Viktor Ivanovich Sobolev (Russian: Виктор Иванович Соболев; born 23 February 1950, Kalinino, Krasnodar Krai) is a Russian political and military figure, and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.

[1] After graduating from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School, Sobolev was assigned to serve in Chernivtsi in the Carpathian Military District.

In 2000, he was sent to the Siberian Military District as deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army.

In 2006 Sobolev was posted as a chief military adviser in India.

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