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Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin (russian: link=no, Павел Николаевич Грудинин; born 20 October 1960) is a Russian politician and entrepreneur. Previously, he was a Municipal Deputy of the city settlement Vidnoye and Chairman of the Council of Deputies 2017 to 2019. Grudinin was the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF; russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации; КПРФ, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; KPRF) is a left-wing nationalist and ...
's candidate for the 2018 Russian presidential election, but was defeated by the incumbent president
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
.


Life and career

Grudinin was born in Moscow, to Nikolai Konstantinovich Grudinin and Serafima Zinovievna Grudinina (née Pishchik), both agricultural workers who met while studying at the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. In 1961 they were sent to the
Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast Leninsky District (russian: Ле́нинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #79/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast just sout ...
to work at the Lenin
Sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted wit ...
. According to Grudinin, his sister, grandmother and son, his aunts, uncles and cousins all worked in the same sovkhoz on different levels, and their "dynasty spent over 250 years in total working" there.
. His father was born in the
Gryazovetsky District Gryazovetsky District (russian: Гря́зовецкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #371-OZ and municipal districtLaw #1114-OZ (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borde ...
and grew up in
Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as a major transport hu ...
. His maternal grandfather was Jewish, from the
Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...
, who moved to
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 ...
and married an ethnic Russian woman; he served as a tank commander during the
Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), an ...
and was declared missing in action in 1944. Grudinin identifies himself as Russian.Интервью с Павлом Грудининым
23 December 2017 He belongs to
Russian Orthodoxy Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most C ...
, but criticizes current ROC for "interference in temporal affairs". After graduating from school in 1977 he entered the Moscow State Agroengineering University as a mechanical engineer, and graduated in 1982. After graduating he began working at the Lenin State Farm (
sovkhoz A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union. It is usually contrasted wit ...
), where many members of his family had already been employed. From 1982 to 1989 he worked there as head of the mechanical workshop, from 1990 to 1995 as deputy director. In 1995 he became the general director of newly formed privately held company ZAO Lenin State Farm, where he also got the blocking shareholding. Grudinin characterized the cooperative farm as a "socialist enterprise". The farm produces dairy, various fruit, and vegetables. The farm grants various services to residents, such as medical care and education.


Political career

Since 1997, he was elected three times as a deputy of the Moscow Oblast Duma, where he successfully worked until 2011. In 2001 he graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, majoring in jurisprudence. In 2017, he was elected Municipal Deputy of the settlement city
Vidnoye Vidnoye ( rus, Ви́дное, p=ˈvʲidnəɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Leninsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located south of Moscow city limits. Population: History Rastorguyevo summer cottage community was ...
. On 9 October 2017, Grudinin was elected Speaker of the Council of Deputies. On 14 February 2019, the Council of Deputies removed Pavel Grudinin from the post of Speaker. And on 26 February, the Council of Deputies dismissed Grudinin from a position of the Deputy. On 14 March 2019, the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF; russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации; КПРФ, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; KPRF) is a left-wing nationalist and ...
(CPRF) decided to give Grudinin the seat in the State Duma of
Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (russian: link=no, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, ; be, Жарэс Іва́навіч Алфёраў; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed signific ...
, who died on 1 March 2019. On 21 March, the
Central Election Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
(CEC) refused Grudinin because of uncovered foreign accounts. This decision caused a negative reaction from the CPRF. On 23 March, Communists protests took place across the country, one of the goals of which was to support Grudinin. On 24 July 2021, the CEC barred Grudinin from running for the State Duma in the
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, accusing him of owning shares in a company registered in the country of Belize, where the electoral law formally forbids parliamentary candidates from owning offshore assets. Grudinin denied the charge and said: "The (Communist) Party is an opposition party... Someone is afraid of the big effect that a union of left-wing forces could have". Zyuganov vowed to appeal the decision to the
Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
.


2018 presidential campaign

On 23 December 2017, at the XVII Congress of the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF; russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации; КПРФ, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; KPRF) is a left-wing nationalist and ...
, Grudinin was nominated as presidential candidate. It was also announced that his campaign headquarters will be headed by
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. Grudinin's nomination was criticized by many left-wing politicians, in particular,
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,
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,
Boris Kagarlitsky Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky (russian: Бори́с Ю́льевич Кагарли́цкий; born 29 August 1958) is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union. He is coordinator of ...
and others. The main reasons for criticism is that Grudinin is a businessman, that he is representative of the "bourgeois class" which Communism is ideologically opposed to, and that Pavel Grudinin previously was a member of
United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...
party. In addition, criticism of Grudinin intensified when he was revealed to have uncovered foreign bank accounts. During his campaign, Grudinin visited a total of 11
federal subjects The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...
, in addition to his home
Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
. On all trips, he met with voters, gave press conferences and visited various businesses. At the election, Grudinin won 11.8% of the vote, losing to Putin.


2024 presidential candidacy

On 14 November 2019, Grudinin announced that he intends to run for president again in 2024. In case of victory, Grudinin promised to dissolve the State Duma and nationalize the proceeds obtained illegally. Grudinin said that he would seek the nomination of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, while if the party nominates another candidate, Grudinin would be ready to support him.


Personal life

Grudinin was married and has two adult sons. On 16 July 2018, Grudinin divorced his wife Irina through the court. The reason for the divorce was adultery of Grudinin, long concealed from his wife's relationship on the side and kept a second family. In addition to the official family, Grudinin was in a relationship with Ksenia Kutyukhina, who bore him two more daughters in 2012 and 2014.Жена Грудинина рассказала о разводе после 37 лет брака
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Electoral history


2018 presidential election


Awards and titles

He was awarded the medal In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow, Thanks to the President of the Russian Federation, an honorary diploma of the
State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...
. He has the title of Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.


References


External links


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