Vladimir Yakunin

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Vladimir Yakunin
Владимир Якунин
Yakunin in 2013
President of Russian Railways
In office 15 June 2005 – 20 August 2015
Preceded by	Gennady Fadeyev
Succeeded by	Oleg Belozyorov
Personal details
Born	Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (1948-06-30) 30 June 1948 (age 76) Melenki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Profession	Doctor of Political Sciences

Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born 30 June 1948) is a Russian businessman and close Vladimir Putin confidant. He was president of Russian Railways from June 2005 to August 2015. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[1]

In March 2014, he was placed on the US State Department's list of Russian officials and businessmen sanctioned in the wake the annexation of Crimea.^[2]