Alexey Valerianovich Kanayev (russian: Алексей Валерианович Канаев; born September 30, 1971, Strunino, Vladimir Oblast) is a Russian political figure and 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 1992, he started working as an editor for the local television in

Cherepovets Cherepovets ( rus, Череповец, p=tɕɪrʲɪpɐˈvʲɛts) is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River (a tributary of the Volga River) and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir. ...

. In 1997, he was appointed the general director of the local TV station "Channel-12". Simultaneously with that, in 2000, he also headed the city channel "TV-7" and local FM radio station "Transmit". From 2002 to 2016, he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast. In 2016, he 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� ...

from the

constituency. After the end of his first period in the State Duma, Kanayev was heavily criticized in local newspaper for the lack of activity on his part. In September 2021, he was re-elected for the

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