Anton Alexandrovich Basansky (russian: Антон Александрович Басанский; born 7 July 1987,

Palatka, Magadan Oblast Palatka (russian: Палатка, lit. ''tent'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Khasynsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located on the Kolyma Highway, northwest of Magadan and about south ...

) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the

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convocation. His father,

Alexander Basansky Alexander Alexandrovich Basansky (; born 6 May 1963) is a Russian oligarch. According to a 2022 article, he is the First Deputy Chairman of the Magadan Oblast Duma. He is a former high-ranking officer in the Soviet special services, and an ally of ...

, is a multibillionaire and takes the fourth place in the

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ranking of the hundred Russian civil servants with the highest incomes. In Anton Basansky 2009 he graduated from the

Saint Petersburg Mining University Saint Petersburg Mining University (russian: Санкт-Петербургский горный университет), is Russia's oldest technical university, and one of the oldest technical colleges in Europe. It was founded on October 21, ...

. In 2020 Basansky continued his education at the

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. From 2015 to 2021, he was a deputy of the Magadan City Duma of the 6th and 7th convocations. In 2016 he was appointed the head of the regional branch of the

Young Guard of United Russia The Young Guard of United Russia (russian: Молодая гвардия Единой России, Molodaya gvardiya Yedinoy Rossii; MGER) is the youth wing of the United Russia party. Founded in 2005, it uses the name of the famous Young Gua ...

. He left this post in 2020 to become a member of the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Since September 2021, he has served as a deputy of the

convocation. He ran with the

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. On 12 October 2021 he was also appointed a Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the

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and the

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Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

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