Bekkhan Agayev
Бекхан Агаев
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Deputy of the 6th State Duma of the Russian Federation
In office
15 December 2011 – 2016
Personal details
Born
Agayev Bekhan Vakhaevich

(1975-03-29) 29 March 1975 (age 48)
Grozny, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
NationalityChechen[1]
Political partyUnited Russia
Parent
Alma materAll-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade

Bekhan Vakhaevich Agayev (Russian: Бекха́н Ваха́евич Ага́ев; born 29 March 1975, Grozny, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 6th and 8th State Dumas convocations. He is the son of the politician and entrepreneur Vakha Agaev who in 2004 founded the company Yug-nefteprodukt, that primarily focuses on the wholesale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products[2] and previously played an important role in the export of oil from Chechnya.[3]

In 2000 Bekhan Agayev was awarded a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after V. M. Kokov. In December 2011, he was elected to the State Duma of the 6th convocation, running from the United Russia. Since 19 September 2021 he has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Агаев, Бекхан Вахаевич" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. ^ "Yugnefteprodukt OOO". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ^ "Десять кандидатов с самым большим доходом" (in Russian). Новая Газета. 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.



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