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Farkhad Akhmedov

Person of interest · Oligarch · Politican · Sanctioned entity

Farkhad Akhmedov is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AKHMEDOV Farkhad Teimurovich · Akhmedov Farhad Teymur · Akhmedov Farkhad · Akhmedov Farkhad Teimurovych · Farchad Achmedow · 13 more...				[sources]
Other name	Akhmedov Farkhad · Farhad AHMEDOV · Farhad Ahmadov · Farkhad Teimur Ogly AKHMEDOV · Farkhad Teimurovich Akhmedov · 9 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1955-09-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Baku · Baku Azerbaijan · Baku, Azerbaijan · Баку, Азербайджанска ССР · Баку, Азербайджанская ССР				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Azerbaijan · Russia				[sources]
Country	Azerbaijan · Russia				[sources]
Country of birth	Azerbaijan				[sources]
First name	Farhad · Farkhad				[sources]
Keywords	International organization · National government · Олігархи та члени їх сімей · Фізичні особи під санкціями ЄС				[sources]
Last name	AHMEDOV · AKHMEDOV · Akhmedov · Əhmədov				[sources]
Middle name	Ogly				[sources]
Second name	Teimur · Teymur				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4073083				[sources]
Position	Businessperson involved in the energy sector and in Russian local politics, founder of Tansley Trading · chief executive officer (1993-2012) · member of the Federation Council of Russia (2004-2007) · member of the Federation Council of Russia (2007-2009) · substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2007-2010) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Economic Sciences · Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology				[sources]
Source link	info.publicintelligence.net · sanctions.nazk.gov.ua				[sources]
Created at	2022-04-13				[sources]
Modified on	2023-12-21				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-10	Last checked	2024-05-22	First seen	2022-01-01

Descriptions

Function: Businessperson involved in the energy sector and in Russian local politics; founder of Tansley Trading

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Farkhad Akhmedov is a Russian businessman involved in the energy sector and in Russian local politics. He founded Tansley Trading, which supplied equipment to Russian gas producers and became a minority shareholder in Nortgas, an oil and gas company in Siberia, as well as Chairman of Bechtel Energy. He is close to the Kremlin and is a leading businessperson involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Mentioned in 2018 CAATSA report on Russian oligarchs

— Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database non-official source, 2024-04-14

Businessman, politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Federation Council of Russia	2007-06-06	2009-07-18
member of the Federation Council of Russia	2004-12-08	2007-06-06
substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	2007-01-22	2010-01-25

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
National Agency on Corruption Prevention	-	2022-10-19	-
National Security and Defense Council	726/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19
Global Affairs Canada	Russia / Russie	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Russia	2022	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · UK	The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2022-04-13	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures related to the situation in Ukraine (RS 946.231.176.72), annexes 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15 and 25	2022-04-13	2023-09-26

Data sources

Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database167

A list of billionaires and oligarchs from CIS countries, most notably the Russian Federation.

OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,928

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

Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of bribetakers and warmongers7,942

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

Russia · Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,720

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

Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,430

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,120

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · National Security and Defense Council

Forbes 2021 List of Russian Billionaires100

Based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2021.

Russia · Wikipedia · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,929

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,008

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Canadian Special Economic Measures Act Sanctions4,257

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Ukraine NABC Sanctions Tracker39,890

A list of suggested Russia-related sanctions targets composed by the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency.

Ukraine · National Agency on Corruption Prevention

External databases

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

Wikidata225,632

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

Source data IDs: ua-nsdc-17603-ahmedov-farhad-tejmurovic · ua-nazk-person-1895 · acf-7bef4d6aea14fc5cc5371e85c6efd5bde2256a30 · acf-74267f754c13e06a32a94422b9ea5b9fe1d8afe8 · eu-fsf-eu-7859-7 · gb-hmt-15263 · NK-PvwKrmHbxykYbRsNnV7wi7 · fr-ga-4606 · ca-sema-russia-1-787 · gb-fcdo-rus1311 · ua-nabc-person-1895-akhmedov-farkhad-teimurovich · ch-seco-52913 · ca-sema-1-787-ru-farkhad-akhmedov · eu-tb-logical-138054

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