Evgeni Bushmin

Yevgeny Viktorovich Bushmin (; 4 October 1958 – 6 October 2019) was a Russian politician. He served as a Deputy of the 1st State Duma and Deputy Finance Minister, and was the member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. At the time of his death he was the incumbent member of the Federation Council for Rostov Oblast, and the council's Deputy Chairman.

Born in 1958 in Gorky Oblast, Bushmin graduated from university with a speciality in economics, and went on to work on practical economic problems, later running his own company and serving as a director of another. He entered politics in 1993 with his election to the 1st State Duma, and served as part of a number of political groupings. He also sat as a member of the Duma's Committee on Budget, Taxes, Banks and Finance. In the late 1990s and early 2000s he served as First Deputy Head of the State Taxes Service, and as Deputy Finance Minister. In 2001 he was appointed to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly. In 2003 he became vice-speaker and Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council.

Bushmin died after a long illness in 2019, having served as Deputy Chairman until his death. Tributes and condolences were offered by many of his political contemporaries. He had received a number of awards over his period of service, and was particularly proud of his Medal "For the Return of Crimea".

Early life and career Bushmin was born on 4 October 1958 in the village of Lopatino, Sergachsky District, then part of Gorky Oblast in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union. From 1993 until 1995, he was deputy chairman of the deputy grouping "Liberal Democratic Union 12 December", before joining the deputy grouping "Stability" on 14 March 1995. In 2014 Bushmin was one of the individuals placed under sanctions by the United States over the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Bushmin had been a key legislator in a March 2014 vote that granted the Russian president powers to occupy Crimea. Bushmin, who later described himself as an admirer of the United States, expressed his disappointment at the decision to sanction him. During his later career he was also co-chair of the Supervisory Board of the journal Parlamentskaya Gazeta. He had also been awarded the Stolypin Medal Second Class on 24 July 2017. He received the Order of Honour on 19 October 2013. He had also received the Medal "For the Return of Crimea", which he later recalled was one of the awards that he was most proud of, particularly as he cited it as a reason for his inclusion in US sanctions.

Death Bushmin died on 6 October, two days after his 61st birthday, after a long illness. Vasily Golubev, governor of Rostov Oblast, sent a telegram of condolence to Bushmin's friends and relatives.

After a memorial ceremony at the Central Clinical Hospital on 8 October, Bushmin was buried at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery later that day. A minute's silence in memory of Bushmin was observed in the Federation Council on 9 October.