Vladimir Stanislavovich Milov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Станисла́вович Мило́в, born 18 June 1972) is a Russian politician, economist and the former chairman of the Russian political party Democratic Choice from May 2012 to December 2015. He served as Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation from May to October 2002. He was a member of the Federal Political Council of the democratic movement

Solidarnost United Democratic Movement "Solidarnost" (russian: Объединённое демократическое движение «Солидарность»; ОДД «Солидарность»; ''Obyedinonnoye demokraticheskoye dvizheniye «Solidarno ...

(2008-2010) and one of the founders of the coalition "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption". He was also the president of the Institute for Energy Policy, a Moscow-based independent

think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...

until 2013.

Early life and education

Vladimir Milov graduated from

Moscow State Mining University Moscow State Mining University (''Московский государственный горный университет'' in Russia) is a Russian institute of higher education that prepares mining engineers. History Its history can be traced b ...

in 1994. In 1997–2001, he worked for the

natural monopoly A natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of the market give the largest supplier in an industry, often the first supplier in a market, an overwhelming adv ...

regulator of Russia, the Federal Energy Commission of Russia, serving in 1999–2001 as the head of its economic analysis department. In 2001 he headed an expert team within the Center for Strategic Research, a government-linked think tank.

Career

On 14 March 2000, Vladimir Milov was promoted to the civilian service rank of 2nd class State Councillor of the Russian Federation. In December 2001, Milov was appointed adviser to the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation and in May 2002, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia in Kasyanov's government. He resigned in October 2002.

Social and political activism

In November 2002, Milov founded and became the head of the research fund Institute for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex (in 2003, it was renamed to Institute for Energy Policy). From September 2005 to August 2006, the institute was one of the ten most mentioned economic expert centers in the country and the first on energy issues. By 2010, the institute had ceased to engage in real activities, and the legal entity was liquidated in December 2013. Milov authored numerous analytical materials, concept papers and publications on energy policy and infrastructure development in Russia. He collaborated on state programs for reforming the country's

gas industry The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The large ...

electric power industry The electric power industry covers the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric power to the general public and industry. The commodity sold is actually energy, not power, e.g. consumers pay for kilowatt-hours, power multip ...

, and

railway transport Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

, and proposed a reform project for Gazprom, which was rejected by

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

. In 2002, he headed an interdepartmental working group on the development of the energy strategy for Russia for the period up to 2020. He took part in the development of Russian legislation on the electric power industry, regulation and taxation of the energy sector. In December 2008, Milov co-founded the opposition movement "

". He was one of the leaders of the organization until May 2010. In 2009, Milow ran for the Moscow City Duma as an independent candidate, but was not admitted to register. In February 2010, Milov was elected a leader of the social movement "Democratic Choice". He resigned on December 20, 2015, after a series of internal disagreements. Since 2016, Milov began actively participating in Alexei Navalny's presidential campaign. Milov was mentioned as one of the co-authors of Navalny's platform that was published on December 13, 2017.Программа Алексея Навального
/ref> Since October 19, 2019, Milov has been broadcasting a weekly program about international politics, ''Hugs With Dictators'', on his YouTube channel.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milov, Vladimir 1972 births Living people Energy economists People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" politicians People from Kemerovo Solidarnost politicians Russian liberals Russian bloggers Russian YouTubers Economists from Moscow Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine People listed in Russia as media foreign agents Moscow State Mining University alumni