27 Facts About Dmitry Gudkov

Dmitry Gennadyevich Gudkov is a Russian politician and opposition leader.

Dmitry Gudkov was born on 19 January 1980 in the city of Kolomna, Moscow region in the family of Maria Gudkova and Gennady Gudkov.

In 2001 Gennady Gudkov won in the by-elections to the 3rd Duma and joined the deputy group "People's Deputy", and Dmitry Gudkov got a job in the staff of this group.

In 2003, he followed his father to the People's Party of the Russian Federation : while Gennady Gudkov was deputy chairman of the party, Dmitry Gudkov substituted the head of the press department, and after the father was elected a chairman of the party in April 2004, Dmitry Gudkov was promoted to a position of a head.

Dmitry Gudkov was involved in the coordination of the youth policy of the NPRF, participated in the creation of the Youth Public Chamber.

Dmitry Gudkov became the co-chairman of the organization, since he previously supervised the youth policy of the NPRF.

At the Fourth Congress of "A Just Russia" in June 2009, Dmitry Gudkov was elected a member of the Central Council of the Party, and in 2010 he became an adviser to Sergey Mironov, the Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the leader of the "A Just Russia".

Also, Dmitry Gudkov was one of the eight deputies of the State Duma who in December 2012 voted against the federal bill "On Sanctions for Individuals Violating Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms of the Citizens of the Russian Federation", better known as "Dima Yakovlev Law" because it prohibited adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens.

Also, Dmitry Gudkov was among 4 deputies who did not vote for the law "On Admitting to the Russian Federation the Republic of Crimea and Establishing within the Russian Federation the New Constituent Entities of the Republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Importance Sevastopol".

In May 2013, Dmitry Gudkov criticized Maxim Katz, a municipal deputy of the Shchukino district who prematurely left the opposition council and called for his dissolution, for "showing weakness" and creating a motive to criticise the Coordination Council.

Gennady Dmitry Gudkov said of the bill that by removing outlets for protest, the legislation was putting Russia on "a sure path to a civil war".

On 13 March 2013, by decision of the Presidium Bureau of the Central Council of the Party, Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov were expelled from "A Just Russia" party for "actions that harm the party".

Also as a candidate Dmitry Gudkov claimed to support the "People's Freedom Party".

On 1 June 2021 Dmitry Gudkov was sent to police custody on the charges of "causing property damage by deception or breach of trust" of city of Moscow.

On 3 June 2021 Dmitry Gudkov was released from his prison and on 6 June 2021 he left Russia for Ukraine.

Dmitry Gudkov opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine and believes that Russia must lose.

The commission was satisfied with the documents provided, and Dmitry Gudkov soon sold the "problem" townhouse for 23.5 million rubles, which was noted in his income declaration of 2013.

Dmitry Gudkov declined to comment on media accusations, and replied in his blog that he had not been lobbying anything, but acted as an intermediary.

Dmitry Gudkov claimed that he left the meeting 15 minutes after it began, and denied the connection of the invited entrepreneur with the "Parfenov" program.

On 1 March 2013, Dmitry Gudkov travelled to the United States, where he planned to agree on cooperation in the search for undeclared real estate of Russian officials, as well as to visit families who adopted children from Russia.

Dmitry Gudkov pointed out that the embassy of the Russian Federation did not contact with foster parents and was not interested in the further life of the adopted children.

In conclusion of his speech, Dmitry Gudkov asked the Americans to help Vladimir Putin in the fight against corruption, and to spread information about the foreign property of Russian officials.

Dmitry Gudkov said that he paid for trip himself and provided copies of payment documents as evidence.

Dmitry Gudkov was married to Gudkov for almost 10 years and she brings up the children of the politician - Anastasia and Ivan.

Dmitry Gudkov argued that Sophia made this decision in order not to work on the program, which compromises him and other opposition politicians.

Gudkov's common-law wife stood there with a placard: "The wives of military men demand that the state fulfill its obligations to provide housing", while Dmitry Gudkov has never served in the army and received the rank of a reserve officer at the military department at the university.

Dmitry Gudkov reported that at least twice a week he goes to the gym and likes to play the guitar.