Sergei Pugachev is a doctor of technical sciences and a member of the International Engineering Academy as well as the author of three monographs and 40 research papers.
66 Facts About Sergei Pugachev
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Sergei Pugachev has major real estate development projects in the United States, France, Luxembourg, Russia and the United Kingdom.
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At the start of the 2000s, Pugachev gained a reputation in the Russian mass media for allegedly having introduced Russia's new president Vladimir Putin to the governor of the Sretensky Monastery in central Moscow, Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov, with whom Pugachev had been in close relationship as a major sponsor of the monastery.
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Sergei Pugachev's father, Viktor Fyodorovich Pugachev, was a student in the first class of the Kiev Suvorov Military School.
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Sergei Pugachev was awarded Commander of the order of Red Star and held command positions in airborne troops.
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Sergei Pugachev was the first commander of 21st Paratrooper brigade.
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Sergei Pugachev retired as Deputy Chief of the department of general tactics and operational art of the Military Academy.
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Sergei Pugachev was awarded Cavalier of the order of the Red banner.
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Sergei Pugachev later held positions of command in the Red Army.
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Sergei Pugachev was Commissar of 60 guards 20 guards in the rifle division.
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Sergei Pugachev claimed to have defended 2 dissertations, including "Methods and investment policy of the management model of the bank" at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Sergei Pugachev wrote three monographs and authored more than forty research papers.
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Sergei Pugachev is a member of the Russian Academy of Engineering and engaged in "active work on the connection between science and production".
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Sergei Pugachev served his sentence at the construction sites of the Yaroslavl region.
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Between 1983 and 1991, Sergei Pugachev did not work in the Krasnogvardeysky branch of Stroibank of the USSR, as stated in his employment record book, since at the time he was imprisoned in Kresty Prison.
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Sergei Pugachev borrowed 5500 roubles from his colleague Egorov, promising to buy a new car.
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In 1991, Sergei Pugachev established one of the first cooperative banks in the USSR, the Northern Commercial Bank.
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On 2 March 2015, Mr Justice Peter Smith prohibited Sergei Pugachev from travelling outside England and Wales and ordered his passports and travel documents transferred to the firm Hogan Lovells.
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Sergei Pugachev was repeatedly targeted by attacks, both in Russia and abroad.
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Sergei Pugachev then switched to French legal firm Lazareff Le Bars.
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On 11 October 2017, the London High Court ruled that Sergei Pugachev's trusts are "shams".
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Sergei Pugachev was a source for Catherine Belton's 2020 book Putin's People.
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At the start of the 1990s, Sergei Pugachev became an adviser to Russian leaders.
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Sergei Pugachev was acquainted with Viktor Chernomyrdin, Oleg Soskovets, Alexander Korzhakov, Andrey Vavilov, Valentin Yumashev, Alexander Livshits and Viktor Gerashchenko.
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Sergei Pugachev became a member of the inner circle of Boris Yeltsin, and was one of the leaders of his campaign staff in 1996.
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The character based on Sergei Pugachev was played by Gregory Hlady.
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In 1995, a scandal broke out concerning the IIB established by Sergei Pugachev, which had issued Eurocards for Yeltsin and members of his family.
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Sergei Pugachev engaged a team of American political consultants and PR managers headed by George Gorton.
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Sergei Pugachev ran Yeltsin's re-election campaign during what Pugachev calls "Russia's last free election".
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Sergei Pugachev was represented as leader of a "successful" and "working" bank.
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Sergei Pugachev presented a memorandum about the recovery of the Russian banking system.
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The Financial Times claimed that Sergei Pugachev was not only a friend of Tatyana Dyachenko and her husband Valentin Yumashev, who at that time headed Yeltsin's administration, but Sergei Pugachev and his family is a close friend to Vladimir Putin and Putin's family.
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Sergei Pugachev helped Putin to climb the ladder of power, presenting him to Yeltsin.
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Sergei Pugachev became a member of the Franco-Russian government commission.
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Sergei Pugachev was the initiator of the acquisition by the Russian Federation of a licence for production of the French Mistral helicopter carrier.
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However, on 4 January 2011, under pressure from Putin, Sergei Pugachev was forced to resign as a senator, ostensibly because of his having obtained French citizenship.
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Sergei Pugachev established one of the first cooperative banks in the USSR, the Northern Commercial Bank.
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In January 2002, Sergei Pugachev resigned from IIB's board of directors.
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In 2003, it was reported that Sergei Pugachev's income was averaging more than 7 million rubles.
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Baltiyskiy Zavod was part of the Sergei Pugachev-controlled United Industrial Corporation.
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Sergei Pugachev transferred the main capacity to the Severnaya Verf site and started implementation of the largest development project in St Petersburg with development of 70 hectares in the centre of the city on Vasilevsky Island.
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Sergei Pugachev invented and began construction of the first floating nuclear power plant.
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In 2005, Sergei Pugachev entities acquired a controlling share in Baltiyskiy Zavod.
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Sergei Pugachev invested significant resources in the acquisition of additional participation in Severnaya Verf, Baltiyskiy Zavod and acquired the "Iceberg" design bureau, engaged in the design of ships for construction in shipyards.
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Sergei Pugachev made it clear that Pugachev should agree to the sale.
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Expropriation of Russian shares started in 2010, leading Sergei Pugachev to decide to sell EPC.
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Sergei Pugachev was thereby forced to stop negotiations with all foreign applicants.
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Under this deal, Sergei Pugachev received 2.4 billion US dollars and part of the profits from the company's development over the next 6 years.
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Under pressure from the government, Sergei Pugachev consented to the sale.
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In 2004, Putin asked Sergei Pugachev to provide the Ministry of Defence with 1.5 billion rubles for construction of housing for military service personnel.
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Sergei Pugachev obtained the right to ownership of the residential part on Red Square after completion of construction, and 2 hectares of land, as well as a concession for the "Kremlin" hotel management operation in the perimeter building at the same address.
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Sergei Pugachev fulfilled all the STR obligations from his own resources.
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Sergei Pugachev only learned of the court proceedings after receiving the notice of appeal.
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Sergei Pugachev started the Luxe TV channel project, broadcasting in various languages in 20 countries.
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Sergei Pugachev specialised in the design of yachts, interiors and furniture.
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Sergei Pugachev wanted to involve the Linley company in the development of the Kremlevsky hotel.
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In 2000, Sergei Pugachev organised production of one of the most expensive watches of the BLU brand, together with watches of Laderrer.
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At a meeting at the Kremlin in 2002, Putin suggested that Sergei Pugachev come up with a legislative initiative for returning the capital exported abroad.
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Claims against Sergei Pugachev occurred in 2013,2 years after the IIB proceedings had begun.
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Sergei Pugachev obtained resources to build and deliver the Subedei sport complex.
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In December 2008, Sergei Pugachev presented a unique collection of Scythian gold.
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Sergei Pugachev argued the charges were politically motivated and left Russia to live in London, where he had a house with his partner Alexandra Tolstoy and their children.
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In June 2015, despite a court order to stay in Britain, Sergei Pugachev fled the country and turned up in Nice, France.
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Sergei Pugachev has two sons from his previous marriage to Galina Arkhipova.
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Sergei Pugachev has three children with his former partner Alexandra Tolstoy.
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Sergei Pugachev is married to a French woman with whom he has a daughter.