Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov

Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov

Andrey Vladimirovich Bogdanov (Russian Андре́й Влади́мирович Богда́нов) (born 1970 in Moscow) is a Russian politician. He is the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia. As a candidate for the 2008 presidential election, he received 968,344 votes or 1.30% of the Russian electorate.

Bogdanov began his political career in 1990, when he joined the Democratic Party of Russia. He ascended to the leadership of the party in 2005, after he was elected at the 19th party congress. [cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/29/content_7692142.htm| title=Profile: Russian presidential candidate Andrei Bogdanov|publisher=Xinhua|date=2008-02-29|accessdate = 2008-02-29 ]

Russian president Putin described Bogdanov as "an ambitious young man with progressive views". During his presidential campaign, in 2008, he showed support for Russian integration with Europe and for less state involvement in the economy. [cite news|publisher=Moscow Times|title=Bogdanov Campaigns With Grandmother|url=http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/02/26/003.html| author=Nabi Abdullaev | date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-02-29] Regarding his candidacy, the British newspaper Times Online put forward suspicions that Bogdanov could be a puppet candidate used by the government to make the elections look legitimate. [cite news|title=Q&A: Russia's presidential election|publisher=Times Online| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3460483.ece| author=Tony Halpin|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-02-29|quote= many suspect that the Kremlin has put him on the ballot to ensure that there were at least two candidates, in compliance with Russian law] He dismissed these claims as "fantasy".Fact|date=May 2008

References

External links

* [http://bonych.livejournal.com/ Bogdanov's LiveJournal blog] ru icon


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bogdanov — (Богданов), or Bogdanova (Богданова; feminine) is a common Russian surname and may refer to:*Alexander Bogdanov (1873 1928), Russian physician, philosopher, economist, writer, revolutionary, and author of Red Star *Alexander Bogdanov (1951 1984) …   Wikipedia

  • Vladimirovich — may refer to:People with the given name Vladimirovich:* Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kalenko (1886 1918), Russian Romantic writer and poet * Alexander Vladimirovich Fadeyev (born 1964), Russian figure skater * Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov (born… …   Wikipedia

  • Andrei Bogdanov — may refer to: * Andrei Ivanovich Bogdanov was one of the first Russian bibliographers and ethnographers * Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov, leader of Democratic Party of Russia …   Wikipedia

  • Democratic Party of Russia — Leader Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov Founded 1990 Dissolved 2008 Ideology Populism …   Wikipedia

  • List of Russians — This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today. For a long time Russia has been a multinational country, and many people of different ethnicity contributed to its culture, to its glory, and to its… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Russian language novelists — Russian Writers by Sergei Levitsky, 1856. This is a list of authors who have written works of fiction in the Russian language. The list encompasses novelists and writers of short fiction. For the plain text list, see Category:Russian novelists.… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history …   Wikipedia

  • Lysenkoism — Lysenko speaking at the Kremlin in 1935. Behind him are (left to right) Stanislav Kosior, Anastas Mikoyan, Andrei Andreev and Joseph Stalin. Lysenkoism, or Lysenko Michurinism, also denotes the biological inheritance principle which Trofim… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Russian biologists — Biologists Aleksandr Oparin (right) and Andrei Kursanov (left) in the enzymology laboratory, 1938 This list of Russian biologists includes the famous biologists from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire and other p …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”