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Andrei I. Kazmin

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sberbank

Andrei I. Kazmin was appointed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sberbank in January 1996.  He also serves as Vice President of the World Savings Bank Institute.  From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Kazmin served as a Deputy Minister of Finance in the Russian government, where he oversaw the banking system and government securities.

From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Kazmin served as a Senior Associate at the Russian Academy of Sciences, prior to which he was an Assistant Professor and Deputy Dean at the Moscow Institute of Finance.  From 1982 to 1983, he served as an Economist at the State Bank of the USSR .

Mr. Kazmin graduated from the Moscow Institute of Finance, where he also pursued his graduate studies.

Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov

Presidential Representative for the Volga Federal District

Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov, 37, was appointed Presidential Representative for the Volga Federal District on November 14, 2005. He was appointed Procurator of Bashkiria in early 2005 after having served as Assistant and First Deputy Procurator for St. Petersburg. He joined the Procurator’s office in 1992.

Mr. Konovalov holds a J.D. from St. Petersburg State University.
Born June 9, 1968, in Leningrad.
Graduated in jurisprudence from St Petersburg State University in 1992.
Holds a Ph.D. (kandidat nauk) degree in law. Holds the title of senior legal councillor.
Served in the Soviet Army from 1986–1988.
From 1988–1992, studied at the Law Faculty of St Petersburg State University.
In 1992, worked as assistant to the prosecutor of Vyborg District, St Petersburg.
From 1992–1994, was an investigator at the Vyborg District Prosecutor’s Office, St Petersburg.
From 1994–1997, was prosecutor at the Federal Security Law Enforcement Supervision Department at the St Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office
From 1997–1998, was Deputy Prosecutor of Moskovsky District, St Petersburg.
From 1998–2001, was Prosecutor of Moskovsky District, St Petersburg.
From 2001–2005, was Deputy Prosecutor of St Petersburg.
In 2005, became Prosecutor of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy in the Volga Federal District in November 2005.
Is a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Andrei Kostin

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  President of Vneshtorgbank
  
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  1979 to 1992: served for the USSR Foreign Affairs Ministry
  
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  1979 to 1982: served for the USSR Consulate General in Australia
  
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  1985 to 1990: served for the USSR Embassy in the United Kingdom.
  
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  1992: A.Kostin joined those who founded the Russian Investment and Finance Company (RIFK, as the Russian acronym), which was a player in the securities and debt instrument markets.
  
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  1993 to 1995: Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department of the Imperial Bank.
  
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  1995: Elected First Deputy Chairman of the National Reserve Bank.
  
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  18 October 1996: By Presidential Decree appointed Chairman of Vnesheconombank.
  
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  14 October 1999: the President extended his mandate for the next three-year period.
  
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  1998 and later in 2001: Awarded the Russian Government Honorary Diplomas for his substantial personal contribution to economic development of Russia.
  
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  1999: A. Kostin was presented with a state reward, Order of Honour, for his contribution to the development of the Russian financial and banking sector.
  
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  10 June 2002: A. Kostin was appointed Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for Foreign Trade.
  

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Vladimir Lisin

Net Worth: $ 4.8 billion

Primary Source: Novolipetsk Metallurgical , metals
Age: 48
Marital Status: married, three children. A proletarian success story, Lisin's career began in 1975 when he took his first job--as a welder in a coal mine. Later he took a job as a steel worker, rose up the ranks, earned further educational degrees and eventually became deputy head of one of the USSR's biggest steel mills. In 1991, when his boss was appointed Minister of Metallurgy, Lisin came with him to Moscow. In 1992, Lisin joined up with a tough group of traders who called themselves the Trans-World Group. They came to dominate Russia's aluminum and steel exports. Lisin managed the factories. When the partners went their separate ways in 2000, Lisin got a majority stake in Russia's giant Novolipetsk steel mill as his share.

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev

Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Dmitry A. Medvedev was born on September 14, 1965, in Leningrad. He graduated from Law Department, Leningrad State University, in 1987. Upon completion of the post-graduate program at the University in 1990, he obtained Ph. D. (Law), and assistant professorship. Mr. Medvedev taught at St. Petersburg State University from 1990 to 1999. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Adviser to the Chairman, Leningrad City Council, and Expert Consultant, Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office. Mr. Medvedev was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999. In 1999 - 2000 he was Deputy Head, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. Mr. Medvedev was Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, from 2000 to 2001, and Deputy Chairman of the Board in 2001-2002. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, since June, 2002. Mr. Medvedev was Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office from October, 2003 to November, 2005. Mr. Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on November, 2005
Experts characterize Medvedev as 100% a Putin protege, part of the group of “Petersburg lawyers,” along with Dmitry Kozak, Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Throughout his years working in the Presidential Administration, Medvedev is said to have deliberately avoided aligning himself with either the camp of the security service officials (the “siloviki”) or the group around Alexander Voloshin (one of the major figures of the so-called “family” of the Boris Yeltsin era and Medvedev’s boss in the Kremlin until October 2003, when he resigned and was replaced by Medvedev). Medvedev is considered Putin's appointed successor following his November 2005 appointment as First Deputy Prime Minister.
Married, with one son (Ilya, born 1996).
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