Vladimir Bulavin

Biography Bulavin was born Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.

In 2016, he was appointed head of the Federal Customs Service. In February 2023, he was dismissed at the age of 70.

According to media reports, after the September 2023 elections, Bulavin is predicted to have a seat in the Federation Council (Senate).

Sanctions He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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 . 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.