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Vladislav Matusovich Reznik | |
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Владисла́в Ма́тусович Ре́зник | |
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| Member of theState Duma forAdygea | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Constituency | Adygea-at-large (No. 1) |
| Member of theState Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 18 January 2000 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-05-17)17 May 1954 (age 71) Leningrad,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Vladislav Matusovich Reznik (Russian:Владисла́в Ма́тусович Ре́зник; born 17 May 1954)[1] is a Russian businessman and politician. He is the chairman of the insurance companyRus,[1] member of the general council of theUnited Russia political party,[1] Chairman of theState Duma Committee on Finances,[2] former chairman ofRosgosstrakh.[1]
Reznik was born 17 May 1954 inLeningrad.
He graduated from the Biological Department ofLeningrad State University in 1976. He holds aKandidat degree in Biology.[1] In 1979-1987 he worked as a researcher in theAll Union Research and Development Technological Institute forAntibiotics and Medical Ferments in Leningrad.[1]
In 1987-1989 he became a Deputy Director General ofRusskoye Video firm. In 1989-1990 he is a Deputy Chairman ofRossiya Bank[1] (established by theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union). Since 1990 Reznik is the head of the insurance company Rus.[1] As the head of Rus, Reznik was an employer of the young lawyerDmitri Medvedev, futurePresident of Russia.[3] In 2002, he sold his stake in Rus for $10 million.[4] In 1995-1998 Reznik was the Chairman of main Russian state-owned insurance company Rosgosstrakh. Since 1995 he is a director ofObi-bank bank and since 1996 he is a director ofMosbiznesbank.[1]
In 1999 Reznik waselected to the State Duma as a member of theUnity political party. He is a member of theUnited Russia since its formation by a merger of Unity and theFatherland – All Russia. In 2001 he became the deputy chairman of the United Russia party. He was responsible for the economical program of the party.
In 2003 Reznik was re-elected to the State Duma.[1] In Duma Reznik became the Chairman of the Committee on Finances. He was the main author of the 2006 lawOn preventinglaundering of the income from criminal activities and financing of terrorism establishing stricter control over bank operations.[5]
In 2008 a case was filed bySpanishInterpol against a group of Russians, which included a civil servant Vladislav Reznik. The investigation had lasted almost 11 years, the suspects were accused of “money laundering”.[6][7] The Investigation Department of the MOI refused to institute criminal proceedings because the financial documents presented by the accused were clean, and the transaction that prompted the filing of the case was completely legal.
On February 19, 2018, a trial took place in a Spanish court, where Reznik was acquitted of all charges.[8][9][10]
In October 2018, the National Court of Spain dropped the charges against all the Russians, involved in the case, including the deputy of theState Duma, Chairman of the Committee on Finances Vladislav Reznik.[11] The acquittal was based on the fact that the evidence presented by the investigators did not confirm the accusations thus making them unfounded. Tax returns and other documents, which were presented to the court by Vladislav Reznik’s defense, confirmed that all of the politician’s income was completely legal and transparent.[12]
In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on Reznik and 23 other Russian nationals.[9][10] On 11 March 2022 the United Kingdom sanctioned Reznik in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine.[13] He has also been sanctioned byCanada, theEuropean Union,Monaco,Switzerland,Australia andJapan.[14]
Reznik's wife is Diana Gindin. She graduated from New York University, received anMBA fromColumbia University, and worked at banksLehman Brothers andMorgan Stanley.[15]