Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011.

Paporotnyi was born 28 November 1985 in Mirny, Bryansk Oblast.

His first match was against Romania at the 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League.

After that he was chosen for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Russia won.

In 2019, Artur Paporotnyi, Anton Shkarin, Maxim Chuzhkov and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.