{{Short description|Russia military and security official}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Vladimir Bulavin | image = 2013-03-21 Vladimir Bulavin (cropped).jpg | caption = Bulavin in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|02|11|df=y}}<ref name=":0" /> | birth_place = [[Stanovoye, Lipetsk Oblast|Stanovoye]], Russia, Soviet Union | death_date = | office = [[Federation Council (Russia)|Senator]] from [[Ivanovo Oblast]] | predecessor = [[Valery Vasilyev (politician)|Valery Vasilyev]] | term_start = 19 September 2023 | office1 = Director of the [[Federal Customs Service]] | term_start1 = 28 July 2016 | prime_minister1 = [[Dmitry Medvedev]]<br/>[[Mikhail Mishustin]] | predecessor1 = [[Andrey Belyaninov]] | term_end1 = 10 February 2023 | successor1 = Ruslan Davydov (acting)<br/>[[Valery Pikalyov]] | office3 = 5th Presidential Envoy to the [[Northwestern Federal District]] | president3 = [[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor3 = [[Nikolay Vinnichenko]] | successor3 = [[Nikolay Tsukanov]] | term_start3 = 11 March 2013 | term_end3 = 28 July 2016 | education = [[Moscow State University]] of Railway Engineering, Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russia Federation | occupation = Security official | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Владимир Булавин}} }} '''Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin''' ({{langx|ru|Владимир Иванович Булавин}}; born 11 February 1953) is a Russia military and security official, the Head of the [[Federal Customs Service of Russia|Federal Customs Service]] of the [[Russian Federation]] (2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vladimir Bulavin|url=https://roscongress.org/en/speakers/bulavin-vladimir/biography/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=Roscongress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Russian Government|url=http://government.ru/en/persons/493/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=government.ru}}</ref>-2023<ref>[http://government.ru/news/47755/ Временно исполняющим обязанности главы ФТС назначен Руслан Давыдов]</ref>).
== Biography == Bulavin was born [[Lipetsk Oblast]], Russia.<ref name=":0" />
Before graduating in Academy of the Federal Security Service, he had worked with [[Voskhod, Russia|Voskhod]] as a constructor engineer in 1977 and in 1977, he joined State security commission serving in the Russian administration office in Ministry of Security and Administration of the [[Federal Counterintelligence Service|Federal Counter-intelligence Service]] in 1979 and Administration of the Federal Security Service of [[Veliky Novgorod|Novgorod]] Region and was also presidential plenipotentiary representative of Northwest Federal district by [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Federal customs service|url=http://eng.customs.gov.ru/folder/86974|access-date=2020-09-04|website=eng.customs.gov.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Putin appoints Vladimir Bulavin as presidential envoy in North-Western Federal District|url=https://tass.com/russia/690652|access-date=2020-09-08|website=TASS}}</ref>
In 2016, he was appointed head of the Federal Customs Service. In February 2023, he was dismissed at the age of 70.<ref name=resign>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/society/484804-misustin-smenil-glavu-federal-noj-tamozennoj-sluzby|title=Мишустин сменил главу Федеральной таможенной службы|language=ru|date=2023-02-10|website=Forbes.ru}}</ref>
According to media reports, after the September 2023 elections, Bulavin is predicted to have a seat in the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]] (Senate).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/10/05/2023/6454f1399a79475539af9d4c|title=Экс-глава таможни перейдет в Совет Федерации|language=ru|date=2023-05-10|website=[[РБК]]}}</ref>
=== Sanctions === He was sanctioned by the [[UK]] government in 2022 in relation to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
In response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], on 6 April 2022 the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] added Bulavin to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to {{Executive Order|14024}}.<ref>[[Office of Foreign Assets Control]]. "[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/18/2022-08183/notice-of-ofac-sanctions-actions Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions]." Published 2022-0418. {{Federal Register|87|23023}}</ref> On 25 February 2023, the [[European Union]] imposed sanctions against Bulavin due to his efforts to undermine trade and customs restrictions by securing parallel imports into Russia, and for exercising direct authority over customs processes and imposing Russia's customs code in the illegally annexed territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Council implementing regulation (EU) 2023/429 of 25 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine |journal=Official Journal of the European Union |date=25 February 2023 |volume=L059I |page=285 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0429&from=EN |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>
== Notes == {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{Current Russian Federation senators}} {{Russian presidential envoys to the federal districts}} {{Authority control}}
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