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Civic Initiative
Civic Initiative (GRANI; russian: Гражданская инициатива; ГРАНИ; ''Grazhdanskaya initsiativa'', ''GRANI'') (Russian for "Facets") is a Russian centre-right political party. From 2018 to 2020, it was known as the Party of Changes (russian: Партия перемен; ''Partiya peremen''). The founder of the party is Andrey Nechayev, who served as Minister of Economic Development from 1992 to 1993. History Alexei Kudrin, who took part in the 2011–2013 Russian protests and wished to play the role of mediator between the opposition and the government, created in April 2012 the "Committee for Civil Initiatives", the name for which was invented by Nechayev and liked the former finance minister. However, Nechayev initially planned to create a party together with Kudrin, and he did not mind. Such a project was eventually rejected due to the fact that, after talking with Putin, Kudrin "decided that it was too early to (create) the party, we must confine ours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Initiatives Committee
The Civil Initiatives Committee (CIC of KGI; russian: Комитет гражданских инициатив; КГИ; ''Komitet grazhdanskikh initsiativ'', ''KGI'') is a liberal community of politicians, experts and public figures, positioning itself as a non-partisan association of professionals in key spheres of life (in economy, science, education, healthcare, culture) "around the idea of modernizing the country and strengthening democratic institutions". Created on April 5, 2012 by Alexei Kudrin and a number of other politicians and public figures "in order to determine and implement the best option for the country's development". The name was co-authored with Andrey Nechaev. The creation of a Liberal Democratic Party under this name was postponed because "He (Kudrin) talked to Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) and decided that it was too early (to create) the party, we should limit ourselves to creating a committee.".Later, under the chairmanship of Nechaev, the "Civic Initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Kudrin
Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin ( rus, Алексе́й Леони́дович Ку́дрин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ ˈkudrʲɪn; born 12 October 1960) is a Russian liberal politician and economist. Previously he served as the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2011. Since December 9, 2022 Corporate Development Advisor at Yandex. After graduating with degrees in finance and economics, Kudrin worked in the administration of Saint Petersburg's liberal Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. In 1996, he started working in the Presidential Administration of Boris Yeltsin. He was appointed as Finance Minister on 28 May 2000 and held the post for 11 years, making him the longest-serving Finance Minister in post-Soviet Russia. In addition, he was Deputy Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004 and again beginning in 2007. As Finance Minister, Kudrin was widely credited with prudent fiscal management, commitment to tax and budget reform and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darya Besedina
Darya Stanislavovna Besedina (russian: Да́рья Станисла́вовна Бесе́дина; born 22 July 1988) is a Russian politician. She's a deputy of the Moscow City Duma. Biography She was born in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR. Graduated from the MArchI in 2014. Political life In 2019, Besedina was elected to the Moscow City Duma in the 8th single-mandate constituency (the districts Airport, Voykovsky, Koptevo, Sokol), receiving 14911 votes (36.6%). Besedina is a member of the commissions for education, environmental, urban management and housing policy. She was supported by Alexei Navalny Alexei Anatolievich Navalny ( rus, links=no, Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj; born 4 June 1976) is a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, and anti-corruption act ...'s " Smart Voting" system and was a member of the United Democratic Party "Yabloko". Electoral history References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Gudkov
Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov (russian: Генна́дий Влади́мирович Гудко́в; born 15 August 1956, Kolomna) is a Russian politician and businessman. ''The Moscow Times'' described him in 2012 as "one of parliament's most vocal and charismatic critics" of President Vladimir Putin. Background Gudkov received a degree in languages, an English specialist, from Kolomna State Pedagogical Institute in 1978. He speaks both English and German. After graduation, he served in the Soviet Army from 1978 until 1980 and during his enlistment, he joined the Communist Party. After his service in the Soviet Army, he returned to Kolomna and worked with the Kolomna city Communist Party as an instructor in Komsomol and later as the head of operational and defense-mass work department (russian: заведующим отделом оперативной и оборонно-массовой работы). He joined the KGB, the Soviet Union's national security agency, in 1981, wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Gudkov
Dmitry Gennadyevich Gudkov (russian: Дмитрий Геннадьевич Гудков; born 19 January 1980) is a Russian politician and opposition leader. He was elected as a member of the State Duma in 2011–2016. His father, Gennady Gudkov, was also a Duma deputy in 2001–2012. Both father and son were members of the party A Just Russia. Gudkov was expelled from the party on 13 March 2013 after it accused him of "calling on the American authorities to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs".Russian Legislator Accused of Treason After U.S. Visit (15 March 2013) Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Katz
Maxim Yevgenyevich Katz (russian: Макси́м Евге́ньевич Кац; born 23 December 1984) is a Russian political and public figure, co-founder of the Urban Projects Foundation, author of the YouTube channel of the same name, Russian champion in sports poker, and former deputy of the municipal assembly of the Moscow district Shchukino District, Schukino (III convocation 2012–2016) from Party "Yabloko". Biography Early years Katz was born in Moscow, Russia, to a Russian Jews, Jewish father and an ethnic Russian mother. In 1993, at the age of eight he moved to Israel, to join his father who had moved there one year prior and worked as a programmer. He lived in Givatayim with his parents, and attended the David Ben-Gurion school nearby. In a 2023 interview, Katz recalled having feelings of alienation in the first few years after moving to Israel. In the context of a 1990s post-Soviet aliyah, massive wave of ex-Soviet immigration (around one immigrant for every f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Ryzhkov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Рыжко́в; born 3 September 1966 in Rubtsovsk) is a Russian historian and liberal politician, a former co-chair of People's Freedom Party (2006 –2014) and former Russian State Duma member (1993–2007), First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and the leader of parliamentary group Our Home – Russia. He is a candidate of historical sciences and a professor of the Higher School of Economics. Anchorman of a number of Echo of Moscow radio programs. Vladimir Ryzhkov was a deputy head of administration of Altai Krai in 1991-1993 and represented the city of Barnaul in the State Duma in 1993-2007. Since 2006 Vladimir Ryzhkov is a co-chair of registered political party Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS). He was one of members of The Other Russia coalition and a participant of Dissenters' Marches and other meetings. Active speaker during 2011–2013 Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novosibirsk Region
Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibirsk. The population was 2,788,849 as of the 2018 Census. Geography Overview Novosibirsk Oblast is located in the south of the West Siberian Plain, at the foothills of low Salair ridge, between the Ob and Irtysh Rivers. The oblast borders Omsk Oblast in the west, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar Province) in the southwest, Tomsk Oblast in the north, Kemerovo Oblast in the east, and Altai Krai in the south. The territory of the oblast extends for more than from west to east, and for over from north to south. The oblast is mainly plain; in the south the steppes prevail; in the north enormous tracts of woodland with great number of marshes prevail. There are many lakes, the largest ones located at the south. The majority of the rivers belong to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Lokot
Anatoly Evgenevich Lokot (russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Локоть; born 18 January 1959, Novosibirsk) is the mayor of Novosibirsk, in Russia. In 1981, he graduated from the Department of Physics and Technics of the Novosibirsk State Technical University. He is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and was previously a member of the State Duma. He was elected in April 2014 with around 44% of the vote. He unexpectedly narrowly defeated the United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ... candidate by uniting the bulk of opposition forces. During the September 2019 elections, Anatoly was re-elected as mayor with over 50% of the vote. References External links Communist Party Deputy Elected Mayor of Novosibirsk [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of The Russian Federation
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Ministry Of Justice (Russia)
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (russian: Министе́рство юсти́ции Росси́йской Федера́ции, Миню́ст Росси́и) is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for the legal system and penal system. The Ministry of Justice is the federal authority for operating Russia's courts and correctional services with enforcement by two subordinate executive federal agencies: the Federal Bailiffs Service (FSSP) and the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). The Ministry of Justice is headquartered at Zhitnaya Street 14 in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. The Ministry of Justice was founded in 1991 by renaming of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian SFSR following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but claims succession from the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire founded in 1802. Konstantin Chuychenko has been the Minister of Justice since 21 January 2020. Functions According to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izmailovo Hotel
The Izmailovo Hotel is a four-building hotel located in the Izmaylovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the largest hotel in Europe, and was the largest hotel in the world from 1980 to 1993. Built for the 1980 Summer Olympics to accommodate sportsmen and visitors, the hotel remains popular among Russians and foreign guests. History When it opened in 1980, it surpassed the Rossiya Hotel (1967–2006) as the largest hotel in the world. It held the record until 1993, when it was surpassed by MGM Grand Las Vegas. Today, Izmailovo Hotel is still the largest hotel in Europe with 5,000 rooms divided between four buildings: Alpha, Beta, Vega and Gamma-Delta. Gallery File:Moscow, Tsar Court in Izmailovo - Pedestrian bridge.jpg, View from Izmaylovsky island File:Izmailovo Hotel - A.jpg, Hotel Alpha File:Izmailovo Hotel.jpg, Main pedestrian street and Izmailovo Hotel See also * Rossiya Hotel * List of largest hotels * List of largest hotels in Europe This is a list of hotels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
