Boris Paykin (russian: Борис Романович Пайкин; born 26 March 1965,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созы� ...

. 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

Governor of Saint Petersburg The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and ...

, Vladimir Yakovlev. From 1996 to 1997, he headed the

Petrogradsky District Petrogradsky District (russian: Петрогра́дский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east, the Neva River in the south, and ar ...

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 FC Tosno (russian: ФК Тосно) was a professional Russian football club based in Tosno. On 6 May 2017, Tosno won promotion to the 2017–18 Russian Premier League for the first time after securing second place in the Russian National Footba ...

. In 2016, he joined the

Liberal Democratic Party of Russia ) , abbreviation = LDPR (English)ЛДПР (Russian) , native_name = , newspaper = ''For the Russian People'' , youth_wing = , seats1_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats1 = , seats2_title ...

. On 10 December 2017 Paykin was elected deputy of the

7th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации седьмого созы� ...

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

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