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TORSHIN Alexander Porfiryevich (b. 1953) graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute in 1978, after which he worked in various positions in the prosecutor’s office of the RSFSR, in the Soviet Association of Political Sciences, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU, and the apparatus of the President of the USSR.
TRABER Ilya Ilyich (also known as Antiquarian) is a Russian businessman, mafia boss and an old friend of Vladimir Putin. Born in Omsk in 1950, he graduated from the Sevastopol Higher Naval School with the rank of lieutenant, served in the submarine fleet and was a member of the Communist Party.
TURCHAK Andrey Anatolyevich (b. 1975) and his political success are associated with his father, Anatoly Turchak, who used to go to the same judo club along with Vladimir Putin and the Rotenberg brothers. Apparently, such connections proved to be very useful for Turchak Sr., since having started his career as a simple mechanic at the Leninets factory, he soon became the general director of the enterprise, and then headed the Leninets Holding Company OJSC.
MYACHIN, Viktor Yevgenyevich (b. 1961 in Leningrad) was a graduate and employee of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he worked till 1992.
Oleg Noskov was associated with Gennady Petrov, one of the leaders of the Malyshev organized crime group, he had and probably still has a common business with him and his son, Anton Petrov. He was also a shareholder and member of the board of Rossiya Bank, known as the “Bank of Friends of President Putin.”
PONOMARENKO Alexander Anatolyevich (b. 1964 in Belogorsk, Ukraine) served in the Soviet army in 1983-1985. After demobilization, he was a professional boxer, having won the championship of Ukraine. In 1988, he graduated from the Physics Department of Simferopol State University.
PRIGOZHIN Yevgeny Viktorovich (b.1961) is a Russian businessman, owner of the catering businesses, linked to the internet “troll factory” and a mercenary group Wagner. Born in Leningrad, in 1979, at the age of 18 he was sentenced for stealing and in 1981 he was also sentenced to twelve years imprisonment under articles of robbery, fraud, and involving teenagers in prostitution, spending nine years behind the bars. After release from imprisonment, in 1990, he started his fast-food business which later evolved into a restaurant and catering empire.
RASHNIKOV Viktor Filipovich (b. 1948 in Magnitogorsk) has been working at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works since 1967, having grown from the position of a locksmith.
REZNIK Vladislav Matusovich (b. 1954) is a Russian businessman, lobbyist, and politician with criminal connections. Born in Leningrad, in 1976 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Leningrad University and enrolled in graduate school at the Moscow Institute of Development Biology.
ROLDUGIN Sergei Pavlovich (b. 1951) graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatory in 1975. From 1974 to 1984, Roldugin was a musician in the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic. In 1977, he met Vladimir Putin, who studied with his brother at the KGB Institute, and they became bosom friends. In 1985, he became the godfather of Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria. From 2002 to 2004, Roldugin served as rector of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 2005, he received the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation.