Aleksandr Torshin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Porfiryevich and the family name is Torshin.
Aleksandr Torshin
Александр Торшин
Torshin in 2013
Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Russia
In office
2015[1]–2018[2]
Russian Federation Senator
from the Mari El Republic
In office
26 January 2001 – 20 January 2015
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded bySvetlana Solntseva
Acting Chairman of the Federation Council
In office
19 May 2011 – 21 September 2011
Preceded bySergey Mironov
Succeeded byValentina Matviyenko
Personal details
Born
Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin

(1953-11-27) November 27, 1953 (age 70)
Mitoga, Kamchatka Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Children2 daughters

Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич То́ршин; born 27 November 1953) is a Russian politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3] He served in the Federation Council of Russia,[4] from 2001 to 2015. He was its acting Chairman for four months in 2011. As of July 2018, he is a deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia.[5] Torshin is from the Mari El Republic, and has represented it in parliament.

Allegations have been made about his involvement with the Taganskaya Gang.[6][7][a] Torshin denied the allegations.[10]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, Matthew; McIntire, Mike; Laforgia, Michael; Kramer, Andrew E.; Dias, Elizabeth (4 August 2018). "Beyond the N.R.A.: Maria Butina's Peculiar Bid for Russian Influence". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ Rudnitsky, Jake; Pismennaya, Evgenia (30 November 2018). "NRA-Linked Russia Central Banker Retires". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Аппарата Правительства Российской Федерации (Decree 123) (in Russian). President of Russia. 25 January 1999.
  4. ^ "Xinhua: China, Russia eye stronger parliamentary cooperation". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Russian Accused of Infiltrating NRA on Mission From Kremlin". Bloomberg News. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Independent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference McClatchyDC2018-01-18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Duarte, Esteban; Meyer, Henry; Pismennaya, Evgenia (9 August 2016). "Mobster or Central Banker? Spanish Cops Allege This Russian Both". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b Кириленко, Анастасия (Kirilenko, Anastasia) (20 July 2018). "Не просто Мария: как зампред ЦБ Торшин заслал помощницу в штаб Трампа и чем он занимался в Таганской ОПГ" [Not just Maria: how Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Torshin sent an assistant to Trump’s headquarters and what he did in the Taganskaya organized crime group]. The Insider (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ РИА Новости: Центробанк прокомментировал статью Bloomberg о Торшине. 13:47 09.08.2016


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