Viktor Kazakov (politician)

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1949)}}

{{Other people|Viktor Kazakov|Viktor Kazakov (disambiguation){{!}}Viktor Kazakov}}

{{family name hatnote|Alekseevich|Kazakov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Виктор Казаков}}}}

| image = Казаков Виктор Алексеевич.jpg

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|office = Member of the State Duma for Samara Oblast

|term_start = 5 October 2016

|term_end =

|predecessor = constituency established

|constituency = Krasnoglinsky (No. 160)

|term_start1 = 29 December 2003

|term_end1 = 24 December 2007

|predecessor1 = Valentin Romanov

|successor1 = constituencies abolished

|constituency1 = Novokuybyshevsk (No. 151)

|office3 = Member of the State Duma
(Party List Seat)

|term_start3 = 24 December 2007

|term_end3 = 5 October 2016

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|04|04|df=y}}

|birth_place = Fergana, Uzbek SSR, USSR

|party = United Russia

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|alma_mater = Samara State Technical University

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Viktor Alexeyevich Kazakov ({{langx|ru|Виктор Алексеевич Казаков}}; born 4 April 1949, Fergana, Uzbek SSR) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.{{cite web

|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/kazakov-viktor-alekseevich

|title= Казаков, Виктор Алексеевич

|publisher=ТАСС Энциклопедия

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-02-23}}

In 1989, Kazakov started working as the chief engineer and Deputy General Director of the Kuibyshevneft. In 1995, he was the First Vice President of Yukos Oil Company. In 1998, he was appointed vice president of the oil company YUKSI – a result of the merger of Yukos and Sibneft.{{cite news

|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/01/20/two-magnates-join-forces-create-new-russian-oil-giant/c055cfa1-21bd-43f0-990b-4d903b584a43/

|title=Two magnates join forces, create new Russian oil giant

|author=David Hoffman

|date=1998-01-20

|newspaper=Washington Post

|accessdate=2022-02-23}}

However, the merger was soon annulated, and Kazakov became a board member of directors of the Eastern Oil Company. In July 2003, he was appointed First Vice-Governor of Samara Oblast. In 2003 he was elected deputy of the 4th State Duma. In 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was re-elected to the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas from the Samara Oblast constituency.{{cite web

|url=https://rg.ru/2021/09/24/spisok.html

|title=Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва

|date=2021-09-25

|publisher=Российская газета

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-02-18}}

{{cite web

|url=https://www.pnp.ru/person/viktor--kazakov/

|title=Виктор Алексеевич Казаков

|publisher=Парламентская газета

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-02-20}}

In 2016, Kazakov appeared on the list of potential recipients of a bribe in the amount of $2 billion in the Yukos shareholders v. Russia case. According to the case files, Yukos shareholders (among which was Kazakov) made payments to government officials who helped acquire the company's shares.{{cite web

|url=https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2016/06/10/5759bcae9a7947402738476b

|title=Ходорковского обвинили в коррупции. Россия рассказала суду в США о взятках при приватизации ЮКОСа

|date=2016-06-09

|publisher=РБК

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-02-23}}