Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi (; born 30 June 1948) is a liberal Russian politician and entrepreneur, Russian Parliament Member (1995–2000), former Chair of Party of Economic Freedom (1992–2003), and Chair of Party Western Choice (since 17 March 2013).

Biography

Borovoi was born in 1948 in

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and is the son of a math professor. He is a graduate of

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Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (1974). In 1990, he founded the first Russian commodities market, and was its president from 1990 to 1992. He also opened the first clearing bank, an investment company and the first business-news wire. He was a financial director of Russia's Open Film Festival. In 1992, he created an Economic Freedom Party (, ''Partiya Ekonomicheskoi svobody''). The party ran in the 1995 parliamentary elections, but received 0.13% of the proportional representation vote, failing to cross the

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. However, it did win a constituency seat in the

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, taken by Borovoi. The party was deregistered in 2003. In April 1996, he was speaking with the

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by phone when Dudayev was assassinated by two

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s, after his location was detected by a Russian

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, which intercepted his phone call. Up until December 1999, Borovoi was a member of the

, representing the Tushino constituency. In the spring of 2013, together with

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Penn Today.

Political activism

Borovoi self-identifies primarily as a liberal

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. In 1991, he participated in the resistance to the Communist Coup d'État in Russia

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(GKChP). On 20 August 1991, he and the 2,000 members of his stock exchange carried a huge flag of Russia to the

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, Russia's parliament building. From 2001 to 2004 Editor-in-Chief of America Magazine. In the spring of 2010, he was among the 34 first signatories of the online anti-Putin campaign " Putin Must Go" (Путин должен уйти). The campaign was begun by a coalition of opposition to Putin who regard his rule as lacking any rule of law. Together with

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and

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. In 2012, he created a campaign called "Russia without Hitler". In 2016, he created the Valeriya Novodvorskaya Foundation.

Bibliography

* Konstantin Borovoi, ''The Price of Freedom''. M.: Novosti, 1993. 240 pages, 100 000 copies. * Konstantin Borovoi, ''Twelve Most Successful. How to Become Rich''. M.: Vagrius, 2003. 224 pages. * Konstantin Borovoi, ''Prostitution in Russia. Report from the bottom of Moscow''. M.: Vagrius, 2007. 272 pages. ,

References

External links

Western Choice website
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Konstantin Borovoi: Putin and Russian Involvement in 9/11 2001
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