Alexander Mikhailovich Babakov (Russian:Александр Михайлович Бабаков; 8 February 1963) is a Russian politician and member of theState Duma, the Russian parliament. He was appointed Special Presidential Representative to Russians byVladimir Putin in 2012.[1]
Alexander Babakov | |
|---|---|
| Александр Бабаков | |
.jpg) Babakov in 2019 | |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Russian Federation Senator forTambov Oblast | |
| In office 22 September 2020 – 12 October 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Head of Tambov Oblast |
| Preceded by | Alexey Kondratyev |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Belousov |
| Russian Federation Senator for Tambov Oblast | |
| In office 28 September 2016 – 22 September 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Tambov Oblast Duma |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Kosarev |
| Succeeded by | Svetlana Korostelyova |
| Vice Chairman of the State Duma | |
| In office 24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Chairman | Boris Gryzlov |
| 2nd Chairman ofRodina | |
| In office 24 March 2006 – 28 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Rogozin |
| Succeeded by | Aleksey Zhuravlyov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1963-02-08)8 February 1963 (age 62) Chișinău,Moldavian SSR,Soviet Union |
| Political party | A Just Russia - For Truth |
| Education | Moscow State University |
He has been under EU, Canadian and Swiss sanctions since 2014, as well as US sanctions since 2017.[2]
Political activity
editHe is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Deputy Co-chairman of Inter-Parliamentary Group of theRussian Federation, Head of Delegation of the State Duma in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Chairman of State Duma Commission on legal support to military and defense industrial complex of the Russian Federation. He was appointed Deputy speaker of the Duma in 2010, a position he held until December 2011.[3]
In June 2012 he was appointed as Presidential Envoy for engaging with Russian organizations abroad byPresidentPutin.[4][5][6]
He was the leader ofRodina, apolitical party in Russia, for several months in 2006 and organised the formation ofA Just Russia, a merger between Rodina, theRussian Party of Life and theRussian Pensioners' Party, sitting on its governing committee.[7]
Between 2006 and 2007 he led A Just Russia's faction in theState Duma as the party leader,Sergei Mironov, served as speaker of theFederation Council of Russia.[3]
He was elected to the Russian State Duma in 2003 and became party leader ofRodina in March 2006 following the surprise resignation ofDmitry Rogozin.[8]
Sanctions and legal action
editIn September 2014, following theAnnexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the widerRusso-Ukrainian War, Babakov was subjected to sanctions, including an asset freeze, by the European Union.[9]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2014 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[10]
On 14 April 2022 theUnited States Department of Justice issued an indictment against Babakov for "conspiring to have US citizens act as an unregistered agent for Russia in the United States, conspiring to violate and evade US sanctions, and conspiring to commit visa fraud."[11][12]
Financial interests
editAccording to anti-corruption investigations, including material published byAlexei Navalny, Babakov owns a heritage-listed estate inSaint-Léger-en-Yvelines,France and an apartment onRue de l'Université in the wealthy7th arrondissement of Paris.[13][14]
He was also reported to own a residential flat in Richmond Court, Knightsbridge, London[2]
In 2011 Babakov passed ownership of hisBritish Virgin Islands registered holding company AED International to his daughter.[2]
Personal life
editHe is married and has three children.[15]
Awards
edit- Order of Friendship (2008)[16]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2020)[17]
- Order of Honour (2017)[18]
- Sretenje Order (2013)
References
edit- ^"Александр Бабаков назначен спецпредставителем Президента по взаимодействию с организациями соотечественников за рубежом".Президент России. 17 June 2012.
- ^abc"Sanctioned Russian oligarchs found sanctuary in Britain".The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB). Retrieved2022-03-15.
- ^ab"Бабаков Александр Михайлович - компромат, биография, образование, национальность".zampolit.com.
- ^"Компромат.нет". Archived fromthe original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved2016-05-20.
- ^Putin Makes Just Russia Founder Envoy, 17 June 2012,The Moscow Times
- ^Sonne, Paul (December 27, 2018)."A Russian bank gave Marine Le Pen's party a loan. Then weird things began happening".The Washington Post. Archived fromthe original on December 29, 2018.
Through what he described as work on a French-Russian development-bank project in 2004 or 2005, Schaffhauser said he met a Russian businessman and member of parliament named Alexander Babakov, who in 2012 became the Kremlin's special envoy for Russian organizations abroad.
- ^"Бабаков Александр Михайлович – досье, все новости".Перебежчик.
- ^"Alexandr Babakov became the chairman of Rodina". RIA Novosti. March 25, 2006. RetrievedMarch 20, 2025.
- ^"Factbox: Firms and people hit by new EU sanctions on Russia".Reuters. Brussels. 12 September 2014. Retrieved15 April 2022.
- ^"CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK"(PDF). Retrieved16 April 2023.
- ^"US indicts Russian lawmaker for alleged anti-Ukraine propaganda campaign".Radio France Internationale. 14 April 2022. Retrieved15 April 2022.
- ^"Russian Legislator and Two Staff Members Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizen Act as an Illegal Agent of the Russian Government in the United States".www.justice.gov. April 14, 2022.
- ^"Babakov".The database “PUTIN'S LIST”. 4 August 2023.
- ^"Alexander Babakov - The Panama Papers".OCCRP.
- ^"Бабаков Александр Михайлович – дети, семья, личная жизнь | VIPERSON".viperson.ru.
- ^"Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.05.2008 г. № 822" (in Russian). kremlin.ru. 2008. RetrievedMarch 16, 2023.
- ^"Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.11.2020 № 732 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). publication.pravo.gov.ru. November 23, 2020. RetrievedMarch 16, 2023.
- ^"Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18.05.2017 № 215 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). publication.pravo.gov.ru. May 22, 2017. RetrievedMarch 16, 2023.