Boris Romanovich Paykin (; born 26 March 1965,

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) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the

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. Starting from the end of the 1980s, Paykin engaged in business. In the mid-1990s, Paykin worked on a voluntary basis as an adviser to the First Deputy of the

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, Vladimir Yakovlev. From 1996 to 1997, he headed the Petrogradsky District of Saint Petersburg. In 1997, he became the president of the Associations of small and medium businesses of St. Petersburg. In 2006, he headed the Experimental Machine-Building Plant named after. V. M. Myasishcheva. In 2013, Paykin became the president of the FC Tosno. In 2016, he joined the

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. On 10 December 2017 Paykin was elected deputy of the 7th State Duma. 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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