Sergey Nikolaevich Kotkin (; born 11 March 1956, Malotenginskaya,

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) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the

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and

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s. In 1982, Kotkin started his career at the

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, first as an ordinary detective and later as the head of a department. From 2000 to 2009, he worked at the customs terminal "Viba". From 2005 to 2014, he was the deputy of the Assembly of Deputies of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. From November to 2016, he was secretary at the Nenets regional branch of "United Russia". In 2014, he became a member of the

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. In September 2016, he was elected deputy of the

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from the

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constituency. In 2021, he was re-elected as the deputy of the

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

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