65 Notable alumni of
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
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The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics is 585th in the world, 221st in Europe, and 15th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 65 notable alumni from the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Occupations
- entrepreneurphilanthropist
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Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist, now residing in London. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion, and was ranked 16th on Forbes list of billionaires. He had worked his way up the Komsomol apparatus, during the Soviet years, and started several businesses during the period of glasnost and perestroika in the late 1980s. In 1989, he became Chairman of the Board of Bank Menatep, which he founded. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in the mid-1990s, he accumulated considerable wealth by obtaining control of a number of Siberian oil fields unified under the name Yukos, one of the major companies to emerge from the privatization of state assets during the 1990s (a scheme known as "Loans for Shares").
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Oleg Deripaska
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- In 1996 studied economics
- Occupations
- physicistentrepreneurpatron of the artsinvestorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch and billionaire. Deripaska began his career as a metals trader after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He used accumulated funds from trading to acquire stakes in the Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter from a consortium of businessmen who privatized it in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Sayanogorsk aluminium smelter served as the foundation of what later became the world's largest aluminium company Rusal.
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Tatiana Golikova
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Tatiana Alexeyevna Golikova is a Russian politician and economist who serves as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Social Policy, Labour, Health Care, and Pension Provision since 2018.
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Andrey Melnichenko
- Occupations
- patron of the artsbusinesspersonentrepreneur
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Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko is a Russian-Emirati billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and ex-beneficiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem Group and coal producer SUEK, and was a non-executive director in both companies until 9 March 2022.
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Yulia Navalnaya
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied international relations
- Occupations
- economistactivistpolitician
- Biography
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Yulia Borisovna Navalnaya is a Russian political activist and economist. The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, she has been described in media as the "first lady" of the Russian opposition. After her husband's death, Navalnaya announced that she would continue his work, while naming herself as another leader of the Russian opposition in exile. As of 1 July 2024, she has been serving as the chairperson of the Human Rights Foundation, while also heading the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which her late husband, Alexei Navalny, had founded in 2011.
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Sergei Magnitsky
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- juristlawyerauditor
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Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His arrest in 2008 and subsequent death after eleven months in police custody generated international attention and triggered both official and unofficial inquiries into allegations of fraud, theft and human rights violations in Russia. His posthumous trial was the first in the Russian Federation.
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Mikhail Suslov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1924-1928
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov was a Soviet politician during the Cold War. In addition to serving as the Central Committee's longtime Secretary of Ideology, he held office as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965 until his death in 1982.
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Grigory Yavlinsky
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
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Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky is a Russian economist and politician. He has held numerous positions in the Soviet and Russian governments across different levels, including in the State Duma.
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Rustam Minnikhanov
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- economisthelicopter pilotracing automobile driverpolitician
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Rustam Nurgaliyevich Minnikhanov is a Russian politician who has served as the head of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia, since 2010.
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Mia Boyka
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- singer
- Biography
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Maria Nikolaevna Boyko is a Russian singer who became famous on YouTube and TikTok.
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Polina Zhemchuzhina
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- cashierpolitician
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Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina was a Soviet politician and the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Zhemchuzhina was the director of the Soviet national cosmetics trust from 1932 to 1936, Minister of Fisheries in 1939, and head of textiles production in the Ministry of Light Industry from 1939 to 1948. In 1948, Zhemchuzhina was arrested by the Soviet secret police, charged with treason, and sent into internal exile, where she remained until after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953.
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Leonid Nevzlin
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- engineerstatespersonentrepreneurpolitician
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Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is an Israeli businessman, investor, philanthropist, and former Russian oligarch.
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Ali Asadov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ali Hidayat oghlu Asadov is an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan following his appointment to the post on 8 October 2019 by president Ilham Aliyev.
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Asqar Mamin
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- politicianeconomist
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Asqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022, resigning due to pressure from the 2022 Kazakh unrest. He served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2016 to 21 February 2019. Previously, he was the president of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan. He also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008.
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Mark Kondratiuk
- Occupations
- figure skater
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Mark Valeryevich Kondratiuk is a Russian figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2022 European champion, a two-time Challenger Series medalist and the 2022 Russian national champion.
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Mikhail Zadornov
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- bankereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Zadornov is a Russian economist, chairman of the management board of Otkritie FC Bank, President and chairman of the management board of VTB 24 in the years 2005–2017, government official, Russian Minister of Finance from 1997 to 1999, Russian State Duma Deputy, 1st – 4th Convocations. Recipient of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class and a Certificate of Honour from the Russian Government.
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Mikhail Leontyev
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- television presenterpropagandistjournalisteditor-in-chiefopinion journalist
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev is a Russian political commentator currently working on national TV Channel One. He is known for his program "Odnako" (Russian: "Однако") (Translated "However" or "Still"), irregularly appearing on air with commentaries on certain political occasions since March 1999. He is also a laureate of the "Golden pen of Russia" award and the TEFI award.
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Andrei Bogdanov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- campaign managerpolitician
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Andrey Vladimirovich Bogdanov is a Russian politician. He is the chairman of the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice and a prominent Freemason, serving as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia since 2007. As a candidate for the 2008 presidential election, he received 968,344 votes or 1.30% of the Russian electorate.
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Vladimir Mau
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- civil servanteconomistuniversity teacherwriter
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mau is a Russian economist, scientist, and teacher. Since 2010 to 2023 he has served as the rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). During his career, he was a member of many advisory and scientific councils and commissions. He was a member of the Presidium of the Economic Council (was abolished in 2018 by presidential executive order) under the President of the Russian Federation. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Aleksandr Ptushko
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- screenwriterdirectorcamera operatordesigneranimator
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Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," because of his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis H. O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen. Some critics, such as Tim Lucas and Alan Upchurch, have also compared Ptushko to Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, who made fantasy and horror films with similarities to Ptushko's work and made similarly innovative use of color cinematography and special effects. He began his film career as a director and animator of stop motion short films, and became a director of feature-length films combining live action, stop motion, creative special effects, and Russian mythology. Along the way he would be responsible for a number of firsts in Russian film history (including the first feature-length animated film, and the first film in color), and would make several extremely popular and internationally praised films full of visual flair and spectacle.
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Andrey Belyaninov
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- bankereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Andrey Yuryevich Belyaninov is a Russian businessman and government official. He is a Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank since 2017. Belyaninov graduated from Moscow Plekhanov Academy of National Economy and holds a Doctorate in Economics.
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Magomedsalam Magomedov
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- economistassociation football playerpolitician
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Magomedsalam Magomedaliyevich Magomedov is a Russian politician who served as the 3rd Head of the Republic of Dagestan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation found in the North Caucasus region, from 2010 to 2013. His appointment by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev was approved by the parliament of Dagestan on 10 February 2010. Magomedov is an ethnic Dargin. His father, Magomedali Magomedov, served as President of Dagestan between 1987 and 2006. It is his stated ambition as president to consolidate and modernise the republic to counter the threat of Islamic extremism, in particular the attempts made to undermine and terrorise the republic by supporters of the so-called Caucasus Emirate. His resignation was accepted by President Vladimir Putin on 28 January 2013. After that he was appointed Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Hamo Beknazarian
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1918
- Occupations
- film actorfilmmakerfilm directorathleteactor
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Hamo Beknazarian, also known as Hamo Bek-Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor, and screenwriter.
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Natalya Pochinok
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- university teachereconomistsociologist
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Natalya Borisovna Pochinok born Gribkova is a D.Sc. in Economic Sciences, professor, rector of Russian State Social University (on June 2, 2014 performed the duties in January 2015, elected to the post).
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Pavel Fuks
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1997-2003
- Occupations
- business magnatebusiness oligarchinvestorentrepreneur
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Pavel Yakovlevich Fuks is a Russian-Ukrainian oligarch based in the United Kingdom. He began his career in Russia, where he acquired Russian citizenship and accumulated most of his wealth. He is known for founding Mos City Group, a now-defunct construction company that operated in Russia.
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Maxim Topilin
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1988
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Maxim Anatolievich Topilin is a Russian economist. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Igor Artamonov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1990
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Igor Georgievich Artamonov is a Russian politician serving as Governor of Lipetsk Oblast since 2 October 2018.
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Marian Lupu
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- politicianeconomist
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Marian Lupu is a Moldovan economist and politician who was the President of the Parliament of Moldova between 2010 and 2013. From this position he served as Acting President of Moldova from 2010 until 2012. He is currently the president of the party Respect Moldova Movement (MRM).
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Arsen Kanokov
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- statespersoneconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Arsen Bashirovich Kanokov is a Russian politician, who served as head of the Kabardino-Balkaria republic from 2005 to 2013.
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Alyona Arshinova
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- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Alena Igorevna Arshinova, is a Russian politician, model, and academic. She is a deputy of the State Duma and a member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia political party. She was Secretary of the Chuvash regional branch of United Russia from 24 June 2020 to 21 February 2022.
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Olga Smorodskaya
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- banker
- Biography
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Olga Yuryevna Smorodskaya is a Russian sports executive. Since 4 August 2010, she worked as the president of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. She resigned as Lokomotiv president on 10 August 2016.
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Mikhail Pervukhin
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- civil servantdiplomatelectrical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Mikhail Georgiyevich Pervukhin was a Soviet politician and an engineer who served as people's commissar for various commissions under Stalin and Khrushchev presidiums.
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Abel Aganbegyan
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- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Abel Gezevich Aganbegyan is a leading Soviet and Russian economist of Armenian descent, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and an honorary doctor of business administration of Kingston University, the founder and first editor of the journal EKO.
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Semyon Aralov
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- diplomatmilitary personnel
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Semyon Ivanovich Aralov was a Russian revolutionary, military commander and Soviet diplomat who served as the first head of the Soviet Red Army Intelligence Directorate and subsequently had a career in the Soviet diplomatic service.
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Stanislav Voskresensky
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- politician
- Biography
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Stanislav Sergeyevich Voskresensky is a Russian politician who is currently the 6th Governor of Ivanovo Oblast from 10 October 2018.
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Aleksandr Livshits
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- writereconomist
- Biography
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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Livshits, was a Russian politician and economist who served as the minister of finance and deputy prime minister of Russia from 1996 to 1997.
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Konstantin Rykov
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- politician
- Biography
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Konstantin Igorevich Rykov is a Russian politician, head of Newmedia Stars Corporation, owner of the Goodoo production company.
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Sergei Gorkov
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- lawyerbanker
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Sergei Nikolayevich Gorkov is a Russian banker and attorney. He is chairman of Vnesheconombank (VEB), a major Russian state-owned bank. Between 2010 and 2016, he was the deputy chairman of Sberbank, Russia's largest bank.
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Mirza Davud Huseynov
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Mirza Davud Baghir oghlu Huseynov, also spelled Husseynov or Huseinov (March 1894 – March 21, 1938), was an Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman.
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Valery Zubov
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- statespersoneconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Valery Mikhailovich Zubov, was a Russian politician and economist who had served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2016.
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Olga Dergunova
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- directorprogrammerentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Olga Dergunova is the Deputy President of VTB Bank, a bank headquartered in Russia. She was hired to head the IT systems merger for the different subsidiaries of VTB Bank. She started her career in the IT industry before working as President of Microsoft Russia. She transitioned to VTB Bank in 2007, working as a member of the Management Board, before leaving to serve in the Russian Government as Deputy Minister of Economic Development and also as the head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management. She was hired as Deputy President of VTB Bank in 2016. Her main initiatives as Deputy President include preparing the company for digital banking transformations, including artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology, as well as allowing customers access to their finances without visiting a physical branch location. A 2001 Wall Street Journal report listed her among the Top 30 most influential European businesswomen.
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Ksenia Alexandrova
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- beauty pageant contestantpsychologistmodel
- Biography
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Kseniya Sergeyevna Alexandrova was a Russian model, television host, psychologist and beauty pageant titleholder. She was first runner-up at the Miss Russia 2017 pageant and later represented Russia at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant.
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Edmon Marukyan
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- human rights defenderlawyerpolitician
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Edmon Hrachiki Marukyan is an Armenian lawyer and politician, chairman of Bright Armenia party and Member of the Council of Reforms of the Constitution of Armenia since 2022. He was a member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 2012 to 2021. He was elected to parliament for the first time as an independent in May 2012. He founded the Bright Armenia Party in 2015 and has served as its chairman since. He was reelected to the National Assembly in April 2017, leading the electoral list of the Way Out Alliance, an electoral alliance between Bright Armenia, Civil Contract and the Hanrapetutyun Party. He was elected to parliament again in the 2018 parliamentary elections, leading Bright Armenia's electoral list. Marukyan left parliament after Bright Armenia failed to pass the electoral threshold in the 2021 snap elections. He was appointed ambassador-at-large by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in March 2022.
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Sergey Chizhov
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- politician
- Biography
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Sergey Viktorovich Chizhov is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.
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Yakov Urinson
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Yakov Moiseyevich Urinson is a Russian politician of Jewish descent, economist and Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Russian economy in 1997–1998, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.
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Ilya Sherbovich
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Ilya Sherbovich is a Russian investor and fly-fisherman. He is the founder, president and managing partner of UCP Investment Group and the owner of the Ponoi River Company. As a sport fisherman, Sherbovich has set 19 fly-fishing world records.
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Grigory Arutyunov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1922-1924
- Occupations
- statespersonparty organizer
- Biography
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Grigory Artemievich Arutinov or Grigor Artemi Harutyunyan was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR from 24 September 1937 to 12 March 1953. His tenure as first secretary was the longest in the history of the Armenian SSR.
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Vladimir Kvint
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- economist
- Biography
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Vladimir L'vovich Kvint is a Soviet-born Russian-American economist, and the Chair of the Department of Economic and Financial Strategy at the Moscow School of Economics in the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He is the President of the International Academy of Emerging Markets and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Marat Ospanov
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Marat Tūrdybekūly Ospanov was a Kazakh politician. He was the 1st Chairman of the Mäjilis from 1996 to 1999, a member of the Supreme Council from 1990 to 1993, the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council from 1994 to 1995, and a Deputy Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1994.
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Yury Sablin
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Yuriy Vladimirovich Sablin was a Russian military leader and Socialist Revolutionary.
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Alexander Demin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander Vyacheslavovich Demin is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
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Bekhan Agaev
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bekhan Vakhaevich Agayev is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 6th and 8th State Dumas convocations. He is the son of the politician and entrepreneur Vakha Agaev who in 2004 founded the company Yug-nefteprodukt, that primarily focuses on the wholesale distribution of petroleum and petroleum products and previously played an important role in the export of oil from Chechnya.
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Anton Tkatchov
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- politician
- Biography
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Anton Olegovich Tkachev is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
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Georgy Arapov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Georgy Konstantinovich Arapov is a Russian politician who was elected to the State Duma on the federal list for the New People party in 2021.
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Artemy Khalatov
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1912-1917
- Occupations
- economistparty organizerstatespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Artemic Bagratovich Khalatov (Russian: Артемий Багратович Халатов; 15 (27) April 1894 – 26 September 1937 or 27 October 1938)(sources differ) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who was the director of the Soviet Union's State Publishing House, from 1927 to 1932. He was executed during the Great Purge.
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Aron Katsenelinboigen
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- opinion journalisteconomist
- Biography
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Aron Iosifovich Katsenelinboigen was a founder of predispositioning theory, a subject in decision theory and systems theory that models development in the context of uncertainty.
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Maksim Gulin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maxim Alexeyevich Gulin is a Russian political figure and a former member of the State Duma.
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Saparhan Omarov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saparhan Kesıkbaiūly Omarov is a Kazakh politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, he served as the member of the Mazhilis from 2016 to 2019 and Vice Minister of Agriculture from 2014 to 2016.
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Sopubek Begaliev
- Enrolled in the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Studied in 1954
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Sopubek Begaliev was a Soviet-era economist and politician. He was the founder of the Assembly of People of the Kyrgyz Republic, an organization that promotes inter-ethnic harmony, civil peace, and unanimity. Through his efforts, Begaliev worked to lay the foundation for a strong and peaceful society in the country.
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Aleksandr Granberg
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Alexander Grigorievich Granberg was a Soviet and Russian economist, specialist in the field of regional economics and interregional economic relations, mathematical modeling of economic processes and methodology of intersectoral analysis.
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Lev Gatovsky
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Lev Markovich Gatovsky was a Soviet economist, being one of the first who tried to create a theoretical framework in which to understand the nature of the socialist project taking place in the Soviet Union from a political economy perspective. He became director of the Institute of Economics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, later renamed Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1965 to 1971. Apart from his general academic work, he contributed to several major economic developments such as the first two five-year economic plans and the 1965 Soviet Economic Reform, as well as editing the first Political Economy textbook of the USSR.
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Irina Panchenko
- Occupations
- accountantentrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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Irina Aleksandrovna Panchenko is a Russian politician and former Member of the State Duma from Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (2003–2007). She is also regarded as one of Roman Abramovich's close associates.
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Natalia Zvereva
- Occupations
- expertentrepreneurmanagersocial activisteconomist
- Biography
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Natalia Ivanovna Zvereva is a Russian economist, manager and public figure. She is an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship, director of the Our Future Foundation. Candidate of Sciences in Economics (2021).
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Vladimir Averchev
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vladimir Petrovich Averchev was a Russian politician. He served as a Deputy of the State Duma for its 1st and 2nd convocations, between 1993 and 2000.
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Bheki Winston Joshua Langa
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- diplomatrecord producerpolitician
- Biography
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Bheki Winston Joshua Langa is a South African diplomat and administrator. He formerly served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Africa to Russia from July 2005 to August 2010 and to China from September 2010 to December 2014. He also served as the head of the domestic branch of the State Security Agency (SSA) from August 2015 to March 2017. He is currently managing director of a music production company Econoculture Pty Ltd.
