1. Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin is a Russian politician and businessman.
16 Facts About Pavel Grudinin
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Pavel Grudinin served as a Municipal Deputy of the city settlement Vidnoye from 1997 to 2011 and Chairman of the Council of Deputies from 2017 to 2019.
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Pavel Grudinin's father was born in the Gryazovetsky District and grew up in Vologda.
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Pavel Grudinin belongs to Russian Orthodoxy, but criticizes current ROC for "interference in temporal affairs".
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On 9 October 2017, Pavel Grudinin was elected Speaker of the Council of Deputies.
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On 24 July 2021, the CEC barred Pavel Grudinin from running for the State Duma in the 2021 Russian legislative election, accusing him of owning shares in a company registered in the country of Belize, where the electoral law formally forbids parliamentary candidates from owning offshore assets.
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On 23 December 2017, at the XVII Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Pavel Grudinin was nominated as presidential candidate.
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Pavel Grudinin's nomination was criticized by many left-wing politicians, in particular, Sergey Mironov, Maxim Suraykin, Boris Kagarlitsky and others.
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The main reasons for criticism is that Grudinin is a businessman, that he is representative of the "bourgeois class" which Communism is ideologically opposed to, and that Pavel Grudinin previously was a member of United Russia party.
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On 14 November 2019, Pavel Grudinin announced that he intends to run for president again in 2024.
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In case of victory, Pavel Grudinin promised to dissolve the State Duma, hold snap elections and nationalize the proceeds obtained illegally.
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Pavel Grudinin said that he would seek the nomination of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, while if the party nominates another candidate, Pavel Grudinin would be ready to support him.
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On 16 July 2018, Pavel Grudinin divorced his wife Irina through the court.
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The reason for the divorce was adultery of Pavel Grudinin, long concealed from his wife's relationship on the side and kept a second family.
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Pavel Grudinin was awarded the medal In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow, Thanks to the President of the Russian Federation, an honorary diploma of the State Duma.
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Pavel Grudinin has the title of Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.