{{Short description|Russian businessman (born 1951)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{for|the Allmusic editor|Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)}} {{Infobox person | name = Vladimir Bogdanov | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{nobold|Владимир Богданов}} | native_name_lang = ru | birth_name = Vladimir Leonidovich Bogdanov | image = Vladimir Bogdanov (2016-04-30).jpg | caption = Bogdanov in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|28}} | birth_place = Suerka Village, [[Uporovsky District]], [[Tyumen Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of National Awards in Science and Technology|url=http://www.en.special.kremlin.ru/supplement/5200|access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref> | alma_mater = Tyumen Industrial Institute | occupation = [[Businessperson|Businessman]] | title = [[Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation]] (2016) | awards = {{plainlist | * [[File:Orden for Service II.png|35px]] [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (2nd class) * [[File:Orden for Service III.png|35px]] [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (3rd class) * [[File:Orden for Service IV.png|25px]] [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (4th class) * [[File:Orden of Honour.png|25px]] [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]] * [[File:SU Order of the Red Banner of Labour ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] * [[File:SU Order of the Badge of Honour ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Order of the Badge of Honour]] * [[File:By-order honor rib.png|25px]] [[Order of Honor (Belarus)]] }} }} [[File:Vladimir Putin 18 April 2002-3.jpg|thumb|Vladimir Bogdanov with [[Vladimir Putin]] in 2002]]
'''Vladimir Leonidovich Bogdanov''' ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир Леони́дович Богда́нов}}; born 28 May 1951)<ref>{{cite web|title=Vladimir Bogdanov|url=http://www.ece.ust.hk/ece/fck_upload/file/SPIEF%202010%20Speakers.pdf|work=ECE|access-date=25 August 2013|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232947/http://www.ece.ust.hk/ece/fck_upload/file/SPIEF%202010%20Speakers.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Russian businessman and oil [[business magnate|tycoon]].
==Biography and career== In 1973, he graduated from [[Industrial University of Tyumen|Tyumen Industrial Institute]] with a degree in oil and gas and since then has worked in oil industry in Tyumen Oblast, mainly in [[Surgutneftegas]]. Since 1993, he is the [[President (corporate title)|President]] of Surgutneftegas, one of the largest [[Russia]]n [[Petroleum industry|oil companies]]. In 1978-80 he occupied leading positions in [[Yuganskneftegaz]]. Since 1984 he has been the Director General of Surgutneftegas, which became a private company in 1993. In June 2001 [[Forbes]] claimed that Bogdanov was the third wealthiest Russian with $1.6 billion. He has been a member of the [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Khanty-Mansi]] legislature since 1996.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
Bogdanov was also a confidant of [[Sergey Sobyanin]] during the successful 2001 Tyumen Oblast Governor election and of [[Vladimir Putin]] during the [[2004 Russian presidential election|2004 Russian Presidential Election]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
=== Sanctions === In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on him and 23 other Russian nationals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20180406.aspx |title=Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update|date=2018-04-06 |website=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=2018-04-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/04/06/ssha-vveli-sanktsii-protiv-36-rossiyskih-biznesmenov |title=США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из "кремлевского списка" |trans-title=The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list" |date=2018-04-06 |website=[[Meduza]] |access-date=2018-04-06 |language=ru}}</ref>
In April 2022, in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Bogdanov was added to the [[European Union]] sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/economy/1435183|title=EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass|newspaper=TASS|date=2022-04-09 |access-date= June 3, 2022}}</ref>
He was sanctioned by the [[UK]] government in 2022 in relation to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== * [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]]: **2nd class (28 May 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the development of fuel-energy complex and long conscientious work **3rd class (5 June 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the development of oil and gas industry and many years of diligent work **4th class (14 October 1997) - for services to the state, many years of hard work and great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations * [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] * [[Order of the Badge of Honour]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
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*[http://www.anticompromat.ru/bogdanov_v/bogd_vbio.html Biography] by [[Vladimir Pribylovsky]] (in Russian)
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