Sergei Gavrilov (politician) explained

Honorific Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Term Start:5 October 2016
Birth Date:27 January 1966
Birth Place:Tula, RSFSR, USSR
Party:Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Blank1:Religion
Data1:Russian Orthodox
Awards:Order For Merit to the Fatherland

Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Гаври́лов; born 27 January 1966) is a Russian politician who is a Deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[1] [2] He was born in Tula, during the time period of the Soviet Union; and would go on to receive a Candidate of Science in Economics, considered a PhD equivalent, from Moscow State University in 1989.[3]

On 18 September 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the 7th State Duma as a member of the Communist Party.

He is one of the 324 members of the State Duma that the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

2019 Georgia protests

He was invited to speak within Georgia's parliament through the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy.[5] This speech was given in Russian from the Speaker's chair and was seen as an attack on Georgian sovereignty. It resulted in the 2019 Georgia protests.[6] [7]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Russia says Georgia isn't safe. Russians in Georgia say otherwise . BBC News . 27 June 2019 . 27 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Гаврилов Сергей Анатольевич . . 27 June 2019 . Russian.
  3. Web site: Сведения о проводящихся выборах и референдумах. www.vybory.izbirkom.ru. 2019-12-10.
  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: Georgian Protests: Tbilis's Two-Sided Conflict. Genin. Aaron. 2019-07-25. The California Review. en-US. 2019-07-26.
  6. Web site: Georgian Dream Meets Georgia's Nightmare. Lebanidze. Kornely Kakachia, Bidzina. Foreign Policy. 25 June 2019 . en-US. 2019-07-26.
  7. Web site: What Is Behind Georgia's 'Anti-Russia' Protests. Waal. Thomas de. 2019-06-24. The Moscow Times. en. 2019-07-26.
  8. Web site: Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации. publication.pravo.gov.ru. 2019-12-10.