Alexander Anatolievich Skachkov (; born November 21, 1960, in Yerofey Pavlovich,

Skovorodinsky District Skovorodinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #473-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town A town is a type of a human s ...

) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation () is the current convocation of the State Duma, lower house of Federal Assembly (Russia), Russian parliament. The composition of the 8th State Duma was dete ...

. From 2003 to 2004, Skachkov was the head of the East Siberian Railway. In 2011, he was appointed head of the East Siberian Directorate of Infrastructure of the Central Directorate of Infrastructure. From 2017 to 2021, he was the head of the

Trans–Baikal Railway The Transbaikal Railway (Забайкальская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Chita and serving Zabaykalsky Krai and Amur Oblast. The mainline was built between ...

. In 2019, Skachkov became a member of the

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. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

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