Alexander Vysokinsky

Alexander Vysokinsky (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Высокинский; born 24 September 1973) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast since 8 October 2021.[1]

Alexander Vysokinsky
Александр Геннадьевич Высокинский
Senator from the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Assumed office
8 October 2021
Preceded byArkady Chernetsky
Personal details
Born
Alexander Vysokinsky

(1973-09-24) 24 September 1973
Sverdlovsk, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materUral Institute of Management

Alexander Vysokinsky is in the list of personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, 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.[2][3][4]

Biography

Alexander Vysokinsky was born 24 September 1973 in Sverdlovsk. In 1996, he graduated from the Ural Institute of Management. Since December 2000, he was the head of the Department of Competitive Advantages and Investment Attractiveness of the Committee for Economics of the Administration of Yekaterinburg. From May 2002 to June 2008, he was the Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Administration of Yekaterinburg. In 2008 Vysokinsky was appointed the deputy head of Yekaterinburg. From 2016 to 2018, he was the deputy Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 25 September 2018, he was elected mayor of Yekaterinburg. On 8 October 2021, he became the senator from the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast.[1][5]

References
  1. "Высокинский, Александр Геннадьевич". ТАСС. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. "Vysokinsky Alexander Gennadyevich". War and Sanctions. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. "Official Journal of the European Union". European Union. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. "Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine". US Department of the treasury. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. "Александр Геннадьевич Высокинский". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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