[6] From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population of Kharkiv Oblast (province).

[9] Baluta's first public appearance was two days later when he spoke to a crowd of pro-EU demonstrators expressing his support for the new Yatsenyuk Government.

[5] From then until 13 April regional (Baluta's Government office the) state administration building was occupied multiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators.

[16] On 3 February 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko replaced Baluta and appointed Ihor Raynin as governor in his place.

[18] In the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for the Kharkiv Oblast Council for the party Aktsent.