Ivan Abramov

Ivan Abramov was born on 16 June 1978 in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast. In 2000, he graduated from the Far Eastern State Agrarian University, and in 2011 he received another degree from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. After graduating from the Far Eastern State Agrarian University, Abramov engaged with private enterprise. In 2004, he joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. On 21 October 2005, he became the head of the regional branch in Amur Oblast. On 2 March 2008, he was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Amur Oblast of the 5th convocation. From 2011 to 2016, he was deputy of the 6th State Duma. From 2016 to 2018, he was deputy of the 7th State Duma. On 27 September 2018, he was appointed senator from Amur Oblast.[1][2]

Ivan Abramov is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.[3][4][5][6]