Anton Nemkin Explained

Honorific Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Term Start:12 October 2021
Birth Date:22 August 1983
Birth Place:Maykop, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Alma Mater:FSB Academy

Anton Igorevich Nemkin (Russian: Антон Игоревич Немкин; born 22 August 1983, Maykop, Adygea) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

Until 2014, Nemkin served at the Federal Security Service. From 2017 to 2021, he was registered as an individual entrepreneur. In 2017–2018, he was a pilot of the Russian auto racing series Mitjet 2L and piloted a racing car Honda Civic. In 2017, he created the "Motor Sharks" racing team. In 2019, he became a part of the Russian Circuit Racing Series. In 2018, Nemkin founded a fund titled "Sochi Digital Valley" with an estimated volume of private investment of 250 million rubles. Since September 2021, he has served as the deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1] [2] [3]

Sanctions

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

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.[5] and by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [6]

References

Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Немкин, Антон Игоревич. ТАСС . ru. 2022-03-04.
  2. Web site: Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва. 2021-09-25. Российская газета. ru. 2022-02-18.
  3. Web site: Антон Немкин получил мандат депутата Госдумы от Пермского края. 2021-09-30. Коммерсантъ. ru. 2022-03-07.
  4. Web site: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO . 2022-04-10 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.
  5. Web site: Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58) . 24 June 2023.
  6. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.