22 Facts About Aleksandr Torshin

Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin is a Russian politician.

Aleksandr Torshin has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Aleksandr Torshin served in the Federation Council of Russia, from 2001 to 2015.

Aleksandr Torshin was its acting Chairman for four months in 2011.

Aleksandr Torshin graduated from the All-Union Legal Correspondence Institute with a degree in law in 1978.

In January 2001, Alexander Aleksandr Torshin becomes a member of the Federation Council from the government of the Russian Republic of Mari El.

In September 2008, Aleksandr Torshin became the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council.

Aleksandr Torshin served in the Federation Council of Russia, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 2015, and as its acting Chairman for four months in 2011.

Aleksandr Torshin, originating from the Mari El Republic, a republic in Russia, is a leading figure in the ruling United Russia party.

Some time between 1995 and 1998, Aleksandr Torshin was State Secretary of the Central Bank of Russia.

Aleksandr Torshin became the acting chairman for the succeeding Sergey Mironov on May 19,2011, after Mironov was ousted by the majority United Russia in the Council.

Aleksandr Torshin remained as acting chairman until the election of Valentina Matviyenko from the United Russia Party.

Aleksandr Torshin was appointed the deputy head of the Central Bank of Russia in 2015 and suddenly retired in 2018.

Aleksandr Torshin was allegedly involved in money laundering for the gang.

Aleksandr Torshin has been attending NRA annual meetings in the United States since at least 2011.

Aleksandr Torshin has attended every NRA annual meeting between 2012 and 2016, occasionally with Butina, and has met every NRA president since 2012.

Aleksandr Torshin has tweeted that he and Butina are the only two Russians he knows of who are lifetime NRA members.

Butina and Aleksandr Torshin attended the 2014 NRA annual meeting as special guests of former NRA president Keene.

Aleksandr Torshin has been a subject of an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

In January 2018, McClatchyDC reported that Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation is pursuing allegations that Aleksandr Torshin has links to Russian organized crime, and laundered money from the Russian government to the NRA to benefit Trump's campaign.

Aleksandr Torshin is the subject of a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into whether the Russian government attempted to illegally funnel money to the NRA in order to help Trump win the presidency.

The New York Times reported on July 17,2018 that Aleksandr Torshin was scheduled to visit the White House in 2017, but the meeting was canceled after a national security aide noted Aleksandr Torshin was under investigation by Spanish authorities for money laundering.