Nikolay Vasilievich Arefiev[a] (Russian: Николай Васильевич Арефьев; born 11 March 1949 in Chagan, Kamyzyaksky District[1]) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.

From 1981 to 1985, he was an instructor, then head of a department of one of the district committees of the CPSU in Astrakhan.

From 1987 to 1991, he was the first secretary of the Soviet district committee of the CPSU in Astrakhan.

In 1993, he was appointed Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

[1][2][3] Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.