Andrey Klimov (politician)

Andrey Arkadyevich Klimov (Russian: Андрей Аркадьевич Климов; born 9 November 1954) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Perm Krai since 2 July 2012.

In 1994 and 1999, he was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai of the 1st and 2nd convocations.

[1][2] Beginning in 2012, Rossotrudnichestvo awarded contracts to support Eurasian Dialogue and to allegedly enrich Sergey Klimov, who is the brother of Andrey Klimov, through the Agency for Strategic Communications Praktika (Russian: «Агентству стратегических коммуникаций «Практика») in which Sergey Klimov owns a 28% share.

[3] In 2016, a non-profit foundation in Moscow was established for the Eurasian Dialogue (Russian: «Евразийский диалог») with support from Konstantin Malofeev's Analytical Center Katehon (Russian: «Аналитический центр «Катехон») and Klimov's Interdisciplinary Institute for Regional Studies (MIRI) (Russian: «Межотраслевой институт региональных исследований» («МИРИ»)) which Klimov's wife Olga is a co-owner.

[3] Andrey Klimov is under 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.