Sergey Samsonenko

{{Short description|Russian businessman (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Sergey Samsonenko | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|11|17}} | birth_place = Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (today Russian Federation) | occupation = Businessman | known_for = Former owner of sports clubs FK Vardar and RK Vardar | spouse = Irina Samsonenko | children = }}

'''Sergey Samsonenko''' (Russian: Сергей Самсоненко; born 17 November 1967) is a Russian millionaire and businessman residing in North Macedonia. He is the former owner of the Macedonian football club FK Vardar and the Macedonian handball club RK Vardar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.scoop.mk/samsonenko-successful-in-macedonia-under-scrutiny-in-russia/|title=Samsonenko: Successful in Macedonia-under scrutiny in Russia|date=5 December 2016|work=Scoop English|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rkvardar.mk/en/news/the-president-sergei-samsonenko-congratulates-the-independence-day|title=The President Sergei Samsonenko congratulates the Independence Day {{!}} HC Vardar|website=rkvardar.mk|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macedonianfootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6189:vardar-gets-new-owner-in-samsonenko&catid=1:domestic&Itemid=63|title=Macedonian Football .com – Makedonski Fudbal .com – Macedonian Football (soccer) website {{!}} Vardar gets new owner in Samsonenko|last=Zlateski|first=Aleksandar|website=www.macedonianfootball.com|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/sergei-samsonenkos-first-trophy-the-right-coach-was-worth-waiting/|title=SERGEI SAMSONENKO's FIRST TROPHY: The right coach was worth waiting! {{!}} Handball Planet|date=15 April 2014|work=Handball Planet|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/vardars-boss-sergei-samsonenko/|title=Vardar's boss Sergei Samsonenko: I don't want to hurry with decision about new coach {{!}} Handball Planet|date=16 October 2013|work=Handball Planet|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.inbox7.mk/?p=620|title=Church founding: Businessmen and politicians invest in eternal life|work=English inbox7|access-date=4 May 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827172430/http://en.inbox7.mk/?p=620|url-status=dead}}</ref> He and his wife were sanctioned by the US Government in 2023.

== Career == He is the owner of ''Betcity'', the largest sports-betting company in Russia and, the first Russian company to enter top 500 most prominent companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://europeangaming.eu/portal/latest-news/2018/09/26/28967/betcity-becomes-russias-biggest-betting-company/|title = Betcity becomes Russia's biggest betting company|date = 26 September 2018}}</ref>

Sergey built the Russia Hotel in Skopje and created a business aviation airline. He is the Honorary Consul of Russia in Bitola.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Расследование РБК: как россиянин стал самым богатым человеком Македонии |url=https://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2017/10/59c2aa029a79473e38382464 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Журнал РБК}}</ref>

== Sanctions == On 16 November 2023 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Sergey Samsonenko and his wife Irina, pursuant to E.O. 14033 for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption related to the Western Balkans.<ref>{{cite web |title=The U.S. Government Designates Individuals and Entities in the Western Balkans for Corruption and Malign Activities |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1916 |date=16 November 2023}}</ref>

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