Vladimir Kozhin

Vladimir Kozhin
Владимир Кожин
Official portrait, 2018
Russian Federation Senator from Moscow
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 September 2018 Serving with Inna Svyatenko
Preceded by	Vladimir Dolgikh
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin (1959-02-28) 28 February 1959 (age 65) Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia

Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin (Russian: Влади́мир И́горевич Ко́жин, born 28 February 1959) is a Russian businessman and politician. Senator from Moscow since 2018.[1] Previously he was an Aide to the President of Russia and head of the Control Directorate of the Presidential Administration of Russia.[2] He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3]

Political career

In March 1993, he became the Director General of the Saint Petersburg Association of Joint Ventures. From October 1994 until September 1999, he was the Chief of the Northwestern Center of the Federal Directorate for Currency and Export Control of Russia. From 20 September 1999 until 12 January 2000, he led the Russian Federal Service for Currency and Export Control (VEK).

Since 12 January 2000, Kozhin has been the Head of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation, appointed by President Vladimir Putin. In 2008, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him as a member of the Presidential Executive Office.[4]

In 2010, Kozhin was suggested to succeed chucked out Yury Luzhkov as the Mayor of Moscow.[5]

Since 2018, a member of the Federation Council from Moscow. If Sergey Sobyanin wins the mayoral election in the fall of 2023, he will retain his post.[6]

Sanctions

On 20 March 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Kozhin and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN), a list of individuals sanctioned as “members of the Russian leadership’s inner circle.”[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Honours and awards (selection)

• Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 3rd class (2002)[13]
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003; for his efforts on the renovation of the Constantine Palace in Strelna as a new presidential residence)[14]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class (2006);[15] 4th class (2009)[16]
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014)[17]

External links

• Official biography (in English)

References and notes

1. Собянин назначил Владимира Кожина сенатором от Москвы
2. "Dmitry Medvedev had a working meeting with Head of the Presidential Control Directorate Konstantin Chuychenko". kremlin.ru. 26 March 2009.
3. О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Федеральной службы России по валютному и экспортному контролю (Decree 1547) (in Russian). President of Russia. 21 November 1999.
4. "Dmitry Medvedev announced the new appointees to the Presidential Administration". kremlin.ru. 13 May 2008.
5. Kremlin Eyes Moscow Mayoral Candidates. rferl.org. 1 October 2010.
6. "Собянин снова выдвинет в сенаторы бывшего управделами Кремля". Rbc.ru (in Russian). 10 July 2023.
7. "Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine". US Department of the treasury.
8. "Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine". The White House - Office of the Press Secretary.
9. www.treasury.gov
10. Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)
11. Shuklin, Peter (21 March 2014). "Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions". liga.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
12. President of The United States (19 March 2016). "Ukraine EO13661" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
13. "Село Одинцово — ЦЕРКОВЬ УТОЛИ МОЯ ПЕЧАЛИ" (in Russian). domod.ru. 17 November 2002. Archived from the original on 18 March 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2005.
14. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.09.2004 г. № 1154 — О присуждении Государственных премий Российской Федерации 2003 года в области науки и техники" (in Russian). kremlin.ru. 9 September 2004. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
15. "Указ Президента РФ от 30 октября 2006 г. N 1199 — "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников Управления делами Президента Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). bazazakonov.ru. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
16. "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 15.10.2009 N 1161 — "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ НАГРАДАМИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ"" (in Russian). kremlin.ru. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
17. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.03.2014 № 112 — "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). pravo.gov.ru. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Oleg Pavlov	Chief of the Russian Federal Service for Currency and Export Control 20 September 1999 – 12 January 2000	Succeeded by Alexander Gromov
Preceded by Pavel Borodin	Head of the Russian Presidential Property Management Department 12 January 2000 – present	Incumbent