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Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman (
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born 12 July 1957, in
Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation. Leonid Reiman has been numerously rated most influential person in Russian telecom business with personal wealth over $1 bln., according to Finance magazine.


Biography

Leonid Reiman was born on 12 July 1957 in
Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, his father, Dodojon Tadjiyev, is a
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and his mother, Ekaterina Reiman, is an Estonian German and teaches English.


Career

* In 1979, Leonid Reiman graduated from the M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Institute of Communications Technology (now SPbGUT - Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications and IT). * 1979-1983, engineer and then section chief at the Leningrad city international telephone station. * 1983-1985, Leonid Reiman did a tour of compulsory military service. * 1985-1999, Reiman occupied leading positions in the Leningrad City Telephone Network (LGTS) / in 1993 renamed to St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (PTS); * 1988-1999, Deputy Chief of the LGTS/PTS for development; LGTS/PTS Chief Engineer, Director for International Relations, Director for Investitions and International Relations, First Deputy Director-General of Open JSC PTS. * In 1992 Reiman entered the Board of Directors of
Peterstar PeterStar is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in St. Petersburg, Russia established in 1992. History It was co-founded in 1992 by the Luxembourg based "ComPlus Holding" SA as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersbur ...
, the first non-state owned cell phone operator in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
co-founded in 1992 by ComPlus Holding. * Early 1990s Reiman meets attorney
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who becomes an investment assistant to Reiman. * In 1994, he joined the Board of Directors of the JSC Telecominvest. *
Lyudmila Putina Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya (russian: Людмила Александровна Очеретная, formerly Putina, Путина, , Shkrebneva, Шкребнева; born 6 January 1958) is the former wife of Vladimir Putin (the curren ...
represents OAO Telecominvest from 1998-1999 in Moscow after her husband the former deputy mayor of St Petersburg
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moved from St Petersburg to Moscow in 1997 and later became the
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of the successor to the
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, the
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in July 1998. * As of June 1999, he was a member of the Boards of directors of the JSC
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, JSC
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, JSC
Peterstar PeterStar is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in St. Petersburg, Russia established in 1992. History It was co-founded in 1992 by the Luxembourg based "ComPlus Holding" SA as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersbur ...
, Stankinbank, JSC St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, editorial JSC St. Petersburg Directories, JSC Interregional Transit Telecom, JSC North-West GSM, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JSC St. Petersburg International and TransTelecom and a member of the supervisory board of the JSC St. Petersburg Intercity International Telephone. * From July 1999, state secretary, first deputy chairman of the
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( Gostelecom). * From August 1999, Gostelecom chairman. * November 1999 – April 2004,
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of the
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. * Since 26 June 2000, and up to 2010 Leonid Reiman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Open JSC
Svyazinvest OJSC Svyazinvest (Russian: ОАО Связьинвест) was Russia's largest telecommunications holding company. Based in Moscow, it was founded according to Order №1297 of the Russian government on November 25, 1994, and was registered on Sep ...
. * March – May 2004, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation. * Leonid Reiman was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation on 20 May 2004, where he served until 12 May 2008. * May 2008 – August 2010 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Secretary for Presidential Council of Information Society Development * March 2011 – Chairman of the supervisory board of
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Founder of RIO-Center, now Institute of Contemporary Development (
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), Russian liberal think tank chaired by President
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.


Controversies

On 25 July 2000, Leonid Reiman issued the order No 130 "Concerning the introduction of technical means ensuring investigative activity (
SORM The System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM; russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий) is the technical specification for lawful interception interfaces of telecommunications and telephone n ...
) in phone, mobile, wireless communication and radio paging networks" stating that the FSB was no longer required to provide telecommunications and Internet companies documentation on targets of interest prior to accessing information. During the early 2004 tax dispute in Russia by Gossvyaznadzor (russian: Госсвязьнадзор) about VimpelCom OJSC and its wholly owned subsidiary Impulse Design Bureau OJSC, Leonid Reiman, as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, stated that it is unclear how taxes are paid by the companies but requested that the two should merge.
Megafon MegaFon (russian: МегаФон), previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator
increased its market share in the key Moscow region while VimpelCom was held back from expanding into that region awaiting the courts to decide the tax issue.
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, which has a significant share in Vimpel, was involved in a dispute over ownership of
Leonid Rozhetskin Leonid Borisovich Rozhetskin (russian: Леонид Борисович Рожецкин, born August 4, 1966; disappeared March 16, 2008) was a financier and lawyer who went missing under suspicious circumstances after disappearing from his villag ...
's LV Finance former 25% stake in MegaFon with IPOC International Growth Fund during VimpelCom's tax issue with the Russian government. In 2004 the British businessman Anthony Georgiou claimed in a court
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lodged in a
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court that in 1992 Reiman had received a bribe of about a million US dollars from him. During a
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government supported audit of IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd's
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investigation in 2005, the top official has been named in a number of legal actions as Leonid Reiman, Russia’s telecommunications minister. Mr Reiman has denied the claims. In 2006, the beneficial owner of the IPOC International Growth Fund is Leonid Reiman according to a Zurich ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce. On 15 December 2011, the
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prosecutor's office and German criminal authorities named Reiman as a suspect in a 1990s money laundering scheme involving
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, his longtime attorney
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, and four employees of Commerzbank. The case had begun as an investigation into the looting of Russia during the 1990s.Филонов, Дмитрий (30 March 2017)
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website
Archived
from the original on 31 March 2017 as Новые чипы обогатят Германа Грефа, Алишера Усманова, Григория Березкина, Леонида Реймана: Кассовое братство on compromat.ru website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
In late 2013, Finnish officials with the National Bureau of Investigation or ''Keskusrikospoliisi'' (KRP) implicated Reiman in a money laundering scheme with Sekom's founder, Andrei Titov, where $11 million were transferred through Sekom to Cyprus Albany Investment and then to the Bermuda IPOC International Growth Fund.


Honours and awards

*
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; **3rd class (12 July 2007) – for outstanding contribution to the development of modern information technologies and the creation of the domestic telecommunications network **4th class (12 July 2005) – for great contribution to the development of the telecommunications industry of the country and many years of fruitful work * Honoured Worker of Russian telecommunications * RF Government Prize in Education and Science and Technology * Winner of the annual international prize "Person of the Year" (2005) * Winner of the highest legal prize "Themis" (2003)


References


External links


Interview with Mr. L. Reiman
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061005170940/http://www.minsvyaz.ru/site.shtml?id=2804 Official biography(In Russian)
V. Pribylovsky. The origin of Putin's oligarchy
(In Russian)

(In Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Reiman, Leonid 1957 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Businesspeople from Saint Petersburg Government ministers of Russia Svyazinvest Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Medvedev Administration personnel Russian people of Tajik descent Russian people of Estonian descent Russian people of German descent