Artem Sheikin

Artem Gennadyevich Sheikin (Russian: Артём Геннадьевич Шейкин; born 25 March 1980) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Amur Oblast since 28 September 2021.^[1]

Artem Sheikin
Артём Шейкин
Senator from Amur Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 September 2021
Preceded by	Alexander Koryakov [ru]
Personal details
Born	Artem Sheikin (1980-03-25) 25 March 1980 (age 45) Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, Stavropol Krai, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University

Biography

Artem Sheikin was born on 25 March 1980 in Belogorsk, Amur Oblast. In 2001, he graduated from the Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University. From 2001 to 2003 he was engaged in business activities.^{[further explanation needed]} Later he worked as a docent at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics. In February 2020, he was appointed advisor to the Governor of Amur Oblast. In September 2021, Sheikin became the senator from the Legislative Assembly of Amur Oblast.^[1][2]

Sheikin is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, and New Zealand for ratifying the decisions of the treaty between Russia and the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.^[3][4][5][6]