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Pavel Astakhov

Person of interest · Politician

Pavel Astakhov is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Astakhov Pavel Alekseevich · Pavel Astahov · Pavel Astakhov · Pawel Astachow · Астахов Павел Алексеевич · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Astakhov Pavlo Oleksiiovych · Pavel Aleksejevitsj Astakhov · Pavel Alekseyevich Astakhov · Pavel Alekseyeviç Astahov · Pawel Alexejewitsch Astachow · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1966-09-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscow · Росія, м. Москва · м. Москва, Російська Федерація				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Pavel				[sources]
Last name	Astakhov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4071605				[sources]
Position	Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2016) · з листопада 2016 р. здійснює адвокатську діяльність · колишній уповноважений при Президентові Російської Федерації з прав дитини · уповноважений при Президентові Російської Федерації з прав дитини · уповноважений при Президентові Російської Федерації з прав дитини, з листопада 2016 р. провадить адвокатську діяльність · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation · Doctor of Juridical Science · KGB · University of Pittsburgh · University of Pittsburgh School of Law				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-03-31

Descriptions

Russian statesman, lawyer, TV presenter, writer. Publicly supported Russia's aggression against Ukraine, actively disseminated information justifying waging a war of aggression

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-03-31

Russian lawyer and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ukraine	National Security and Defense Council		2017-05-15	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation	-	-
Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation	2009-12-30

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,520

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions21,206

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata349,174

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: acf-5a01f2acfc90e3eeef42bbc84e58d0e2dca77287 · ua-nsdc-10538-astahov-pavlo-oleksijovic · ua-nsdc-person-176-2018-1263 · acf-3b6139e1adf6ad97c06a79392ffede34694ee845

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