{{short description|Russian businessman and politician}} {{Expand Russian|topic=bio|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vladimir Kozhin | native_name = {{nobold|Владимир Кожин}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin.jpg | office = [[Federation Council (Russia)|Russian Federation Senator]]<br />from [[Moscow]] | alongside = [[Inna Svyatenko]] | term_start = 19 September 2018 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Vladimir Dolgikh]] | successor = | birth_name = Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|02|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[United Russia]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | net_worth = | committees = | awards = | caption = Official portrait, 2018 }}
'''Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin''' ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир И́горевич Ко́жин}}, born 28 February 1959) is a Russian businessman and politician. Senator from [[Moscow]] since 2018.<ref>[https://tass.ru/politika/5582641 Собянин назначил Владимира Кожина сенатором от Москвы]</ref> Previously he was an Aide to the [[President of Russia]] and head of the Control Directorate of the [[Presidential Administration of Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/3551 |title=Dmitry Medvedev had a working meeting with Head of the Presidential Control Directorate Konstantin Chuychenko |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=kremlin.ru}}</ref> He has the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=1547|date=21 November 1999|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Федеральной службы России по валютному и экспортному контролю|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=21.11.1999&a8=1547&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=42&y=14}}</ref>
==Political career== In March 1993, he became the Director General of the Saint Petersburg Association of Joint Ventures. From October 1994 until September 1999, he was the Chief of the Northwestern Center of the Federal Directorate for Currency and Export Control of Russia. From 20 September 1999 until 12 January 2000, he led the [[Russian Federal Service for Currency and Export Control]] (VEK).
Since 12 January 2000, Kozhin has been the Head of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation, appointed by President [[Vladimir Putin]]. In 2008, President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] appointed him as a member of the [[Presidential Administration of Russia|Presidential Executive Office]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62 |title=Dmitry Medvedev announced the new appointees to the Presidential Administration |date=13 May 2008 |publisher=kremlin.ru}}</ref>
In 2010, Kozhin was suggested to succeed chucked out [[Yury Luzhkov]] as the [[Mayor of Moscow]].<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/Kremlin_Eyes_Moscow_Mayoral_Candidates/2174131.html ''Kremlin Eyes Moscow Mayoral Candidates'']. [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|rferl.org]]. 1 October 2010.</ref>
Since 2018, a member of the Federation Council from Moscow. If [[Sergey Sobyanin]] wins the mayoral election in the fall of 2023, he will retain his post.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/10/07/2023/64aae5069a794700bb4626a8|title=Собянин снова выдвинет в сенаторы бывшего управделами Кремля|language=ru|date=2023-07-10|website=Rbc.ru}}</ref>
==Sanctions== On 20 March 2014, the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] (OFAC) published that Kozhin and 19 other men have been added to the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control#Specially Designated Nationals List|Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)]], a [[List of individuals sanctioned during the Ukrainian crisis|list of individuals sanctioned]] as “members of the Russian leadership’s inner circle.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine |url=http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl23331.aspx |publisher=US Department of the treasury}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/20/executive-order-blocking-property-additional-persons-contributing-situat |publisher=The White House - Office of the Press Secretary}}</ref><ref>[http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140320_33.aspx www.treasury.gov]</ref><ref>[http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)]</ref><ref name=Sanctions>{{cite web | last = Shuklin | first = Peter | title = Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions | url = https://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm | publisher = liga.net | date = 21 March 2014 | access-date = 20 February 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150207152258/http://news.liga.net/articles/politics/1066761-blizhniy_krug_putina_kto_popal_v_novyy_spisok_sanktsiy_ssha.htm | archive-date = 7 February 2015 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=Ukraine-EO13661>{{cite web | last = President of The United States | title = Ukraine EO13661 | url = https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_eo2.pdf | publisher = Federal Register | date = 19 March 2016 | access-date = 20 February 2016}}</ref>
==Honours and awards (selection)== * [[Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow]] 3rd class (2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.domod.ru/vybor/material/cerkov/Sobor20.htm |title=Село Одинцово — ЦЕРКОВЬ УТОЛИ МОЯ ПЕЧАЛИ |date=17 November 2002 |publisher=domod.ru |access-date=18 March 2005 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318202952/http://www.domod.ru/vybor/material/cerkov/Sobor20.htm |archive-date=18 March 2005 }}</ref> * [[State Prize of the Russian Federation]] (2003; for his efforts on the renovation of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]] as a new presidential residence)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/21402/page/1 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.09.2004 г. № 1154 — О присуждении Государственных премий Российской Федерации 2003 года в области науки и техники |date=9 September 2004 |publisher=kremlin.ru |access-date=8 October 2015 |language=ru}}</ref> * [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] 2nd class (2006);<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bazazakonov.ru/doc/?ID=1886749 |title=Указ Президента РФ от 30 октября 2006 г. N 1199 — "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников Управления делами Президента Российской Федерации" |date=30 October 2006 |publisher=bazazakonov.ru |access-date=9 October 2015 |language=ru |archive-date=11 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011193527/http://bazazakonov.ru/doc/?ID=1886749 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 4th class (2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/29975 |title=УКАЗ Президента РФ от 15.10.2009 N 1161 — "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ НАГРАДАМИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ" |date=15 October 2009 |publisher=kremlin.ru |access-date=9 October 2015|language=ru}}</ref> * [[Order of Alexander Nevsky]] (2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?91036 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 05.03.2014 № 112 — "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации" |date=5 March 2014 |publisher=pravo.gov.ru |access-date=9 October 2015 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216214524/http://pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?91036 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==External links== * [http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/375/biography Official biography] {{in lang|en}}
==References and notes== {{reflist}}
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