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Mikhail Starshinov

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Mikhail Starshinov
Михаил Старшинов
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Deputy of the 7th State Duma
In office
5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Deputy of the 6th State Duma
In office
21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Deputy of the 5th State Duma
In office
24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1971-12-12) 12 December 1971 (age 52)
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materUral State University of Physical Culture

Mikhail Starshinov (Russian: Михаил Евгеньевич Старшинов, born 12 December 1971 in Moscow) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]

At the beginning of the 2000s, Starshinov engaged in entrepreneurial activities in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast; he owned and co-founded several large private enterprises. In 2005, he was appointed Vice-President of the Russian Coal CJSC. In 2006, Starshinov was the Deputy General Director of Elektrostal. In 2006, he started his political career in the Rodina party. The same year, he was elected a member of its central council, chairman of the council of the regional branch of the A Just Russia — For Truth party in the Smolensk Oblast. From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the 5th State Duma. In 2011, he became a member of the All-Russia People's Front. In August 2011, he was excluded from the A Just Russia — For Truth party. In 2011-2016, Starshinov was the deputy of the 6th State Duma. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas, respectively.[1][2][3]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Старшинов, Михаил Евгеньевич" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ "Вся Дума". Коммерсантъ. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ "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.