Full name:
Roldugin Sergei
Roldugin Sergei Date of Birth
28 September 1951
Roldugin Sergei Citizenship
Russia
Roldugin Sergei Professional field/official position
An associate of Vladimir Putin, a billionaire
Roldugin Sergei biography
ROLDUGIN Sergei Pavlovich (b. 1951) graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatory in 1975. From 1974 to 1984, Roldugin was a musician in the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic. In 1977, he met Vladimir Putin, who studied with his brother at the KGB Institute, and they became bosom friends. In 1985, he became the godfather of Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria. From 2002 to 2004, Roldugin served as rector of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 2005, he received the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation.
- Currently, Sergei Roldugin is a guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theater, artistic director of the St. Petersburg House of Music, professor of the department of cello, double bass, harp and quartet of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. He is the chairman of the board and founder of the Talent and Success Foundation, which, together with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Sports, is the founder of the Sirius charity foundation.
- Roldugin is a shareholder of Rossiya Bank, he owns 3.3% of the bank’s shares. His package in 2016 was estimated at 550 million rubles.
Roldugin Sergei crimes
Money laundering in the interests of the ruling regime, fraud.
Roldugin Sergei, despite his involvement in the inner circle of the president, always preferred to remain in the shadows. In an interview for the book From the First Person, he talked about his many years of friendship with Putin: “He came to our brother and we met. It was, it seems, in 1977. Once we met and have never parted. He is just like a brother to me. Before, when I had nowhere to go, I went to him and slept and ate with him.” He is also the godfather of Putin’s daughter Maria and owns a 3% stake in Rossiya Bank, known as “the bank of the president’s friends.”
