Aidar Metshin (russian: Айдар Раисович Метшин; born August 27, 1963 ,

Naberezhnye Chelny Naberezhnye Chelny ( rus, На́бережные Челны́, p=ˈnabʲɪrʲɪʐnɨjə tɕɪlˈnɨ; tt-Cyrl, Яр Чаллы, ''Yar Çallı'', IPA: �jar ɕɑlːɤ̆ is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major indus ...

) is a Russian political figure, former mayor of

Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk ( rus, Нижнекамск, p=nʲɪʐnʲɪˈkamsk; tt-Cyrl, Түбән Кама, ''Tübän Qama'') is a city in Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol. Popul ...

, 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� ...

. In 1999, Metshin was elected deputy of the Nizhnekamsk United Council of People's Deputies. From 2000 to 2006, he was the administrative director of the Nizhnekamsk Oil Refinery. He left the post to head the

Nizhnekamsky District Nizhnekamsky District (russian: Нижнека́мский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Түбән Кама районы, ''Tübän Qama rayonı'') is a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, territorial administrative unit and Municipal ...

. From 2008 to 2021, he was also the deputy of the City Council and served as a mayor of

(re-elected for the post in 2010, 2015, and 2020). Since September 2021, he has served as the deputy of the

Sanctions

He is one of the members of the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

. Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

References

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