Aleksandr 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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