Pavel Mikhailovich Fedyaev (; born 31 July 1982, Kemerovo, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) is a Russian politician and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.
After graduating from the Kuzbass State Technical University in 2004, he started working as an economist at the JSC "Chernigovets". From 2005 to 2011, he worked at the holding company "Siberian Business Union" in Kemerovo and Moscow; the founder of the holding is his father entrepreneur Mikhail Fedyaev. In 2011, he was elected the deputy of the 6th State Duma from the Kemerovo Oblast constituency. Fedyaev was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas.
From 1999 to 2004, he studied at the Faculty of Economics of the Kuzbass State Technical University, graduating with a degree in Economics and Enterprise Management (in the mining industry).
In 2015, he graduated with honors from the International Institute of Public Administration and Management at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
On February 23, 2022, he was added to the European Union sanctions list for actions and policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine and further destabilize the country.
On February 24, 2022, he was included in CanadaâÂÂs sanctions list of âÂÂclose associates of the regimeâ for voting to recognize the independence of the âÂÂso-called republics in Donetsk and Luhansk.
On March 24, 2022, amid RussiaâÂÂs invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the U.S. sanctions list for being âÂÂcomplicit in PutinâÂÂs warâ and for âÂÂsupporting the KremlinâÂÂs efforts to invade UkraineâÂÂ. [he U.S. State Department stated that members of the State Duma use their authority to persecute dissenters and political opponents, suppress freedom of information, and restrict the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Russian citizens. edoms of Russian citizens
Later, on similar grounds, he was sanctioned by the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, and New Zealand.