Dmitry Gudkov

Dmitry Gudkov was born on 19 January 1980 in the city of Kolomna, Moscow region in the family of Maria Gudkova and Gennady Gudkov. When his son was born, Gennady Gudkov worked in the Komsomol; in 1981–1992 he served in the KGB, retired in the rank of major, and in the same year he founded the private security company "Oskord", which became a major player at this market by the end of the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.itogi.ru/profil/2012/34/181199.html |title=Неисправимый |author=Андрей Владимиров |date=20 August 2012 |publisher=Итоги |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129124710/http://www.itogi.ru/profil/2012/34/181199.html |url-status=dead }}

In 1996, Dmitry Gudkov graduated from the Moscow school #625 with in-depth study of physics and mathematics and entered the journalism faculty of Moscow State University. In his student years he worked in several publications: he was the editor-in-chief of "Security" - a trade magazine about protection, and also worked in the department of public relations of his father's company. Gudkov made his first steps in politics in 1998–1999, becoming a member of the electoral headquarters of his father in the elections to the 3rd State Duma from Kolomna single-mandate district #106. After graduating from the journalism faculty in 2001, Gudkov went on to do his postgraduate studies, and received a second higher education at the Faculty of World Economy of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{cite web |url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14159859/ |title=Гудков, Дмитрий |publisher=Lenta.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410132219/https://lenta.ru/lib/14159859/ |url-status=live }}

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A significant part of his political career, Dmitry Gudkov followed his father. In 2001 Gennady Gudkov won in the by-elections to the 3rd Duma and joined the deputy group "People's Deputy", and Dmitry Gudkov got a job in the staff of this group. In 2003, he followed his father to the People's Party of the Russian Federation (NPRF): while Gennady Gudkov was deputy chairman of the party, Dmitry Gudkov substituted the head of the press department, and after the father was elected a chairman of the party in April 2004, Dmitry Gudkov was promoted to a position of a head. He was involved in the coordination of the youth policy of the NPRF, participated in the creation of the Youth Public Chamber. In December 2005, Dmitry Gudkov took part in the additional elections to the 4th Duma in Moscow's single-seat constituency #201, but lost with 1.5% of the votes. After the merger of the NPRF with "A Just Russia" in early-mid April 2007, Gennady Gudkov entered the Political Bureau of the Presidium of the Central Council of the Party, and Dmitry headed its press department.

At the end of April 2007, the youth blocks of the NPRF, the Social Democratic Party of Russia (SDPR), the human rights organization "Civil Society", the movements "Ura", "League of Justice", "Energy of Life", "Young Life" and other youth organizations of "A Just Russia" were united within the all-Russian movement "Pobeda" ("Victory"). Dmitry Gudkov became the co-chairman of the organization, since he previously supervised the youth policy of the NPRF. In April 2008, the congress of "Pobeda" elected Yury Lopusov, a former leader of the "Energy of Life", as the only chairman of the congress, which led to a conflict between Lopusov and Gudkov. In October 2009, Dmitry Gudkov headed the "Young Socialists of Russia" - a new youth movement within the framework of "A Just Russia", which included "Pobeda" and youth departments of the Russian Party of Life, the SDPR, “Rodina” party, the Russian Party of Pensioners and several others.

At the Fourth Congress of "A Just Russia" in June 2009, Dmitry Gudkov was elected a member of the Central Council of the Party, and in 2010 he became an adviser to Sergey Mironov, the Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the leader of the "A Just Russia".

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In December 2011, Gudkov was elected to the 6th State Duma at the head of the list of "A Just Russia" from the Ryazan and Tambov regions, where the party gained 15% and 6% respectively (compared to 13% in the country). During his mandate, Gudkov worked in the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, and individually and as part of a group of deputies, initiated 43 legislative drafts, including:{{cite web |url=http://www.duma.gov.ru/structure/deputies/131235/ |title=Гудков Дмитрий Геннадьевич |publisher=Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023005222/http://www.duma.gov.ru/structure/deputies/131235/ |url-status=live }}

• Amendments to the law "On Science and State Science and Technology Policy", proposed together with Ilya Ponomarev and Oleg Smolin in June 2014, and suggesting academic degrees to be revoked regardless of the time of its conferral if plagiarism is found in scientific works of the author. The bill was considered and rejected in the first reading in January 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2649821 |title=Плагиат — это навсегда |author=Александр Черных |date=20 January 2015 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133822/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2649821 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://sozd.parlament.gov.ru/bill/552663-6 |title=Законопроект № 552663-6 |publisher=Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Amendments to the law "On Special Economic Measures" and Article 8 of the Federal Law "On Security", proposed together with {{ill|Sergei Doronin|ru|Доронин, Сергей Александрович|vertical-align=sup}}, Valery Zubov, Sergey Petrov and {{ill|Mikhail Serdyuk|ru|Сердюк, Михаил Иванович|vertical-align=sup}}, suggesting the introduction of a mandatory form of federal law for decisions on economic sanctions (at that time the President's order was enough to impose economic sanctions).{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2675750 |title=Законопроект об ограничении права президента на санкции "внесли втихаря" |date=26 February 2015 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133843/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2675750 |url-status=live }} The initiative was criticized by representatives of all parliamentary parties,{{cite web |url=https://news.rambler.ru/politics/29334331-v-gosdume-raskritikovali-ideyu-otmeny-produktovogo-embargo/?updated |title=В Госдуме раскритиковали идею ряда депутатов отменить продуктовое эмбарго |date=16 February 2015 |publisher=Взгляд |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075900/https://news.rambler.ru/politics/29334331-v-gosdume-raskritikovali-ideyu-otmeny-produktovogo-embargo/?updated |url-status=live }} and in May 2017 the bill was rejected in the first reading.{{cite web |url=http://sozd.parlament.gov.ru/bill/730438-6 |title=Законопроект № 730438-6 |publisher=Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Amendments to the legislative acts regulating the activities of non-profit organizations, introduced in July 2015 and involving the abolition of the concept of "foreign agent" in relation to NGOs. In the commentary to the bill, Gudkov noted that many of the organizations included in the corresponding register did not meet the formal criterion - they were not engaged in political activity.{{cite news |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/27053520.html |title=Дмитрий Гудков внес законопроект об отмене понятия "иноагент" |date=4 June 2015 |newspaper=Радио Свобода |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192854/https://www.svoboda.org/a/27053520.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/557066469a794761f66be325 |title=В Думе предложили отменить понятие НКО — иностранный агент |date=4 June 2015 |publisher=РБК |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127090106/https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/557066469a794761f66be325 |url-status=live }} The bill was repeatedly postponed, and in May 2016 the amendments were rejected. In parallel with that, the State Duma approved the amendments prepared on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, which cleared the definition of political activity by separating it from work in the field of science, culture, art, health and health care, social services, support and protection, protection of motherhood and childhood, social support of the disabled, promotion of healthy lifestyle, physical culture and sports, protection of plant and animal life and charitable activities.{{cite web |url=https://vademec.ru/article/nko/ |title=Благотворительные фонды не будут считаться иностранными агентами |date=11 May 2016 |publisher=Vademecum |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075903/https://vademec.ru/article/nko/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://sozd.parlament.gov.ru/bill/808729-6 |title=Законопроект № 808729-6 |publisher=Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• The Federal Law "On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation", drafted together with the {{ill|Committee of Civil Initiatives|ru|Комитет гражданских инициатив|vertical-align=sup}}, was introduced in October 2015 and suggested the transition to a mixed-member proportional representation according to the German model and the introduction of multi-mandate constituencies and electoral blocks in the Duma elections. In November 2015 the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building rejected the bill till it was improved.{{cite web |url=https://www.pnp.ru/politics/2015/10/15/gudkov-vnyos-vdumu-zakonoproekt-operekhode-ksmeshannoy-izbiratelnoy-sisteme.html |title=Гудков внёс в Думу законопроект о переходе к смешанной избирательной системе |date=15 October 2015 |publisher=Парламентская газета |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192807/https://www.pnp.ru/politics/2015/10/15/gudkov-vnyos-vdumu-zakonoproekt-operekhode-ksmeshannoy-izbiratelnoy-sisteme.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2830492 |title=Будущим депутатам Госдумы хотят повысить конкурентность |author=Таисия Бекбулатова, Сергей Горяшко |date=12 October 2015 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133826/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2830492 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2850121 |title=Госдума отправила залог на доработку |author=Павел Казарновский |date=9 November 2015 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133829/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2850121 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://sozd.parlament.gov.ru/bill/903791-6 |title=Законопроект № 903791-6 |publisher=Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

No legislative draft, which was suggested by Gudkov or together with him, was adopted, except for the "mass" (signed by a large number of deputies) bill "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Computation of Time" (a permanent shift to winter time), adopted in July 2014.{{cite web |url=http://sozd.parlament.gov.ru/bill/431985-6 |title=Законопроект № 431985-6 |publisher=Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Also, Gudkov was one of the eight deputies of the State Duma who in December 2012 voted against the federal bill "On Sanctions for Individuals Violating Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms of the Citizens of the Russian Federation", better known as "Dima Yakovlev Law" because it prohibited adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens.{{cite web |url=https://snob.ru/selected/entry/56137 |title=Список порядочных людей: кто не голосовал за закон об усыновлении |date=26 December 2012 |publisher=Сноб |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806124213/https://snob.ru/selected/entry/56137 |url-status=dead }} Also, Gudkov was among 4 deputies who did not vote for the law "On Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation the New Constituent Entities of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Importance Sevastopol".{{cite news |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2014/03/20/gosduma |title=Госдума ратифицировала договор о принятии Крыма в состав России |author=Светлана Бочарова |date=20 March 2014 |newspaper=Ведомости |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080212/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2014/03/20/gosduma |url-status=live }} Later, while on air at the TV channel “Dozhd”, Gudkov explained that he abstained from voting "for" because of the political and economic consequences of the decision and abstained from "against" because of the conflicting public opinion on the question of joining the Crimea to the Russian Federation and out of respect for the inhabitants of the Crimea.{{cite web |url=https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/here_and_now/dmitrij_gudkov_sanktsii_oznachajut_chto_rossijskuju_vlast_bolshe_ne_volnuet_mnenie_mira-365451/ |title=Дмитрий Гудков: санкции означают, что российскую власть больше не волнует мнение мира |author=Павел Лобков, Анна Монгайт |date=20 March 2014 |publisher=Дождь |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075843/https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/here_and_now/dmitrij_gudkov_sanktsii_oznachajut_chto_rossijskuju_vlast_bolshe_ne_volnuet_mnenie_mira-365451/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Gorelova |first=Anastasia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-ponomaryov-idUSBREA2O17720140325 |title=Russian deputy isolated after opposing Crimea annexation |publisher=Reuters |date=25 March 2014 |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127162151/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-ponomaryov-idUSBREA2O17720140325 |url-status=live }}[http://mashable.com/2015/06/18/the-last-opposition-man-standing/#e3QXLd7Aogqr And then there was one: Meet the last lawmaker fighting Putin in Russia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406214228/http://mashable.com/2015/06/18/the-last-opposition-man-standing/#e3QXLd7Aogqr |date=6 April 2016 }}, mashable.com (18 June 2015)

{{see also|2011–2013 Russian protests}}

The Gudkovs are noted for their opposition to President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party. Along with Ilya Ponomarev, Dmitry and Gennady Gudkovs became leaders in the 2012 protests against Putin's re-election.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/world/europe/ponomarev-works-to-change-russia-from-the-inside.html?_r=0 |title=Working Russia's Streets, and Its Halls of Power |author=David M. Herszenhorn |date=23 June 2012 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105040955/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/world/europe/ponomarev-works-to-change-russia-from-the-inside.html?_r=1& |access-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-b88c6c0265bb4abc929a27fa0a1e7fa8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413132015/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-b88c6c0265bb4abc929a27fa0a1e7fa8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2016 |title=Police move against new protest in Moscow |author=Vladimir Isachenkov |date=16 May 2012 |agency=Associated Press |via=HighBeam Research|access-date=28 October 2012}} In the period of winter 2011 to spring 2012, Gudkov took an active part in protest actions and acted as one of the organizers of the rallies "For Fair Elections". During the unauthorized "public festivities" on Kudrinskaya Square following Vladimir Putin's inauguration, Gudkov tried to present the rally as his meeting with voters to prevent the detention of protesters.{{cite web |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2012/05/09/clear/ |title=Полиция разогнала оппозиционеров на Кудринской площади |date=9 May 2012 |publisher=Lenta.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403211029/https://lenta.ru/news/2012/05/09/clear/ |url-status=live }} According to Gudkov, he was illegally detained on an opposition meeting on Nikitsky Boulevard on 8 May 2012, but the police claimed that the politician himself followed the detainee Ksenia Sobchak.{{cite news |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2012/05/08/deputateser_dmitrij_gudkov_soobschil_chto_zaderzhan_na_akcii |title=Депутат СР Дмитрий Гудков задержан на акции оппозиции |date=8 May 2012 |newspaper=Ведомости |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195828/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2012/05/08/deputateser_dmitrij_gudkov_soobschil_chto_zaderzhan_na_akcii |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2012/05/09/himself/ |title=Полиция опровергла сообщения о задержании депутата Гудкова |date=9 May 2012 |publisher=Lenta.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028124741/https://lenta.ru/news/2012/05/09/himself/ |url-status=live }} In the elections to the Russian Opposition Coordination Council in October 2012, Gudkov was ranked the tenth in the civil list.{{cite web |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2012/10/24/52031-debaty-dayut-mandaty |title=Дебаты дают мандаты |author=Мария Епифанова |date=24 October 2012 |publisher=Новая газета |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015454/https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2012/10/24/52031-debaty-dayut-mandaty |url-status=live }} In May 2013, Gudkov criticized Maxim Katz, a municipal deputy of the Shchukino district who prematurely left the opposition council and called for his dissolution, for "showing weakness" and creating a motive to criticise the Coordination Council. In September of the same year Gudkov himself refused to run for new membership in the Council.{{cite web |url=https://newdaynews.ru/moskow/440556.html |title=Дмитрий Гудков: Выйдя из КС оппозиции, Кац проявил слабость |date=27 May 2013 |publisher=Новый день |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195709/https://newdaynews.ru/moskow/440556.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/09/20_a_5662133.shtml |title=Раскоординированный совет оппозиции |author=Жанна Ульянова |date=20 September 2013 |publisher=Газета.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195713/https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/09/20_a_5662133.shtml |url-status=live }} After Gudkov's refusal and other members of the Coordination Council to participate in the further work of the association, the council basically ceased its activities.{{cite web |url=http://www.trud.ru/article/19-10-2013/1301770_prikazal_dolgo_zhit_koordinatsionnogo_soveta_oppozitsii_bolshe_net.html |title=Приказал долго жить: Координационного совета оппозиции больше нет |date=19 October 2013 |publisher=Труд |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015445/http://www.trud.ru/article/19-10-2013/1301770_prikazal_dolgo_zhit_koordinatsionnogo_soveta_oppozitsii_bolshe_net.html |url-status=live }}

In June 2012, Ponomarev, Gudkov and his father led a filibuster against a bill allowing large fines for anti-government protesters, alternating speaking against the bill for 11 hours.{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-295314886.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018204955/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-295314886.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2016 |title=Gudkovs, bad cops; Russian politics |date=7 July 2012 |newspaper=The Economist |publisher= |via=HighBeam Research|access-date=28 October 2012}} Gennady Gudkov said of the bill that by removing outlets for protest, the legislation was putting Russia on "a sure path to a civil war".{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-9b5ad90168d0473fae9f0ecbb1a96462.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325060353/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-9b5ad90168d0473fae9f0ecbb1a96462.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2016 |title=Russian parliament approves harsh bill on protests |author=Vladimir Isachenkov |date=5 June 2012 |agency=Associated Press|via=HighBeam Research|access-date=28 October 2012}} The Economist described the filibuster as "the most striking act of parliamentary defiance in the Putin era".

In January 2013, after Gudkov's participation in "March against Scoundrels", when the participants carried portraits of deputies, including Sergey Mironov, the Bureau of the Presidium of the Central Council of "A Just Russia" party suggested that Gudkov leave either the Opposition Coordination Council (OCC) or "A Just Russia". Oleg Shein, who participated in OCC, and Ilya Ponomarev, who "combined" membership in the party and participation in "Left Front", faced the same choice. At the same time, the bureau advised party members not to take part in the meetings of non-systemic opposition. The Gudkovs refused to leave the Opposition Council, while Ponomaryov and Shein chose the party.{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2013/03/13/exclude/|title= Россия: Политика: Гудковых исключили из "Справедливой России" |publisher = Лента.ру |date=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043300/http://www.lenta.ru/news/2013/03/13/exclude|url-status=live|archive-date=16 March 2013}}{{cite web |url= https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2144900 |title= "Справедливая Россия" решит за Гудковых |author= Софья Самохина, Максим Иванов |publisher= Коммерсант |date= 15 March 2013 |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 1 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133835/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2144900 |url-status= live }}

On 13 March 2013, by decision of the Presidium Bureau of the Central Council of the Party, Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov were expelled from "A Just Russia" party for "actions that harm the party". The question of their expulsion was put forward by Sergei Mironov, the leader of the party. Among the reasons, apart from participation in protest movement and OCC, was the violation of party discipline and Gennady Gudkov's support of a candidate from another party in the election of the mayor of Moscow region Zhukovsky.{{cite web |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/c1/675106.html |title=Гудковых исключили из "Справедливой России" |publisher=ИТАР-ТАСС |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316054937/http://www.itar-tass.com/c1/675106.html |url-status=live }} The expulsion of the Gudkovs from the party attracted the media attention, but it was not the first time for "A Just Russia": eight years ago eight members were expelled from the party for violating party discipline (Leonid Levin, Nikolai Lakutin, {{ill|Igor Zotov (politician)|ru|Зотов, Игорь Львович||lt=Igor Zotov|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Jamal Hasanov|ru|Гасанов, Джамаладин Набиевич|vertical-align=sup}}, Aleksey Mitrofanov, Vadim Harlov, Vladimir Mashkarin and Vladimir Parahin). Some of them were suspended for voting for Dmitry Medvedev for the post of the prime minister, and others for rejecting the radicalization of the party because of its support and participation in protests.{{cite news |url= https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2013/03/15/svobodnye_deputaty_vernutsya_k_eseram |title= "Свободные депутаты" вернутся к эсерам |author= Лилия Бирюкова |newspaper= Ведомости |date= 15 March 2013 |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 1 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080034/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2013/03/15/svobodnye_deputaty_vernutsya_k_eseram |url-status= live }}

When addressing members of the Bureau, Gennady Gudkov said that it was impossible to make a choice between "A Just Russia" and work in OCC. Declaring his readiness to accept any decision of fellow party members, he expressed confidence that "A Just Russia" "makes a strategic mistake in playing up to the authorities". After Gudkov's expulsion, Ilya Ponomaryov and Valery Zubov publicly criticized the Bureau's decision. On 14 March, Ponomaryov announced the suspension of his party activities before the autumn congress of the party.{{cite web |url=http://lenta.ru/news/2013/03/14/ponomarev/ |title=Илья Пономарёв приостановил партийную деятельность |publisher=Лента.ру |date=14 March 2013 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825121612/https://lenta.ru/news/2013/03/14/ponomarev/ |url-status=live }}

After Gudkov's expulsion from the party, Sergey Naryshkin, the State Duma Speaker, noted that Gudkov's "special status" would not affect his work in parliament.{{cite web |url=http://www.itar-tass.com/c12/675559.html |title=Нарышкин предположил, что Дмитрий Гудков получит "особый статус" в Госдуме после исключения из партии |publisher=ИТАР-ТАСС |date=13 March 2013 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402043556/http://www.itar-tass.com/c12/675559.html |url-status=live }}

File:Dmitry Gudkov at Oktyabrskoye Pole 2017-07-28 1.jpg

In the elections to the 7th State Duma Gudkov represented the "Yabloko" party in Tushino single-member electoral district (#206): in March 2016 he signed a memorandum of "Yabloko", pledging to accept all the party's election plans. Also as a candidate Gudkov claimed to support the "People's Freedom Party".{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2945057 |title=Дмитрий Гудков станет двойным кандидатом на выборах в Госдуму |author=Виктор Хамрев |date=23 March 2016 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410132225/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2945057 |url-status=live }} Maxim Katz became the head of Gudkov's election headquarters. As part of the campaign, Gudkov received 40 million rubles in donations to the electoral fund, but these funds were not enough. In August 2016, members of the electoral headquarters responsible for organizing meetings with voters filed a class action lawsuit against Gudkov because they hadn't received their salaries, and on 14 September Gudkov's headquarters ran out of funds and had to stop campaigning. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the day of silence on 17 September, 55 people engaged in illegal propaganda in favor of Gudkov were arrested. The candidate's headquarters denied the number of detainees and denied the fact of illegal campaigning.{{cite web |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2016/09/17/125036-v-moskve-zaderzhali-storonnikov-dmitriya-gudkova |title=В Москве задержали сторонников Дмитрия Гудкова |author=Юлия Репринцева |date=17 September 2016 |publisher=Новая газета |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192902/https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2016/09/17/125036-v-moskve-zaderzhali-storonnikov-dmitriya-gudkova |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://moslenta.ru/politika/itogivyborov.htm |title=Московский кандидат в депутаты подаёт в суд на Мосгоризбирком |date=18 September 2016 |publisher=Мослента |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075951/https://moslenta.ru/politika/itogivyborov.htm |url-status=live }}

On 18 September, Gudkov with his 20.4% of the vote lost to his major rival, former Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia Gennady Onishchenko, who got 26.04% of the votes.{{cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/09/22/gudkov-baronova-mitrokhin-i-drugie-oppoziciya-proigrala-vybory-sisteme.html |title=Гудков, Баронова, Митрохин и другие: оппозиция проиграла выборы системе |author=Валерия Маркова |date=22 September 2016 |publisher=Московский комсомолец |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723115332/https://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/09/22/gudkov-baronova-mitrokhin-i-drugie-oppoziciya-proigrala-vybory-sisteme.html |url-status=live }} Even though Gudkov was in the first 10th of the federal party list of "Yabloko", his hope to overcome the party's 5% barrier didn't come true as well. The politician noted that he did not face falsifications, and both Gudkov and Katz agreed that among the reasons of the defeat were low turnout, indifference of voters and public distrust of elections.{{cite web |url=https://www.znak.com/2016-09-19/kak_proigryvala_oppoziciya_v_tushinskom_okruge_moskvy |title=Репортаж краха надежд |author=Екатерина Винокурова |date=19 September 2016 |publisher=Znak |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126220744/https://www.znak.com/2016-09-19/kak_proigryvala_oppoziciya_v_tushinskom_okruge_moskvy |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/09/19/dmitriy-gudkov-rasskazal-chto-stanet-delat-posle-dumy.html |title=Дмитрий Гудков рассказал, что станет делать после Думы |author=Алексей Обухов |date=19 September 2016 |publisher=Московский комсомолец |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330072516/https://www.mk.ru/politics/2016/09/19/dmitriy-gudkov-rasskazal-chto-stanet-delat-posle-dumy.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://maxkatz.livejournal.com/570755.html |title=Итоги выборов |date=19 September 2016 |publisher=Кац предлагает победить |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305170544/https://maxkatz.livejournal.com/570755.html |url-status=live }}

File:Дмитрий Гудков на конгрессе Объединённых демократов.jpg

Just before the elections to the councils of deputies of municipalities in Moscow in 2017, Gudkov and Katz created a "United Democrats" coalition to support those wishing to become municipal deputies. "United Democrats" were engaged in fundraising, helped candidates fill out documents, conduct campaigns, provided premises and campaign materials. Among the candidates supported by Gudkov and Katz were self-nominated candidates, representatives of "Yabloko", the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and "Solidarnost".{{cite web |url=http://www.ng.ru/politics/2017-09-13/3_7072_munuzipal.html |title=Московских муниципалов направят на борьбу с режимом |author=Алексей Горбачёв |date=13 September 2017 |publisher=Независимая газета |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423152720/https://www.ng.ru/politics/2017-09-13/3_7072_munuzipal.html |url-status=live }} The aim of the association was to overcome the "municipal filter" in the mayoral election in Moscow in 2018, which required support of 5-10% of municipal deputies and heads of municipalities.{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/08/skoro-vybory-munitsipalnyh-deputatov-a-ya-voobsche-ne-znayu-chto-eto-pomogite |title=Скоро выборы муниципальных депутатов, а я вообще не знаю, что это! Помогите! |date=8 September 2017 |publisher=Meduza |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420010108/https://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/08/skoro-vybory-munitsipalnyh-deputatov-a-ya-voobsche-ne-znayu-chto-eto-pomogite |url-status=live }} In total, according to the results of the 10 September 2017 elections, "United Democrats" managed to get 266 people out of 1,052 candidates through into municipal assemblies.{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/11/09/2017/59b654099a7947246a430af3 |title="Яблочная революция": к чему приведет успех Гудкова на выборах в Москве |author=Евгения Кузнецова |date=11 September 2017 |publisher=РБК |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401122814/https://www.rbc.ru/politics/11/09/2017/59b654099a7947246a430af3 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/11/vybory-v-rossii-vse-izbrannye-16-gubernatorov-ot-edinoy-rossii-proryv-ob-edinennyh-demokratov-v-moskve-glavnoe |title=Выборы в России: все избранные 16 губернаторов — от "Единой России", прорыв "Объединенных демократов" в Москве. Главное |date=11 September 2017 |publisher=Meduza |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015105142/https://meduza.io/feature/2017/09/11/vybory-v-rossii-vse-izbrannye-16-gubernatorov-ot-edinoy-rossii-proryv-ob-edinennyh-demokratov-v-moskve-glavnoe |url-status=live }} The Manifesto of "United Democrats" declared support for all independent candidates of democratic views, but some participants complained that they were excluded from the "United deputies" because of divergences in views with Katz. Such cases were noted in Khoroshevo-Mnevniki, Basmanny district and Arbat, and disagreements included, in particular, differences in views on the improvement of specific streets or the attitude to paid parking. Excluded participants also noted that Katz was inclined against regional activists and preferred beginners in politics.{{Cite news|title=Максим Кац: "Если вы против Путина — мы вам поможем"|url=http://www.the-village.ru/village/city/city-interview/283280-vyu-s-katsem|work=The Village|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221826/http://www.the-village.ru/village/city/city-interview/283280-vyu-s-katsem|url-status=live}} At the end of January 2018 Gudkov announced that he had stopped his cooperation with Katz due to disagreements.{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3535359 |title=Командным духом здесь не пахнет |author=Лиза Миллер |publisher=Коммерсант |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807190133/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3535359 |url-status=live }}

On 15 March 2018, Dmitry Gudkov and Ksenia Sobchak announced the creation of the Party of Changes on the basis of the party Civic Initiative.{{Cite web |url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/603784 |title=Дмитрий Гудков и Ксения Собчак создадут "Партию перемен" |access-date=17 March 2018 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126115759/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/603784 |url-status=live }}

On 1 June 2021 Dmitry Gudkov was sent to police custody on the charges of "causing property damage by deception or breach of trust" of city of Moscow.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Russian Opposition Candidate Dmitry Gudkov Detained by Authorities for Alleged Debt {{!}} June 2, 2021|url=https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/06/02/russian-opposition-candidate-dmitry-gudkov-detained-by-authorities-for-alleged-debt/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=The Daily NewsBrief|language=en-US|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215824/https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/06/02/russian-opposition-candidate-dmitry-gudkov-detained-by-authorities-for-alleged-debt/|url-status=dead}} According to Gudkov's lawyer Alexander Aldayev the case is caused by bankruptcy of a firm owned by Gudkov's relatives that caused an unpaid debts for renting a basement in 2015. According to Aldeyev Gudkov had learnt about the debt only on the day of his arrest. On the same day more than 140 police officers searched Gudkov's office, his apartment, his country house, his sister-in-law's apartment as well as the apartment of his chief of staff Vitaly Vendiktov. Together with Gudkov his aunt Irina Ermilova and the former chairman of Open Russia movement {{ill|Andrey Pivovarov|ru|Пивоваров, Андрей Сергеевич}}.{{cite news |last1=Baklanov |first1=Alexander |title=Бывшего депутата Госдумы Дмитрия Гудкова задержали как подозреваемого по уголовному делу. Ему грозит до пяти лет лишения свободы |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2021/06/01/byvshego-deputata-gosdumy-dmitriya-gudkova-zaderzhali-kak-podozrevaemogo-po-ugolovnomu-delu-emu-grozit-do-pyati-let-lisheniya-svobody |agency=Meduza |date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510124048/https://meduza.io/feature/2021/06/01/byvshego-deputata-gosdumy-dmitriya-gudkova-zaderzhali-kak-podozrevaemogo-po-ugolovnomu-delu-emu-grozit-do-pyati-let-lisheniya-svobody |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Zhukov |first1=Yevgeny |title=Дмитрий Гудков задержан на двое суток по уголовному делу |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrija-gudkova-zaderzhali-na-2-sutok-po-ugolovnomu-delu/a-57750306 |agency=Deutsche Welle |date=1 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510124050/https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrija-gudkova-zaderzhali-na-2-sutok-po-ugolovnomu-delu/a-57750306 |url-status=live }}

On 3 June 2021 Gudkov was released from his prison and on 6 June 2021 he left Russia for Ukraine.{{cite news |last1=Romashenko |first1=Sergey |title=Дмитрий Гудков освобожден из-под стражи |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-osvobozhden-iz-pod-strazhi/a-57771406 |agency=Deutsche Welle |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510124054/https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-osvobozhden-iz-pod-strazhi/a-57771406 |url-status=live }} In his Facebook post Gudkov explained that he received credible threats from the Presidential Administration of Russia that "otherwise the fake criminal case will continue until his arrest".{{cite news |title=Russian opposition figure leaves country for Ukraine |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/06/russian-opposition-figure-leaves-country-for-ukraine |agency=Euronews |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607085800/https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/06/russian-opposition-figure-leaves-country-for-ukraine |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Zhukov |first1=Yevgeny |title=Оппозиционер Дмитрий Гудков уехал из России |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-soobshhil-ob-otezde-iz-rossii/a-57795553 |agency=Deutsche Welle |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510124049/https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-soobshhil-ob-otezde-iz-rossii/a-57795553 |url-status=live }} The following day Gudkov stated on Ukrainian television that he soon would join his parents in Bulgaria. Gudkov's father, and fellow opposition leader, Gennady Gudkov relocated to Varna in 2019 in what he claimed to be "a precautionary measure."[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-dmitry-gudkov-says-his-russia-exit-is-a-tactical-retreat-2021-06-07/ Kremlin critic Dmitry Gudkov says his Russia exit is ‘a tactical retreat’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510124055/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-critic-dmitry-gudkov-says-his-russia-exit-is-a-tactical-retreat-2021-06-07/ |date=10 May 2022 }}, Reuters (7 June 2021)

Dmitry Gudkov opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine and believes that Russia must lose.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-tolko-voennoe-porazenie-mozet-izbavit-nas-ot-putina/a-63194546|access-date=2022-11-07|website=Deutsche Welle|title=Гудков: "Только военное поражение избавит нас от Путина" – DW – 21.09.2022|archive-date=6 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106221346/https://www.dw.com/ru/dmitrij-gudkov-tolko-voennoe-porazenie-mozet-izbavit-nas-ot-putina/a-63194546|url-status=live}} In February 2023, the Russian government placed Gudkov in its list of "foreign agents".{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-zemfira-foreign-agent-ukraine-war/32266516.html |title=Popular Singer Zemfira Among Several Russians Declared Foreign Agents |website=RFE/RL |date=11 February 2023 }}

On 26 March 2012, Sergei Udaltsov, the coordinator of the Left Front, criticized his ideological associates from "A Just Russia" Dmitry Gudkov and Ilya Ponomarev for their participation in the "NTVshniki" TV program which was aired on 25 March 2012. "Now I do not understand. The opposition boycotts NTV, but the oppositionists are on the air now. Ain’t anyone responsible for his words nowadays?", Udaltsov wrote on Twitter.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/#!/s_udaltsov |title=Блог Сергея Удальцова в Twitter |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724111122/https://twitter.com/#!/s_udaltsov |url-status=live }}

During the campaign "Golden pretzels" the media attention was attracted by Gudkov's own incomes. It was reported that in the declaration filed before the elections to the 6th State Duma, the politician declared revenue of 600 thousand rubles received from the JSC Trade House "Nizhny Novgorod Oil and Fat Factory".{{cite web |url= https://www.infox.ru/news/84/social/society/114554-blogery-rasskazali-o-rashodah-dmitria-gudkova |title= Блогеры рассказали о расходах Дмитрия Гудкова |date=1 June 2013 |publisher=Infox}} In his parliamentary declaration for 2012, Dmitry Gudkov specified that together with his wife he received a total income of 2.42 million rubles. During the same period, the family acquired three cars: Mazda3, Volkswagen Tiguan and Volkswagen Touareg.

During the election campaign in 2016 Eduard Bagirov, Gudkov's opponent, published a footage of the politician's undeclared residence in the Kolomensky District, Moscow region, which has two houses, auxiliary buildings, a sauna complex, a winter garden and a sports field. The cost of the estate is estimated at over 100 million rubles.{{cite web |url= https://www.ridus.ru/news/229357.html |title= Писатель Багиров распространил видео усадьбы депутата Гудкова | author = Максим Коломиец |date=18 August 2016 |publisher=Ридус}}

In June 2013, the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky requested the Duma commission for control over the reliability of information about deputies income about the sources of Gudkov's income, who owned a 248 sq.m. apartment in a townhouse on Yurovsky street in Kurkino.{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2215746 |title=Госдума присмотрится к таунхаусу Дмитрия Гудкова |date=20 June 2013 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072234/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2215746 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.politonline.ru/comments/13635.html |title='Квартирный вопрос' Дмитрия Гудкова |date=6 June 2013 |publisher=Полит Онлайн }} Internet users estimated the cost of the apartment at 45 million rubles, which significantly exceeded the declared income of the parliamentarian for 2011–2012. Gudkov replied that he had bought the townhouse by instalments in 2006–2010 and provided the contract with the developer - his father's company, the security company "Pantan".{{cite web |url=http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/618736/ |title=Блогеры выясняют, откуда у Гудкова-младшего дорогой таунхаус в Куркине |date=7 June 2013 |publisher=НТВ |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072108/http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/618736/ |url-status=live }} Gennady Gudkov also commented Zhirinovsky's suspicions, he said that he had received the land in Kurkino in the 1990s as payment for security services, and the townhouses were built by the company which he co-invests, which allowed the Gudkovs to buy the apartment at prime cost.{{cite web |url=https://dni.ru/polit/2013/6/18/254550.html |title=Доходы Гудкова хотят проверить |date=18 June 2013 |publisher=Дни.ру |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073624/https://dni.ru/polit/2013/6/18/254550.html |url-status=live }} The commission was satisfied with the documents provided, and Gudkov soon sold the "problem" townhouse for 23.5 million rubles, which was noted in his income declaration of 2013.{{cite news |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2013/07/05/v-gosdume-reshili-ne-proveryat-dohody-dmitriya-gudkova |title=В Госдуме решили не проверять доходы Дмитрия Гудкова |date=5 July 2013 |newspaper=Ведомости |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122235423/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2013/07/05/v-gosdume-reshili-ne-proveryat-dohody-dmitriya-gudkova |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2014/04/16/59242-sluzhu-narodu-dorogo |title=Служу народу. Дорого |author=Мария Епифанова |date=16 April 2014 |publisher=Новая газета |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072132/https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2014/04/16/59242-sluzhu-narodu-dorogo |url-status=live }}

In April 2013, Dmitry Gudkov was accused of not having declared his share in the Bulgarian company "Marie House" before the election. The politician responded by saying that just before the elections he had transferred a share in the company to confidential management his brother.{{cite web |url= http://www.newsru.com/russia/02apr2013/gudkov.html |title= Найден способ подкопаться под мандат Гудкова-младшего: его обвинили в сокрытии иностранного бизнеса, а ЦИК поверил |date= 2 April 2013 |publisher= Newsru.com |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 23 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072813/http://www.newsru.com/russia/02apr2013/gudkov.html |url-status= live }} In June 2013, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published publicly available information on the owners of more than 100,000 offshore companies. Then for the first time it became known that Dmitry Gudkov had been owning Parustrans Ltd., a company registered in the British Virgin Islands, since 2006, and in violation of the law had not declared the possession of foreign companies. Although the company was registered by a Moscow-based company Global Wealth Management Center, Gudkov in his tweet expressed the opinion that the owner of the company is his namesake from Houston, the USA.{{cite web |url=https://lenta.ru/news/2013/06/17/offshore/ |title=Российские депутаты попали в базу собственников офшоров |date=17 June 2013 |publisher=Лента |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101052903/https://lenta.ru/news/2013/06/17/offshore/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url= http://www.politonline.ru/interpretation/18338019.html |title= Оппозиция попалась на оффшорах, СМИ молчат... |publisher= PolitOnline.ru |date= 17 June 2013 |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 23 January 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180123131535/http://www.politonline.ru/interpretation/18338019.html |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= https://panamadb.org/entity/parustrans-ltd_205464 |title= Panama Offshore Leaks Database |publisher= PanamaDB.org |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073819/https://panamadb.org/entity/parustrans-ltd_205464 |archive-date= 23 January 2018 |url-status= dead }}

In April 2013, Elena Tkach, a coordinator of the Coalition for Moscow and the municipal deputy of the Presnensky District, accused Gudkov of lobbying for the interests of construction companies whose projects involve the demolition of historic buildings in the center of Moscow. According to Tkach, in the past Gudkov repeatedly tried to negotiate with her about buildings on {{ill|Tishinskaya Square|ru|Тишинская площадь|vertical-align=sup}} (the "{{ill|Don-stroy|ru|Дон-строй|vertical-align=sup}}" project) and about building #25 on {{ill|Bolshoy Kozikhinsky Lane|ru|Большой Козихинский переулок|vertical-align=sup}}, and in April insisted at a meeting to discuss buildings #13 and #15 on Kozikhinsky, which local deputies had been defending since 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=517249F6A0A9D |title=Елена Ткач: Гудков лоббирует снос исторического центра |date=20 April 2013 |publisher=Каспаров.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190924/http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=517249F6A0A9D |url-status=live }} In her blog and in interviews, Tkach said that together with Gudkov, at the meeting there were also {{ill|Vyacheslav Dushenko|ru|Душенко, Вячеслав Владимирович|vertical-align=sup}}, a member of "A Just Russia", and the son of the owner of the Investcom company, which was claiming for the land. According to Tkach, Gudkov represented the developer as sponsor of the "Parfenov" program on the TV channel "Dozhd" and claimed that by allowing the demolition of the building she would support the Russian opposition, and Dushenko threatened her with the use of an administrative resource.{{cite web |url=https://vz.ru/politics/2013/4/20/629626.html |title=В оппозиции к истории |author=Наталья Журавлёва |date=20 April 2013 |publisher=Взгляд |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124005734/https://vz.ru/politics/2013/4/20/629626.html |url-status=live }} Radio “Svoboda” noted that earlier Gudkov's attempt to finance "Parfenov" through the Opposition Coordinating Council led to a conflict with a number of its members and Andrey Piontkovsky’s withdrawal from the association.

Gudkov declined to comment on media accusations, and replied in his blog that he had not been lobbying anything, but acted as an intermediary.{{cite news |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/24963294.html |title=Дмитрия Гудкова обвинили в "лоббировании интересов застройщика" |author=Александр Бобраков-Тимошкин |date=20 April 2013 |newspaper=Радио Свобода |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190839/https://www.svoboda.org/a/24963294.html |url-status=live }} According to him, he arranged a meeting at the request of a colleague whose friend was extorted by the Moscow mayor's office to pay a bribe in exchange for the land registration, threatening to transfer the land to Nikita Mikhalkov. Gudkov claimed that he left the meeting 15 minutes after it began, and also denied the connection of the invited entrepreneur with the "Parfenov" program.{{cite news |url=https://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/26066/2973765/ |title=Исторический центр Москвы сносят ради кошелька оппозиции |author=Ульяна Скобейда |newspaper=MSK.kp.ru - |date=20 April 2013 |publisher=Комсомольская правда |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124070732/https://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/26066/2973765/ |url-status=live }} After the publication of Tkach's statements, Anatoly Vyborny, the deputy from "United Russia", sent a request to the Duma ethics commission to assess the ethics of Gudkov's actions, and a request to the Prosecutor General's Office to check the information in the Tkach's blog.{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2182706 |title=Для Дмитрия Гудкова пролоббировали проверку |author=Софья Самохина |date=30 April 2013 |publisher=Коммерсантъ |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124005745/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2182706 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/29/04/2013/570407c29a7947fcbd4486f6 |title="ЕР" просит проверить Дмитрия Гудкова на лоббистскую деятельность |date=29 April 2013 |publisher=РБК |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403010926/https://www.rbc.ru/politics/29/04/2013/570407c29a7947fcbd4486f6 |url-status=live }}

In December 2008, as a result of an error during repair works, oil spills from the Transsibneft oil pipeline took place near Novoaleksandrovka village in Moshkovsky district of Novosibirsk Oblast. According to the "Argumenty y Fakty" magazine, in early 2009 the consequences of the accident were eliminated, and the company paid compensation to the local budget.{{cite web |url=http://www.nsk.aif.ru/incidents/details/109667 |title=Зачем нас хотят убедить в том, чего нет? |author=Эльвира Новикова |date=28 March 2012 |publisher=Аргументы и факты |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195710/http://www.nsk.aif.ru/incidents/details/109667 |url-status=live }} In 2010, Nikolai Kuznetsov, the head of production and technical services of the Transsibneft equipment, published a video in which he accused the company of concealing an environmental disaster, while Gudkov, as head of the "Young Socialists of Russia", attracted public attention to the publication.{{cite news |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/2189452.html |title=Нефтяное пятно всплыло в интернете |author=Мария Морозова |date=13 October 2010 |newspaper=Радио Свобода |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015207/https://www.svoboda.org/a/2189452.html |url-status=live }} In 2009–2010, Kuznetsov participated in a number of Moscow political moves, which drew attention to accusations against Transsibneft. In December 2010, Kuznetsov was fired from Transsibneft for systematic non-fulfillment of his duties (the employee twice tried to challenge the dismissal, but the court took the side of the employer), and in the spring of 2012 he became Gudkov's assistant as a member of the State Duma.{{cite web |url=http://omsk300.ru/news/view/id/743 |title=Скандальный помощник депутата Гудкова проиграл очередной суд |date=14 September 2012 |publisher=Омск 300 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015358/http://omsk300.ru/news/view/id/743 |url-status=dead }} Soon in the blog of the politician, there was a publication accusing the company of polluting the river {{ill|Balta (Russian river)|lt=Balta|ru|Балта (река)|vertical-align=sup}}. As an evidence, a videotape was provided, in which a group of people take dead fish out of the ice hole. The publication attracted the attention of regional media and environmental publications, which saw forgery and "political PR" in the footage. The specialists, including Yevgeny Upadyshev, the deputy head of the Verkhne-Ob basin department for fishery, named the freezing of the rivers, which is characteristic of the Novosibirsk region, to be the likely cause of fish death.{{cite web |url=http://www.sibinfo.su/news/nsk/2/30035.html |title="Справоросс" Дмитрий Гудков объявил нефть причиной гибели рыб в реке Балте |date=23 March 2012 |publisher=Сибинфо |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075017/http://www.sibinfo.su/news/nsk/2/30035.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://nuus.ru/articles.html?p2_articleid=787 |title=Гудковская история с рыбой |date=23 March 2012 |publisher=Nuus: соцэконовости России |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134532/http://nuus.ru/articles.html?p2_articleid=787 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}

On 1 March 2013, Dmitry Gudkov travelled to the United States, where he planned to agree on cooperation in the search for undeclared real estate of Russian officials, as well as to visit families who adopted children from Russia. After visiting several American families, the deputy reported that he had no difficulties with it. He also pointed out that the embassy of the Russian Federation did not contact with foster parents and was not interested in the further life of the adopted children.[http://lenta.ru/articles/2013/03/12/gudkov/ Обязан быть патриотом. На депутата Гудкова ополчились за рядовую поездку в США // Lenta.ru 12.03.2013]

On 4 March, Gudkov participated in the conference "A New Approach or the Status Quo? Relations between the US, EU and Russia at the time of Putin's repression". It took place in the building of the US Senate, and its organizers were the human rights organization Freedom House, the foundation and the "Institute of Contemporary Russia". In his speech Gudkov pointed out that the Constitution of the Russian Federation gives "unlimited" power to the president, on the basis of which Vladimir Putin built a "vertical of power". In his opinion, the authorities took the path of tightening the screws and falsifying criminal cases against organizers and leaders of protest actions. The parliamentarian described the State Duma as an "enraged printer" which is adopting repressive laws against protest activity. In conclusion of his speech, Gudkov asked the Americans to help Vladimir Putin in the fight against corruption, and to spread information about the foreign property of Russian officials.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2013/03/15/826692-tekst-rechi-dmitriya-gudkova-v-senate-ssha-za-kotoruyu-ego-hotyat-lishit-mandata.html |title=Текст речи Дмитрия Гудкова в Сенате США, за которую его хотят лишить мандата. // Московский Комсомолец. 15.03.2013 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318025331/http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2013/03/15/826692-tekst-rechi-dmitriya-gudkova-v-senate-ssha-za-kotoruyu-ego-hotyat-lishit-mandata.html |archive-date=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}

[[File:Interview with Dmitry Gudkov by VOA (2013-03-08).png|thumb|300px|Dmitry Gudkov gives interview to "Voice of America" on 8 March 2013

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Gudkov's speech provoked sharp criticism of journalists from the state-run media of Dmitry Kiselyov and Vladimir Solovyov, as well as the deputies. Sergei Zheleznyak from "United Russia" called his colleague a traitor, and the leader of LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky demanded to arrest Gudkov for treason. Georgy Fedorov, a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, demanded to check, at whose expense Dmitry Gudkov traveled to the US. Dmitry Gudkov said that he paid for trip himself and provided copies of payment documents as evidence.

On 13 March 2013, Sergei Zheleznyak sent a request to the State Duma committee on matters of parliamentary ethics in connection with Gudkov's trip to the USA. According to him, "it is necessary to investigate the actions of Gudkov in America", since "he had no right to act as a parliamentarian".{{cite news| title = В комиссию Госдумы по этике направлен запрос в связи с поездкой Дмитрия Гудкова в США| publisher = ИТАР-ТАСС| date = 13 March 2013| url = http://www.itar-tass.com/c12/675154.html| access-date = 17 May 2018| archive-date = 18 March 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130318235249/http://www.itar-tass.com/c12/675154.html| url-status = live}} On 15 March, deputies Sergei Zheleznyak, Svetlana Goryacheva, {{ill|Oleg Denisenko|ru|Денисенко, Олег Иванович|vertical-align=sup}} and Igor Lebedev signed an appeal asking for an assessment of Dmitry Gudkov's actions in connection with his trip to the US and speaking at the conference. The commission considered this appeal on 20 March.[http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2013/03/15/826679-dmitriy-gudkov-zayavil-chto-nazlo-zhulikam-i-voram-mandat-ne-sdast.html Дмитрий Гудков заявил, что «назло жуликам и ворам» мандат не сдаст // Московский комсомолец.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321013324/http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2013/03/15/826679-dmitriy-gudkov-zayavil-chto-nazlo-zhulikam-i-voram-mandat-ne-sdast.html |date=21 March 2013 }} 16 March 2013.

On 20 March, Gudkov did not appear at the meeting of the Ethics Committee. Members of the commission from "A Just Russia" also did not attend the meeting, and the remaining participants decided to deprive him of a right to speak for a month, to demand an apology and to offer him to hand over his mandate.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/03/20_a_5110345.shtml |title=Молчи и уходи // Газета.ру 20.03.2013 |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=23 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323085147/http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2013/03/20_a_5110345.shtml |url-status=live }} At the same time, Nikolay Kovalev, head of the commission for revenue control of "United Russia" deputies, reported that he had spoken in Vienna with US Senator Ben Cardin about joint efforts to find foreign property and accounts of Russian officials.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiovesti.ru/articles/2013-03-21/fm/85922 |title=Гудков-младший на Вестях ФМ: детектор лжи выявил всю правду — сообщают "Вести ФМ" на странице |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322115630/http://www.radiovesti.ru/articles/2013-03-21/fm/85922 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/2150839 |title=Дмитрия Гудкова отправляют за отцом |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=21 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321121840/http://kommersant.ru/doc/2150839 |url-status=live }}

Mother — Maria Petrovna Gudkova (born 1956), a chairman of the board of directors of the security structures association "Oskord".

Father — Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov (born 15 August 1956, Kolomna, Moscow region) - a Russian politician and entrepreneur.

Younger brother — Vladimir Gudkov, general director of the debt collection agency "Central Debt Agency".

For more than 20 years, Dmitry Gudkov's mother and brother were running a private security firm "Security Agency Pantan", which had several thousands employees. In May 2012, the license for private security activities of the agency was suspended for a month due to violations, and then withdrawn on a permanent basis. Another security company of the Gudkovs - "Ajax-Inter" - was deprived of a license for weapons in September 2012. The Gudkovs described these inspections as politically engaged.{{Cite web |url=http://dgudkov.livejournal.com/182408.html |title=Бизнес семьи Гудковых закрыт |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718170142/https://dgudkov.livejournal.com/182408.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url= https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1945291 |title= "Пантан" Геннадия Гудкова лишили лицензии |author= Алена Кузнецова |publisher= Коммерсант |date= 28 May 2012 |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 25 August 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240825121612/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1945291 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= https://lenta.ru/news/2013/02/26/gudkovs/ |title= ЧОП Гудкова лишили лицензии |publisher= Лента.ру |date= 26 February 2013 |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 8 March 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220308204022/https://lenta.ru/news/2013/02/26/gudkovs/ |url-status= live }}

Dmitry Gudkov's brother Vladimir Gudkov runs one of Russia's largest debt collection agencies, "Central Debt Agency", which collects debts in a variety of regions in the interests of Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Uralsib, Raiffeisenbank, Renaissance Credit.{{cite web |url= https://www.pravda.ru/news/society/15-02-2016/1292252-collectors-0/ |title= Соцсети: Семье оппозиционеров Гудковых принадлежит крупнейшее коллекторское агентство |date= 15 February 2016 |publisher= Pravda.ru |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 12 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143143/https://www.pravda.ru/news/society/15-02-2016/1292252-collectors-0/ |url-status= live }}

First wife, Sofya Gudkova is a journalist and a television producer. She worked for the programs "{{ill|Namedni|ru|Намедни|vertical-align=sup}}" and "{{ill|Profession - reporter|ru|Профессия — репортёр|vertical-align=sup}}", she was the chief editor of daily and evening news at "Channel One Russia" and of "The Final Program" at NTV Channel.{{cite web |url=http://www.mn.ru/premia/culture/88555 |title=Софья Гудкова |date=6 November 2013 |publisher=Московские новости |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071806/http://www.mn.ru/premia/culture/88555 |url-status=live }} She was married to Gudkov for almost 10 years and she brings up the children of the politician - Anastasia and Ivan.{{cite web |url=https://dni.ru/society/2015/7/16/309435.html |title=Капков женился на экс-супруге |date=16 July 2015 |publisher=Дни.ру |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071824/https://dni.ru/society/2015/7/16/309435.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.starhit.ru/novosti/vtoraya-jena-sergeya-kapkova-beremenna-126127/ |title=Вторая жена Сергея Капкова беременна |date=16 November 2016 |publisher=Star Hit |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071912/http://www.starhit.ru/novosti/vtoraya-jena-sergeya-kapkova-beremenna-126127/ |url-status=live }} After the divorce in May 2012, Sophia quit NTV channel. Gudkov argued that Sophia made this decision in order not to work on the program, which compromises him and other opposition politicians.{{cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1931292 |title=Бывшая жена Дмитрия Гудкова уволилась с телеканала НТВ |author=Ксения Завьялова |date=10 May 2012 |publisher=Коммерсант |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072057/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1931292 |url-status=live }} In 2015, Sophia married the former head of the Department of Culture of Moscow, Sergei Kapkov.{{cite web |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2015/07/16/7642373.shtml |title=Сошлись по-культурному |author=Анна Семёнова |date=16 July 2015 |publisher=Газета.ru |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071849/https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2015/07/16/7642373.shtml |url-status=dead }}

The second wife, Valeria Gudkova (maiden name — Sushkova) is the former press secretary of the youth wing of "A Just Russia" and the politician himself. According to some sources, the office affair began after Gudkov's separation from his first wife, according to other information, it became the reason for the divorce.{{cite web |url=https://www.tatler.ru/geroi/top-10-zhen-rossijskih-chinovnikov |title=Топ-10 жен российских чиновников |date=27 January 2015 |publisher=Tatler }}{{cite web |url=http://actualcomment.ru/politicheskie-romany-1710151418.html?PAGEN_1=2 |title=Политические романы |date=15 October 2017 |publisher=Актуальные комментарии |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122001214/http://actualcomment.ru/politicheskie-romany-1710151418.html?PAGEN_1=2 |url-status=live }} Gudkov and Sushkova got married July 2012, and in August 2013 the new wife gave birth to a son, Alexander.{{cite web |url=https://life.ru/t/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/97739 |title=Депутат Дмитрий Гудков женился на своей помощнице |author=Анастасия Ананьина |date=22 July 2012 |publisher=Life |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825121652/https://life.ru/p/97739 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dp.ru/a/2013/08/07/Oppozicionnij_deputat_Dmi/ |title=Оппозиционный депутат Дмитрий Гудков в третий раз стал отцом |date=7 August 2013 |publisher=Деловой Петербург |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122071726/https://www.dp.ru/a/2013/08/07/Oppozicionnij_deputat_Dmi/ |url-status=live }} In March 2012, Valeria participated in a public gathering near the building of the Defense Ministry on New Arbat, during which the wives of military men demanded to provide them with housing. Gudkov's common-law wife stood there with a placard: "The wives of military men demand that the state fulfill its obligations to provide housing", while Dmitry Gudkov has never served in the army and received the rank of a reserve officer at the military department at the university.{{cite web |url= https://wek.ru/gudkov-podstavil-svoyu-zhenu |title= Гудков подставил свою жену |date= 11 March 2012 |publisher= Век |access-date= 17 May 2018 |archive-date= 15 April 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180415191538/https://wek.ru//gudkov-podstavil-svoyu-zhenu |url-status= live }}

It was reported that in school years Gudkov received a degree of candidate for master of sports in basketball, and in 2012 he said that he continues to engage in this kind of sport sometimes. Dmitry Gudkov reported that at least twice a week he goes to the gym and likes to play the guitar.

• 2012 — {{ill|Term (film)|lt=Term|ru|Срок (фильм)|vertical-align=sup}} — directors Alexey Pivovarov, Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev.

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