Anatoly Anatolyevich Seryshev (; born 19 July 1965) is a Russian politician. He is currently the Presidential Envoy to the

Siberian Federal District Siberian Federal District ( rus, Сибирский федеральный округ, p=sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 20 ...

, incumbent since 12 October 2021. Seryshev was previously an from 2018 to 2021.

Biography

Anatoly Seryshev was born on 29 July 1965 in the village of , Bratsky District,

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...

. In 1988, he graduated from the Irkutsk Institute of National Economy with a degree in economics. In 1990, he graduated from the Higher Courses of the KGB of the Soviet Union with a degree in officer with higher specialized education. From 1988 to 2016 he served in the security agencies. Seryshev later held the position of Head of the Directorate of the

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in the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia, or simply Karelia or Karjala (; ) is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the Northwest Russia, northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of ...

from 2011 to 2016, and the deputy director of the

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from 2016 to 2018. On 13 June 2018 he was appointed . On 12 October 2021, Seryshev was appointed as the 6th Presidential Envoy to the

Income

According to the data posted in the declaration containing information on income, expenses, property and property obligations of persons holding government positions in Russia, in 2018, Seryshev earned 7,790,316 rubles. The income of his wife for the same period amounted to 3,198,924 rubles.

Sanctions

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

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...

. In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, on 6 April 2022 the

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of the

United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the Treasury, national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current United States federal executive departments, U.S. government departments. ...

added Seryshev to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to .

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Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
" Published 2022-0418.

References

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