1. Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chichvarkin is a Russian entrepreneur who founded the largest Russian mobile phone retailer, Euroset.
13 Facts About Evgeny Chichvarkin
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Evgeny Chichvarkin has received a number of public awards including 2004 Person of the Year in the Head of Retail Business category.
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In 2007, at the Grand Prix of the "Person of the Year 2006" Chichvarkin was awarded the Order of Glory of the Fatherland.
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Evgeny Chichvarkin was a member of the Right Cause political party and was expected to become chairman of its Moscow section.
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Evgeny Chichvarkin was born in Leningrad in 1974, from mother Lyudmila of Russian Tatar descent and father Aleksandr from Moscow, his great-great-grandfather was Moksha.
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Evgeny Chichvarkin's father was a pilot and his mother was an economist working for the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade; during his childhood, the family moved to Moscow.
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From 1991 to 1996 Evgeny Chichvarkin studied at the State University of Management, as well as earning money trading on Moscow flea markets.
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Evgeny Chichvarkin opened 100 more outlets in 2002,117 more outlets in 2003,800 more outlets in 2004,1934 more outlets in 2005, etc.
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On 21 September 2008, Evgeny Chichvarkin sold Euroset to Alexander Mamut, the owner of investment company ANN and internet portal "Live Journal".
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In November 2008 Evgeny Chichvarkin joined Right Cause, a Russian liberal democratic political party founded on 16 November 2008 as a merger of the Union of Right Forces, Civilian Power and the Democratic Party of Russia.
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In March 2006 a large consignment of Motorola mobile phones shipped for Evgeny Chichvarkin was seized on the pretext that their emissions of microwave radiation exceeded the levels permitted by Russian health regulations.
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In January 2009 Evgeny Chichvarkin moved to the United Kingdom and on 23 January 2009 on Russian federal search list in connection with the Vlaskin case.
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The prosecution's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected on 20 January 2011 and Evgeny Chichvarkin's indictment was withdrawn a few days later.