Vitaly Vasilievich Kushnarev (Russian: Виталий Васильевич Кушнарёв; 1 May 1975, Mikhailov, Tatsinsky District) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 8th State Duma.

[1] From 1998 to 2003, Kushnarev was the chief specialist on restructuring the coal industry and, later, head of the investment Group at the administration of Belaya Kalitva.

He left the post to become the assistant to the governor of the Rostov Oblast Vasily Golubev.

In 2014, he was appointed Minister of Transport of the Rostov Oblast.

[1][2][3] He was sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security,[4] and by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.