Full name:
Reznik Vladislav
Reznik Vladislav Date of Birth
17 May 1954
Reznik Vladislav Citizenship
Russia
Reznik Vladislav Professional field/official position
Member of the State Duma, businessman
Reznik Vladislav biography
REZNIK Vladislav Matusovich (b. 1954) is a Russian businessman, lobbyist, and politician with criminal connections. Born in Leningrad, in 1976 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Leningrad University and enrolled in graduate school at the Moscow Institute of Development Biology. In 1979-1987, Reznik was a junior research fellow at the All-Union Scientific Research Technological Institute of Antibiotics and Medical Enzymes and also worked as a stunt performer at various film studios.
- In the late 1980s, Reznik and his friend Dmitri Rozhdestvensky founded the movie production company Russian Video. The company also became a co-founder of the Rus insurance company as well as the Rossiya Bank. In the early 1990s, the associates of the then head of the Committee on External Economic Relations of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin, acquired control over the bank. According to the media, another future Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev, worked at the Rus insurance company. In 1995, Vladislav Reznik moved to Moscow, and from 1995 to 1998 he was Chairman of the state insurance company Rosgosstrakh.
- In the early 1990s, Reznik was a member of the Political Council of the St. Petersburg branch of the Democratic Choice of Russia movement and a member of the St. Petersburg Regional Political Council of the Union of Right Forces party. However, in the late 1990s, he joined the pro-Kremlin Interregional movement Unity, the forerunner of the United Russia party. Reportedly, he was included in the list of candidates for the State Duma election in 1999 as a “very important” person for Putin’s entourage. Since 1999, Reznik has been a member of the State Duma from the United Russia party. He is a member of the budget and tax committee.
Reznik Vladislav crimes
Illegal enrichment, cross-border corruption, money laundering.
Reznik Vladislav is an experienced lobbyist who achieved his position by a combination of successful circumstances and controversial relationships. Starting with the Russian Video, which, according to journalists, had the KGB and mafia leader Mikhail Mirilashvili behind it, Reznik collaborated with state security services and the criminal world. In the State Duma, Reznik launched a tumultuous activity, initiating or supporting more than 270 bills, most of which imposed various business regulations. He also actively promoted the interests of Zakhar Smushkin, the head of the Ilim Pulp Enterprise forestry holding.
