Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Булавин; born 11 February 1953) is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (2016[2][3]-2023[4]).
Vladimir Bulavin | |
|---|---|
Владимир Булавин | |
.jpg) Bulavin in 2013 | |
| Senator from Ivanovo Oblast | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Valery Vasilyev |
| Director of the Federal Customs Service | |
| In office 28 July 2016 – 10 February 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev Mikhail Mishustin |
| Preceded by | Andrey Belyaninov |
| Succeeded by | Ruslan Davydov (acting) Valery Pikalyov |
| 5th Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District | |
| In office 11 March 2013 – 28 July 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Vinnichenko |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Tsukanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1953[1] Stanovoye, Russia, Soviet Union |
| Education | Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russia Federation |
| Occupation | Security official |
Biography
editBulavin was born Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.[1]
Before graduating in Academy of the Federal Security Service, he had worked with Voskhod as a constructor engineer in 1977 and in 1977, he joined State security commission serving in the Russian administration office in Ministry of Security and Administration of the Federal Counter-intelligence Service in 1979 and Administration of the Federal Security Service of Novgorod Region and was also presidential plenipotentiary representative of Northwest Federal district by Vladimir Putin.[1][5]
In 2016, he was appointed head of the Federal Customs Service. In February 2023, he was dismissed at the age of 70.[6]
According to media reports, after the September 2023 elections, Bulavin is predicted to have a seat in the Federation Council (Senate).[7]
Sanctions
editSanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 April 2022 the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Bulavin to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 14024.[9] On 25 February 2023, the European Union imposed sanctions against Bulavin due to his efforts to undermine trade and customs restrictions by securing parallel imports into Russia, and for exercising direct authority over customs processes and imposing Russia's customs code in the illegally annexed territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.[10]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c "Federal customs service". eng.customs.gov.ru. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Vladimir Bulavin". Roscongress. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "The Russian Government". government.ru. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ Временно исполняющим обязанности главы ФТС назначен Руслан Давыдов
- ^ "Putin appoints Vladimir Bulavin as presidential envoy in North-Western Federal District". TASS. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Мишустин сменил главу Федеральной таможенной службы". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 2023-02-10.
- ^ "Экс-глава таможни перейдет в Совет Федерации". РБК (in Russian). 2023-05-10.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
- ^ "Council implementing regulation (EU) 2023/429 of 25 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine". Official Journal of the European Union. L059I: 285. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
