Bekhan Vakhaevich Agayev (; born 29 March 1975,

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic When the Soviet Union existed, different governments had ruled the northern Caucasus regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Within the Mountain Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, later annexed into the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republ ...

) 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 and previously played an important role in the export of oil from Chechnya. In 2000 Bekhan Agayev was awarded a

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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

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. Since 19 September 2021 he has served as a deputy of the

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Biography

He was born on March 29, 1975, in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He is of Chechen nationality. His father, Vakha Agayev, served as a deputy in the State Duma of the sixth convocation representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). He is the father of four children. He is the founder of annual grants for students of the M.S. Gusev Udmurt State University Oil and Gas Institute. These grants have been awarded since at least 2012.

Sanctions

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

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. He is one of the members of the

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the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the

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