Badma BashankayevBadma Nikolayevich Bashankayev is a Russian surgeon and politician.CareerBashankayev was born in 1978 in Pyatigorsk. In 2002 he graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University. He is a surgeon by profession.PoliticsHe was a United Russia candidate in the 2021 Russian legislative election. He was elected to the State Duma in the Kalmykia constituency with 40.55 percent of the vote, replacing Marina Mukabenova who did not get re-nominated. On June 13, 2023 he was appointed chair of the health committee.FamilyHe is married and has a child.SanctionsHe was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.