Sergei Gavrilov (politician)

Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov (; born 27 January 1966) is a Russian politician who is a Deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was born in Tula, during the time period of the Soviet Union; and would go on to receive a Candidate of Science in Economics, considered a PhD equivalent, from Moscow State University in 1989.
On September 18, 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the 7th State Duma as a member of the Communist Party.
2019 Georgia Protests.
He was invited to speak within Georgia's parliament through the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy. This speech was done in Russian from the Speaker's chair and was seen as an attack on Georgian sovereignty. It would result in the 2019 Georgia protests.