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Andrey Safonov

Politician

Andrey Safonov 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	Andrei Safonov · Andrey Safonov · Andreï Safonov · Сафонов Андрій · Сафонов, Андрей Михайлович · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	Safonov Andrii · Андрей Михайлович Сафонов				[sources]
Birth date	1964-06-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Chișinău				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Moldova · Transnistria				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Andrey				[sources]
Last name	Safonov				[sources]
Political association	Unity Movement for Equality in Rights				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4409261				[sources]
Position	member of the Parliament of Moldova · блогер · журналіст, Республіка Молдова				[sources]
Education	Moldova State University · Russian and Ukrainian PhD in Political Science				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Church				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Moldovan 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
member of the Parliament of Moldova	-	-

Data sources

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions22,160

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ua-nsdc-27427-safonov-andrij · evpo-b5b2d23c-3fbd-4c83-ba65-e8596babebf6

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