1. Vladimir Stanislavovich Milov is a Russian politician, economist and the former chairman of the Russian political party Democratic Choice from May 2012 to December 2015.
20 Facts About Vladimir Milov
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Vladimir Milov served as Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation from May to October 2002.
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Vladimir Milov was a member of the Federal Political Council of the democratic movement Solidarnost and one of the founders of the coalition "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption".
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Vladimir Milov was the president of the Institute for Energy Policy, a Moscow-based independent think tank until 2013.
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Vladimir Milov graduated from Moscow State Mining University in 1994.
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On 14 March 2000, Vladimir Milov was promoted to the civilian service rank of 2nd class State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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In December 2001, Milov was appointed adviser to the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation and in May 2002, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia in Kasyanov's government.
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In November 2002, Vladimir Milov founded and became the head of the research fund Institute for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex.
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Vladimir Milov took part in the development of Russian legislation on the electric power industry, regulation and taxation of the energy sector.
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Vladimir Milov authored numerous analytical materials, concept papers and publications on energy policy and infrastructure development in Russia.
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Vladimir Milov collaborated on state programs for reforming the country's gas industry, electric power industry, and railway transport, and proposed a reform project for Gazprom, which was rejected by Vladimir Putin.
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Vladimir Milov co-authored with the late Boris Nemtsov in 2008 a report on the Putin administration's failures, which was suppressed.
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Vladimir Milov was one of the leaders of the organization until May 2010.
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In February 2010, Vladimir Milov was elected a leader of the social movement "Democratic Choice".
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Vladimir Milov resigned on December 20,2015, after a series of internal disagreements.
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Since 2016, Vladimir Milov began actively participating in Alexei Navalny's presidential campaign.
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Vladimir Milov was mentioned as one of the co-authors of Navalny's platform that was published on December 13,2017.
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Since 19 October 2019, Vladimir Milov has been broadcasting a weekly program about international politics, Hugs With Dictators, on his YouTube channel.
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Vladimir Milov was living in political exile at least since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Vladimir Milov continues to be a podcast guest and student of Russian politics in January 2023.