Konstantin Babkin
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Константин Бабкин | |
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Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Russia |
Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Occupation(s) | Businessman and politician |
Political party | Party of Business |
Konstantin Anatolyevich Babkin (Russian: Константи́н Анато́льевич Ба́бкин; born 13 February 1971) is a Russian businessman and politician. He is the chairman of the Federal Council of the political party Party of Business, which supports the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia.[1]
He supported Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[2] After Russia's annexation of Crimea, Babkin said to a crowd at a rally, "We should not stop at Crimea!"[1]
He is the president of CJSC Novoe Sodruzhestvo and the president Rosspetsmash association. Member of the board of directors of Rostselmash, Empils[3] and formerly Buhler Industries.[4][5][6] chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[7]
Early life and education
Babkin was born in 1971 in Miass (Chelyabinsk region; USSR) in the family of the State Rocket Center engineers. In 1994, graduated from the department of molecular and chemical physics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.[8][9]
Career
In 1992, Babkin became the co-founder of the Joint-Stock Company Industrial Association Commonwealth. Since 2005 he has been the president of the CJSC Production Association Novoe Sodruzhestvo.[10] The company includes 20 enterprises located in the Rostov region, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada and the United States. Key assets of the holding are Rostselmash, Empils and Buhler Industries[11][12] (Farm King,[13] Versatile[14]). The annual turnover is more than 1 billion dollars.
The main shareholders of Novoe Sodruzhestvo are its three founders and managing directors: Babkin, Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov.[15][16]
In conjunction with Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov withdrew Empils (1998) and Rostselmash (2000) plants from the crisis of the 1990-s.[17]
On the brink of failure in the 1990s, these days Rostselmash has been enjoying a revival. ... Rostselmash now sells to more than 35 countries and opened its first office in (Germany) last year. When Vladimir Putin gathered his advisers for a meeting on the development of regional industry earlier this year, they met at Rostselmash.
– The Economist, 8.11.2018.[18]
In November 2004, Babkin was elected the president of Rosspetsmash association,[19] renamed in 2017 in Rosspetsmash. He is the member of the Bureau of the Central Council of Russian Engineering Union.[20]
On 8 October 2006, he was elected the deputy of Novgorod Regional Duma of the fourth convocation in the Free Russia party list, which he headed (11.03%). He is a member of deputy group Veche, and a member of the budget, finance and economy committee.[21]
On 3 September 2010, Babkin initiated the creation of the organizing committee of all-Russian political party Party of Business. On 14 October 2010, at the constituent congress, he was elected the chairman of the Federal Political Party Council.[22]
chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[7]
One of the organizers and a co-chairman of the Moscow Economic Forum.[23]
On 2 March 2022, Buhler Industries announced that Babkin had resigned as chairman and from the board of directors of the company.[24][25]
Monograph
Author of the book Sound Industrial Policy, or How can we manage to overcome the crisis? /"Razumnaya promyshlennaya politika, ili Kak nam vyyti iz krizisa"/ (Moscow: 2008. — ISBN 978-5-9901585-1-1), which has survived several editions[26][27] and was translated into English (2012).
Articles
- Babkin K. A. In the interests of modernization of agricultural production // Agricultural Economics of Russia. – 2007. – No. 6. – P. 26—27.
- Babkin K. A., etc. V. V. Putin has held a meeting in Rostov-on-Don with the administration of Rostselmash. The shorthand report of the beginning of the meeting. On July, 6th 2009.
Personal life
Married. With five children: three sons and two daughters[8]
Awards
- 2014 was named as the Man of the Year by the Business Quarter magazine, Rostov-on-Don.[28]
- 2014 was awarded the title of Honored Machine Builder by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.[29]
References
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- ^ a b "Feds eye sanctions for Russian man tied to Winnipeg company". CBC. 2014.
- ^ "Russian director resigns from Buhler Industries after statements supporting invasion of Ukraine". CBC. 2022.
- ^ Sokolov, Mikhail (6 September 2011). "Почему миллионер Константин Бабкин и его "Партия дела" не пошли с миллиардером Михаилом Прохоровым в "Правое дело"". Radio Svoboda. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ Buhler Industries Inc (BUI.TO) / Babkin, Konstantin // "Reuters".
- ^ Information on the site «Newswire.ca», 27 March 2017
- ^ "Buhler" entered the "Novoe Sodruzhestvo" // Kommersant, 13 November 2007
- ^ a b "Official website information Camber of Commerce and Industry of Russian Federation". Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Грустный итог совещания у Медведева: кризису быть!". Business Journal. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Graduates of Moscow Physico-Technical Institute. 1994".
- ^ "Forbes".
- ^ "Buhler" entered the "New Commonwealth" // Kommersant, 13 November 2007 (in Russian)
- ^ Nikolay Ulyanov. Lobbyist number one // Expert, 13 February 2017 (in Russian)
- ^ "The official site Farm King".
- ^ "The official site Versatile".
- ^ Buhler Industries Inc (BUI.TO) // "Reuters".
- ^ Information on the official website of "Novoe Sodruzhestvo" Archived 19 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Igor Burakov. Large harvest // Forbes, 3 August 2004 (in Russian)
- ^ From the article «We move to Russia in our series on Europe's second-tier cities» // The Economist, 8.11.2018
- ^ "Konstantin Babkin is elected the president of "Sojuzagromash". November, 5th, 2004". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Konstantin Babkin: Biography on the official website of the Russian Engineering Union". Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "The list of deputies of the Novgorod Regional Duma of the fourth convocation". Novgorod Regional Duma. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Konstantin Anatolevich Babkin on the official website of the 'Party of Action'". Archived from the original on 29 February 2016.
- ^ "The official website of Moscow Economic Forum". Moscow Economic Forum.
- ^ Levasseur, Joanne (2 March 2022). "Russian director resigns from Buhler Industries after statements supporting invasion of Ukraine". CBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Buhler Industries replaces Babkin, names new chairman and directors" (PDF) (Press release). Buhler Industries. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ 2008 edition. Site of the Russian State Library.
- ^ 2009 edition. Site of the Russian State Library.
- ^ "The official site of magazine 'Bisiness Quarter'".
- ^ "The official site of magazine "Kommersant"".
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Russian businesspeople
- Party of Business politicians
- Russian company founders
- Russian technology company founders
- Russian investors
- Russian billionaires
- 21st-century Russian politicians
- Russian political activists
- People from Miass
- Russian Orthodox Christians from Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni