Vladimir Pekhtin

Vladimir Pekhtin was born on 9 December 1950 in Leningrad. He attended Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1974 with a degree in hydraulic engineering. In 1997, Pekhtin received a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Saint Petersburg State Technical University.{{cite web|author1=Владимир Алексеевич Пехтин|title=Совершенствование конструкций каменно-земляных плотин на основе опыта производства работ|url=http://tekhnosfera.com/sovershenstvovanie-konstruktsiy-kamenno-zemlyanyh-plotin-na-osnove-opyta-proizvodstva-rabot|publisher=Техносфера|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903041409/http://tekhnosfera.com/sovershenstvovanie-konstruktsiy-kamenno-zemlyanyh-plotin-na-osnove-opyta-proizvodstva-rabot|archive-date=3 September 2014|language=ru|date=1 January 1997|access-date=18 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} He received his Doktor Nauk degree in 1999.

From 1982 to 1989, Pekhtin worked at the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station, rising to the Deputy Director position. From 1992 to 1997, he was General Director of Kolymaenergo, a subsidiary of RusHydro.{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|chapter=PEKHTIN, Vladimir Alekseyevich|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857432176|page=1302|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&dq=Vladimir%20Pekhtin%20Kolymaenergo&pg=PA1302|language=en}} He served on the board of electric holding company RAO UES from 1997 to 1998.

Pekhtin ran for the State Duma in 1993, but lost the election. In 1994, he became a deputy in the first convocation of the Magadan Regional Duma.

Pekhtin was elected to the 3rd convocation of the State Duma in 1999. He headed the United Russia party in the State Duma from April 2001 to December 2003. On 29 March 2003, Pekhtin was elected a member of the supreme council of the United Russia party. Pekhtin was reelected to the fourth convocation of the State Duma in December 2003. He became Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and the first Deputy Head of the United Russia party. In 2007, he was elected to the fifth convocation of the State Duma.

Pekhtin supervised the Kremlin's CIS election observation mission for the 2008 parliamentary election in Belarus. While state-controlled media labelled opposition leaders as traitors, several of whom were imprisoned by the Belarusian KGB, Pekhtin said that all of recent elections in former Soviet republics were democratic and fair. He contradicted the conclusions of the OSCE, saying "They just made it up, invented it, to try to show that there was some kind of rot."{{cite news|last1=Levy|first1=Clifford J.|title=Electoral Rot Nearby? The Russians Don't See It|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/world/europe/17belarus.html|work=The New York Times|date=16 December 2008|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218235641/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/world/europe/17belarus.html|url-status=live}}

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In 2012, Pekhtin became Chairman of the State Duma's ethics committee.Андрей Перцев. [http://kommersant.ru/doc/3046898 Чужие здесь проходят] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725142926/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3046898 |date=2016-07-25 }} Газета "Коммерсантъ" №132 от 25.07.2016, стр. 3

Pekhtin supported the 2013 Dima Yakovlev Law, which barred US citizens from adopting Russian orphans.{{cite news|last1=Kara-Murza|first1=Vladimir|title=A Putin Flak and His Miami Villa|url=http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/vladimir-kara-murza/putin-flak-and-his-miami-villa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218054234/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/vladimir-kara-murza/putin-flak-and-his-miami-villa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 18, 2013|work=World Affairs Journal|date=15 February 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Weiss|first1=Michael|title=Tropical Hypocrisy: One Russian Lawmaker's Florida Real Estate Problem|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/tropical-hypocrisy-one-russian-lawmakers-florida-real-estate-problem/273542/|work=The Atlantic|date=27 February 2013|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-date=18 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218234900/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/tropical-hypocrisy-one-russian-lawmakers-florida-real-estate-problem/273542/|url-status=live}}

On 30 August 2012, Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov published a LiveJournal post entitled "Gold pretzels: United Russia".{{Cite web |url=http://dgudkov.livejournal.com/212859.html |title="Золотые крендели "Единой России"-2. Veľký muž" |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=2017-02-18 |archive-date=2018-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122112215/http://dgudkov.livejournal.com/212859.html |url-status=live }} The post mentioned Pekhtin as one of the individuals with discrepancies between their declared income and the value of their property.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2012/08/30/742686-krendel-stal-kultovyim-izdeliem.html |title=Крендель стал культовым изделием // Московский Комсомолец № 26029 от 31 августа 2012 г |access-date=2012-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902141336/http://www.mk.ru/politics/article/2012/08/30/742686-krendel-stal-kultovyim-izdeliem.html |archive-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead }} On 31 August, Kommersant published an article about real estate transactions that, according to the opposition, were part of a well-disguised commercial project to sell the land to the state for the construction of highway at a profit of roughly 75 million rubles.{{Cite web |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/2011888 |title=Квадратно-гнездовые метры. У Владимира Пехтина обнаружились необычные земельные интересы в Петербурге // Газета «Коммерсантъ», № 162 (4947), 31.08.2012 |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=2017-02-18 |archive-date=2012-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831002204/http://kommersant.ru/doc/2011888 |url-status=live }} A comparison of Pekhtin's 2010 and 2011 declarations showed that in 2011 he purchased an at least three plots of land in St. Petersburg worth over 25 million rubles.

In 2011, Pekhtin had declared an income of 2.15 million rubles. His declaration indicated that he and his wife owned nine plots of land, two apartments, two houses, two non-residential buildings, and five cars (a Porsche Cayenne, a Toyota Land Cruiser, and three Mercedes-Benz) as well as personal watercraft and snowmobiles.{{cite web|url=http://www.duma.gov.ru/structure/deputies/131150/|title=Пехтин Владимир Алексеевич|publisher=Государственная дума Российской Федерации|language=ru|access-date=2012-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604143044/http://www.duma.gov.ru/structure/deputies/131150/|archive-date=2012-06-04|url-status=live}}

On 12 February 2013, Alexei Navalny, based on publicly available real estate data, reported on Pekhtin's link to real estate in Miami worth $2.5 million. According to the documents, Pekhtin owned an apartment in a Flamingo South Beach condominium and land in Florida. The apartment was purchased for $540,000 in 2007 and the land for $120,000. Published contracts indicated that half of the real estate was owned by his son, Alexei Pekhtin. The son also owned an apartment in a residential complex at 1500 Ocean Drive. Prior to December 2012, half of the $1.27 million apartment was owned by the elder Pekhtin.

Pekhtin resigned from the State Duma on 20 February 2013, following revelations from Alexei Navalny{{cite news|last1=Amos|first1=Howard|title=United Russia MP resigns over Florida property allegations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/20/russia-mp-resigns-florida-property|work=The Guardian|date=20 February 2013|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219002452/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/20/russia-mp-resigns-florida-property|url-status=live}} that he owned over $1.3 million of undeclared real estate in Florida.{{cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Ellen|title=Russian Lawmaker Quits After Property Disclosure|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/europe/vladimir-pekhtin-resigns-from-russian-parliament.html|work=The New York Times|date=20 February 2013|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219030246/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/europe/vladimir-pekhtin-resigns-from-russian-parliament.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Цыбульский|first1=Владимир|title=Мандатом вперед|url=https://lenta.ru/articles/2013/02/20/pekhtin/|work=Лента|date=20 February 2013|language=ru|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820200944/https://lenta.ru/articles/2013/02/20/pekhtin/|url-status=live}} Both Anatoly Lomakin and Vasily Tolstopyatov resigned shortly after Pekhtin.{{cite news|last1=Whitmore|first1=Brian|title=Putin Presses The Reset Button|url=http://www.rferl.org/a/putin-presses-the-reset-button/24914697.html|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=27 February 2013|access-date=18 February 2017|archive-date=19 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219032310/http://www.rferl.org/a/putin-presses-the-reset-button/24914697.html|url-status=live}}

Pekhtin became a member of the Management Board of RusHydro in April 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.rg.ru/2013/04/11/rusgidro-anons.html|title=Владимир Пехтин стал членом совета директоров компании "РусГидро"|publisher=Российская газета|date=11 April 2013|language=ru|accessdate=2013-04-14|archive-date=2013-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709215418/http://www.rg.ru/2013/04/11/rusgidro-anons.html|url-status=live}} He became Director General of the RusHydro hydrotechnology institute Lenhydroproject in March 2014.Согласно ЕГРЮЛ

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