Vladimir Andreevich Beketov (russian: Владимир Андреевич Бекетов; born 3 March 1949) is a Russian politician who served as a senator from

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of ...

from 2017 to 2022. He was re-elected as a deputy in the

Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai The Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai (russian: Законодательное собрание Краснодарского края, ЗСК, Zakonodatel'noye sobraniye Krasnodarskogo kraya, ZSK) is the regional parliaments of Russia, regi ...

in September 2022.

Biography

Vladimir Beketov was born on 17 August 1959 in Uspensky District,

. In 1976, he graduated from the

Kuban State Agrarian University Kuban State Agrarian University is a university located in Krasnodar, a city in southern Russia. Faculties Agriculture * Agronomical faculty * Agrochemistry * Plant protection * Veterinary medicine * Zooengineering and managemanet * ...

. In 1967, he served in the Soviet navy. Afterwards, he worked in the local

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

. From 1975 to 1980, he was the second secretary of the Uspenskii district of the Komsomol. In 1992, he became the deputy of the Council of People's Deputies of the Krasnodar Krai. From 1991 to 1995, he was the head of the Uspensky District administration. On November 20, 1994, he was elected to the

of the 1st convocation. On 2 December 2007, Beketov became the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the IV convocation for the Eastern District. On 28 September 2017, he became a senator elected by the

. On 16 September 2022, Beketov early terminated his duties. As of October 2022, Beketov was a vice-speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai. Vladimir Beketov is under personal sanctions introduced by the

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, the

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, the

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, Switzerland, Australia,

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, for ratifying the decisions of the " Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beketov, Vladimir Living people 1949 births United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians People from Uspensky District Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)