Valery Ponomarev | |
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Валерий Пономарёв | |
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| Senator fromKamchatka Krai | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Boris Sorokin [ru] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valery Ponomarev (1959-08-17)17 August 1959 (age 66) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Siberian University of Consumer Cooperation |
Valery Andreevich Ponomarev (Russian:Валерий Андреевич Пономарёв; born 17 August 1959) is a Russian politician serving as asenator fromKamchatka Krai since 13 October 2021.[1]
Valery Ponomarev was born on 17 August 1959 inKurilsky District,Sakhalin Oblast. In 1983, he graduated from theSiberian University of Consumer Cooperation. In 1992, he received a degree from theAll-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade. In 1983, he moved to Kamchatka to work in the Korfi fish cooperative. From 1984 to 1986, Ponomarev was the secretary of the Bystrinsky district committee of theKomsomol; then he also served as the head of the propaganda department of the Kamchatka regional committee of the Komsomol. From December 2007 to 2011, he was the deputy of theLegislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai. On 19 December 2011, he became thesenator in the Federation Council from theLegislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai. In 2021, he was re-elected.[1][2]
In his capacity as Chairman of the Russian-German Friendship Group of the Federation Council, he met regularly with German politicians, in particular with the German chairman of this group,Manuela Schwesig.[3]
Ponomarev is one of the wealthiest senators. In 2013 and 2014, he took the 3rd and 2nd places in the ranking of the wealthiest members of the Federation Council.[1]
Valery Ponomarev is under personal sanctions introduced by theEuropean Union, theUnited Kingdom, theUnited States,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'sannexation of Ukrainian territories.[4][5][6][7]
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