Yelena Avdeyeva

Yelena Avdeyeva
Елена Авдеева
Avdeyeva in 2019
Russian Federation Senator
from Vologda Oblast
In office
19 September 2019 – 29 August 2023
Preceded byNikolay Tikhomirov
Mayor of Cherepovets
In office
14 September 2017 – 19 September 2019
Preceded byYury Kuzin
Succeeded byDmitry Lavrov (acting)
Personal details
Born
Yelena Osipovna Avdeyeva

(1968-07-19)19 July 1968
Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died29 August 2023(2023-08-29) (aged 55)
Political partyUnited Russia

Yelena Osipovna Avdeyeva (Russian: Елена Осиповна Авдеева; 19 July 1968 – 29 August 2023) was a Russian politician who served as a Member of the Federation Council - representative of the executive authority of the Vologda Oblast from 19 September 2019 until her death.

Avdeyeva served as the mayor of Cherepovets from 2017 to 2019.

Biography

Yelena Avdeyeva was born in Cherepovets on 19 July 1968.[1]

From 1987, she worked in the tax inspectorate of the Cherepovets region, holding the position of deputy head of the department of taxation of citizens by 1997.

In 1992, she graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.[1]

From 1997 to 1999, she was Deputy Head of the Department of Personal Income Taxation of the State Tax Inspectorate for the city of Cherepovets, then until 2005 - Deputy Head of the Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for Cherepovets.

In 2005, she was appointed Deputy General Director of LLC "Central Consulting Service for Taxes of the Vologda Region" by Mayor of Cherepovets Yury Kuzin. From 2006 to 2012, she headed the department of urban economy and trade in Cherepovets, when Oleg Kuvshinnikov was the mayor of the city at that time. Then until 2017 she oversaw social questions in the position of Deputy Mayor of Cherepovets, Kuzin.[2]

On 14 September 2017, Avdeyeva was appointed mayor of Cherepovets, as she passed a competitive selection to fill the vacancy of a city manager.[1][3]

On 19 September 2019, re-elected governor of the Vologda Oblast, Kuvshinnikov, endowed her with the powers of the representative of the executive body of state power of the Vologda Oblast in the Federation Council.[4]

Yelena Avdeyeva died on 29 August 2023, at the age of 55.[5]

Awards

6 June 2023 - Order for Merit to the Fatherland, II degree.[2][6]

Sanctions

On March 23, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she was added to Canada’s sanctions list of “regime associates” for contributing to the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.[7][8]

On September 30, 2022, she was included in the United States sanctions list “for Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian regions” and for supporting the law on so-called “fake news”.[9][10]

On December 16, 2022, she was added to the European Union sanctions list[11] for “supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine, and that further destabilize Ukraine”.[12]

For similar reasons, she has also been under sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom,[13] Switzerland, Ukraine,[14] and New Zealand.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Авдеева, Елена Осиповна". Энциклопедия. ТАСС. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Елена Авдеева хочет быть мэром Череповца". РБК. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Кувшинников назначил сенатором от Вологодской области мэра Череповца Елену Авдееву". ТАСС. 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Умерла сенатор от Вологодской области Елена Авдеева". Newsvo. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 06.06.2023 № 416 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  7. ^ "Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 156, Number 8: Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations". Public Works and Government Services Canada Government of Canada. 13 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Канада ввела санкции против девяти россиян, включая Потанина, Вексельберга, Шамалова и Михельсона". The Insider. 30 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. 1 May 2023.
  10. ^ "США ввели санкции против всех российских сенаторов, Набиуллиной и членов семей чиновников". Русская служба The Moscow Times. 30 September 2022.
  11. ^ "ЕС опубликовал список попавших под новые санкции россиян и организаций". РБК. 16 December 2022.
  12. ^ "COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2022/2474. — 16 декабря (т. Volume 65)". Official Journal of the European Union: С. 335.
  13. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK". ofsistorage.blob.core.windows.net. 26 December 2022.
  14. ^ "АВДЕЕВА Елена Осиповна - биография, досье, активы". Война и санкции. 1 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Russia Sanctions". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
  16. ^ "вдеева Елена Осиповна, Совет Федерации, сенатор, член комитета по федеративному устройству, региональной политике, местному самоуправлению и делам Севера". Rupep. 26 December 2022.