Pavel Tarakanov | |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Office: | Senator from Tyumen Oblast |
Term Start: | 27 September 2018 |
Predecessor: | Stepan Kirichuk |
Birth Name: | Pavel Tarakanov |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1982 |
Birth Place: | Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | United Russia |
Alma Mater: | Chechen State University |
Pavel Vladimirovich Tarakanov (Russian: Павел Владимирович Тараканов; born 21 June 1982) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Tyumen Oblast since 27 September 2018.
Pavel Tarakanov was born on 21 June 1982 in Chișinău, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 2003, he graduated from the Chechen State University. Afterward, he worked in the Walking Together as a head of the Chechen branch of the organization. From 2005 to 2007, he was the head of the organization. He left the position to become a deputy of the State Duma. Afterward, Tarakanov was appointed Deputy Governor of the Tyumen Oblast Vladimir Yakushev. On 27 September 2018, he became the senator from Tyumen Oblast.[1] [2]
Pavel Tarakanov is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.[3] [4] [5] [6]