna Skorokhod.^[3] According to an official party statement, he was removed for not voting in line with the party's position.^[4] He formally submitted a letter of resignation from the party on 16 December 2019.^[4]

He was non-fractional in parliament until 2020 when he became a member of the For the Future party.^[3] He was notable from then for submitting a record number of amendments against the "anti-Kolomoisky law", and in September 2020 the For the Future party nominated him for the post of Mayor of Chernihiv.^[3]

He died from coronary heart disease on 8 October 2021, at the age of 33.^[5] Alcohol and methadone were found in Anton's blood. Verkhovna Rada deputy Anna Skorokhod said that Anton Polyakov was murdered.^[6]

• List of members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine who died in office