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Yury Afonin
Russian politician (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yury Vyacheslavovich Afonin (Russian: Ю́рий Вячесла́вович Афо́нин; born 22 March 1977)[1] is a Russian politician and member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation[2] for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He is also a member of the board of the Youth Public Chamber of Russia.[1]
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Biography
Afonin was born in Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 22 March 1977. He studied history at the Tula State Pedagogical University named for Leo Tolstoy, and then obtained a law degree from the Russian Academy of Public Administration, a predecessor of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
From 2003 until 2014, Afonin worked as the First Secretary of the Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation, the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[3]
In the 2007 Russian legislative election, he was elected to the 5th State Duma as a member of the CPRF party list, re-elected for the 6th Duma in the 2011 election, 7th Duma in 2016 election, and most recently the 8th State Duma in the 2021 election. As a deputy, he sits on the Security and Anti-Corruption Committee, the Defence Budgetary Commission, and the Commission for Deputy Income and Property Reporting.[2]
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Legislative activity
From 2007 to 2019, during his tenure as a deputy of the 5th, 6th, and 7th convocations of the State Duma, he co-authored 76 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.[4]
Sanctions
On March 11, 2022, the United States imposed sanctions on 12 State Duma deputies involved in the recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR, including Afonin.[5] On March 15, Japan introduced similar sanctions.[6] As of December 2022, he is under sanctions imposed by Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland, Ukraine, New Zealand, Belgium, Japan, and the European Union.[7]
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