Dmitry Svishchev
{{Short description|Russian politician and sports administrator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_suffix = MP
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Дмитрий Свищев}}}}
|image = Dmitry Svishchev 5.JPG
|caption = Dmitry Svishchev in August 2008
|office = Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
|term_start = 21 December 2011
|term_end =
|office2 = President of the Russian Curling Federation
|term_start2 = 2010
|term_end2 =
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 22, 1969}}
|birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
|education = Financial University (2004)
|occupation = {{hlist|Politician|Economist|Sports Administrator}}
|website =
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Dmitry Aleksandrovich Svishchev ({{langx|ru|link=no|Дмитрий Александрович Свищёв}}; born May 22, 1969, in Moscow) is a Russian politician, a deputy of the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation.{{cite web|title=Svishchev Dmitry Aleksandrovich|url=http://ldpr.ru/power/State_Duma/deputys/Svishchev_Dmitriy_Aleksandrovich/|website=ldpr.ru|publisher=LDPR|date=17 February 2012|accessdate=28 January 2017|language=ru}}{{cite web|title=Svishchev Dmitry Aleksandrovich|url=http://www.duma.gov.ru/structure/deputies/1756612/|website=www.duma.gov.ru|publisher=The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation|accessdate=29 January 2017|language=ru}} He rose to prominence as a businessman and sports administrator.
Svishchev continues his involvement in national and international sports through his membership in the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affair, and as president of the Russian Curling Federation.
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0677 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}
Biography
=Business career=
After discharge from the Soviet Armed Forces, Svishchev founded a modeling agency in 1994. This was followed by business interests in a hardware supplier and in Europodium, which specializes in mobile stage structures for entertainment events. He then became deputy general manager of Krylatskoye Sports Complex, a major complex with features including an archery field and a velodrome.{{cite web|title=Biography of Dmitry Svishcheva, re-elected head of the Russian Curling Federation|url=http://rsport.ru/others/20140611/751339599.html|website=rsport.ru|publisher=ACH R-Sport|date=11 June 2014|accessdate=29 January 2017|language=ru}}
In 1999, he founded the first professional ski club in Russia. He remained president of the club until 2007.
=Education=
Svishchev graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2004, specializing in finance and credit.
=Sports administration career=
Svishchev was first vice-president of the Russian Federation of Skiing and Snowboarding, which began holding major competitions in alpine skiing with his direct participation and leadership. He contributed to the decision in 2007 by the International Ski Federation to hold the Snowboard World Cup in two disciplines in Russia for the first time. This event included the first ever parallel slalom course on the world's biggest snow ramp.{{cite web|title=Snowboard World Cup|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/extra/worldcup-history.html|website=FIS-SKI|publisher=International Ski Federation|access-date=29 January 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323034445/http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/extra/worldcup-history.html|archive-date=23 March 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Moscow: All is ready for historic slalom|url=https://www.skiracing.com/stories/moscow-all-ready-historic-slalom|website=www.skiracing.com|publisher=Ski Racing Magazine Inc|date=1 January 2009|accessdate=29 January 2017}}
Since 2010, Svishchev has been president of the Russian Curling Federation.{{cite web|title=Russian curlers were timely warned of meldonium ban — curling federation's chief|url=http://tass.com/sport/865252|website=TASS|publisher=TASS Russian News Agency|date=25 March 2016|accessdate=29 January 2017|language=ru}} During his leadership of the Federation, Russia national curling teams have been near the top of world rankings, and Russians won medals for the first time at the World Cup.{{cite web|title=In Scotland, the start of the European championship in Curling – Russia news today|url=http://chelorg.com/2016/11/19/in-scotland-the-start-of-the-european-championship-in-curling/|website=Russia News Today|date=19 November 2016|accessdate=29 January 2017}} In Moscow and Sochi, specialized sites were built under the supervision of the Curling Federation, including the Olympic facility, the Ice Cube Curling Center.{{cite web|last1=Catton|first1=Pia|title=Curling Gets Glamorous|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/16/curling-gets-glamorous/|website=Wall Street Journal|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|date=16 February 2014|accessdate=29 January 2017}}
Olympics
As Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs, Svishchev proposed that Russian athletes be exempted from income tax for prizes and incentive payments earned from their competing at the Olympics, Paralympics and Deaflympics. He stated that it would raise the prestige of athletes, and also demonstrate national support for their efforts.{{cite web|title=On the Way to the Olympics|url=http://www.rsaski.ru/news/on-the-way-to-olympics/14985-dmitriy-svishchev-osvobozhdenie-atletov-ot-naloga-za-prizovye-mesta-na-oi-podnimet-prestizh-ikh-zasl/|website=www.rsaski.ru|publisher=Ski Association of Russia|date=4 June 2016|accessdate=29 January 2017|language=ru}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37165427|title=Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal|work=BBC Sport|date=23 August 2016|accessdate=29 January 2017}}
Svishcev is known for his controversial statements, frequently accusing the United States and Japan of running an influence campaign within the IOC with a goal of discrediting Russian athletes and make Russia unable to win many medals and improve its international prestige.{{Cite web|url=https://m.sports.ru/athletics/1075113881.html|title=Свищев о возможном отстранении России от ОИ-2020: «Начинается новый виток истерии»|date=2 June 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://m.sports.ru/athletics/1077033920.html|title=«Указание Курил в составе Японии – целенаправленная акция». Депутат Госдумы Свищев – о карте на сайте Олимпиады-2020|date=9 August 2019 }}
During the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Svishchev compared Russia's victory over Sweden to the Battle of Poltava of 1709.{{cite web | url=https://sports.ru/hockey/1092546754-deputat-svishhev-o-pobede-molodezhki-ustroili-shvedam-vtoruyu-poltavu.html | title=Депутат Свищев о победе молодежки: «Устроили шведам вторую Полтаву» | date=31 December 2020 }}
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Category:Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions