Aleksandr Torshin
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Aleksandr Torshin | |
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Александр Торшин | |
Mari El Republic | |
In office 26 January 2001 – 20 January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Svetlana Solntseva |
Acting Chairman of the Federation Council | |
In office 19 May 2011 – 21 September 2011 | |
Preceded by | Sergey Mironov |
Succeeded by | Valentina Matviyenko |
Personal details | |
Born | Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin November 27, 1953 Mitoga, Kamchatka Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Children | 2 daughters |
Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin (
Allegations have been made about his involvement with the Taganskaya Gang.[6][7][a] Torshin denied the allegations.[10]
Biography
He graduated from the All-Union Legal Correspondence Institute with a degree in law in 1978.[11] From 1990 to 1991 he was an employee of the department for relations with socio-political organizations of the apparatus of the CPSU Central Committee.[11]
From 1995 to 1998 he was the State Secretary of the
In 1998, he assumed the authority of a representative of the government of the Russian Federation in the State Duma in the rank of deputy head of the government apparatus.[11]
From 1999 to 2001, he worked as Deputy General Director – State Secretary of the State Corporation "Agency for Restructuring Credit Organizations".[11]
In January 2001, Alexander Torshin becomes a member of the Federation Council from the government of the Russian Republic of Mari El.[11]
In January 2002, he was appointed deputy chairman of the
In August 2004, he joined the ranks of the party "United Russia".[11]
In September 2008, Torshin became the first deputy chairman of the
From May 18 to September 21, 2011, served as chairman of the Federation Council. He served in the
There have also been accusations made that he is a leading figure within the Russian mafia.[7]
Republican Dana Rohrabacher called Torshin "sort of the conservatives' favorite Russian".[13]
Torshin is closely associated with Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Kalashnikov (
Career
Some time between 1995 and 1998, Torshin was State Secretary of the
Allegations in Spain
In 2016, a Spanish investigation connected Torshin with Alexander Romanov, the leader of the Taganskaya Gang, who had been arrested in Spain and sentenced to four years in prison in May 2016 for illegal transactions. Torshin was allegedly involved in money laundering for the gang.[18] According to Spanish police, he gave instructions to members of the Gang on laundering, through banks and real estate in Spain. They concluded that in the structure of the organized criminal group, Torshin "stood higher" than Romanov. As a result of wiretapping, which took place several months before the arrest of Romanov, Spanish intelligence agencies concluded that Romanov was following financial orders from Torshin, and that Torshin himself could be the manager of the assets of the gang.[18] Romanov's properties in Spain, 80% of which Spanish police believe belong to Torshin, have been confiscated.[19]
Spanish police had planned to arrest Torshin in 2013 when he arrived in Mallorca for a friend's birthday party, but he did not arrive. Spanish police speculated he might have been tipped off by Russian authorities.[6]
In 2018, wiretappings from the Spanish police were handed over to the FBI. When asked if this had any relationship with politics in the US, José Grinda, a Spanish prosecutor, replied "Mr. Trump's son should be concerned."[20][21]
Involvement in U.S. politics
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Between 2011 and 2018, Torshin and his assistant (sometimes described as his associate or representative)
Torshin has been a subject of an investigation by the
The New York Times reported on July 17, 2018 that Torshin was scheduled to visit the White House in 2017, but the meeting was canceled after a national security aide noted Torshin was under investigation by Spanish authorities for money laundering.[35]
See also
Notes
- paratroopers, former special forces (OMON, SOBR, Spetsnaz, etc.) and marines, to form the Yevgeny Prigozhin associated Wagner Group (aka the "orchestra").[15][16][17]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Аппарата Правительства Российской Федерации". Decree No. 123 of 25 January 1999 (in Russian). President of Russia.
- ^ Xinhua. Archived from the originalon 24 September 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Russian Accused of Infiltrating NRA on Mission From Kremlin". Bloomberg News. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b Sampathkumar, Mythili (3 April 2017). "Donald Trump 'almost met with Russian gangster linked to Putin'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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Stone, Peter; Gordon, Greg (18 January 2018). "FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump". McClatchyDC. Archivedfrom the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
It's unclear how long the Torshin inquiry has been ongoing, but the news comes as Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller's sweeping investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including whether the Kremlin colluded with Trump's campaign, has been heating up.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
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- Daily Beast. Archived from the originalon 29 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Glum, Julia (18 November 2017). "Who Is Alexander Torshin? Russian Banker Linked With Putin Talked With Donald Trump Jr. at 2016 Dinner". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 December 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2023.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "«Славянский корпус» возвращается в Сирию: Набор добровольцев, желающих рискнуть головой за Башара Асада, открыт в России. «Фонтанка» узнала, как попасть на войну, сколько стоит жизнь солдата удачи и при чем здесь известный германский мистик-антисемит" ["Slavic Corps" returns to Syria: The recruitment of volunteers willing to risk their lives for Bashar al-Assad is open in Russia. Fontanka found out how to get to war, how much the life of a soldier of fortune costs, and what the famous German anti-Semitic mystic has to do with it.]. Фонтанка.ру (fontanka.ru) (in Russian). 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Яппарова, Лилия (Yapparova, Liliya) (12 July 2022). "Грубо говоря, мы начали войну Как отправка ЧВК Вагнера на фронт помогла Пригожину наладить отношения с Путиным — и что такое «собянинский полк». Расследование «Медузы» о наемниках на войне в Украине" [Roughly speaking, we started a war. How sending the Wagner PMC to the front helped Prigozhin improve relations with Putin - and what the "Sobyanin regiment" is. Meduza's investigation into mercenaries in the war in Ukraine]. Meduza (meduza.io) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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- ^ "Spain reaccuses Central Bank Deputy Chairman Torshin of money laundering and criminal connections". Crime Russia website. 3 April 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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Colin Kalmbacher (18 July 2018). "Reminder: Prosecutor Said 'Trump's Son Should be Concerned' About Wiretaps of Butina's Alleged Handler". Law and Crime. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has received wiretaps obtained by Spanish police which implicate Donald Trump Jr. in a plot to meet with Alexander Torshin, a high-ranking official of Russia's Central Bank, according to a federal prosecutor in Spain. And, the prosecutor notes, those wiretaps don't bode well for the president's son.
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- ^ Stedman, Scott (20 February 2018). "In 2011 handwritten letter, NRA President offered help to Alexander Torshin for his "endeavors"". Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ a b Sheth, Sonam (7 April 2018). "The 3 biggest names on the latest Russia sanctions list have all popped up in the investigation surrounding Trump". Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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- ^ "Preliminary Findings About Trump Campaign's Effort to Obtain Incriminating Information on Secretary Clinton from Russia at Trump Tower Meeting" (PDF). senate.gov. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Miller, Justin (16 May 2018). "Kremlin Used NRA to Help Trump in 2016, Senate Report Says". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via www.thedailybeast.com.
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- ^ Lafraniere, Sharon; Rosenberg, Matthew; Goldman, Adam (18 July 2018). "Maria Butina Loved Guns, Trump and Russia. It Was a Cover, Prosecutors Say". New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2018.