Yury Vyacheslavovich Molchanov (Russian: Юрий Вячеславович Молчанов; born July 19, 1952) is a Russian businessman and politician.
Yury Molchanov | |
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Юрий Молчанов | |
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Nationality | Russian |
Occupation(s) | Businessman and politician |
From 1987 to 1999, he was the Deputy Rector of Saint Petersburg State University (LSU). In 1990, he as vice rector for international affairs of LSU which is a post for plain clothes KGB and Vladimir Putin as Molchanov's assistant which, according to Oleg Kalugin, is a post for the KGB rezident formed a Joint Venture between Procter & Gamble (P&G) with a 99% share and LSU with a 1% share[a] allowing P&G to locate in a mansion on Universitetskaya Embankment (Russian: Университетская набережная) in the Rector's wing in the same place as the international department.[1][2][3] Of course, both Putin and Molchanov received American soap, washing detergent, and money from P&G.[1] Since 2004 he has been the Deputy Governor of Saint Petersburg.
As of 2017, he owns the Ostrov shopping and office complex on 36/40 Sredniy Prospekt Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg.[4]
He is the adoptive father of the Andrey Molchanov, the Russian billionaire who owns LSR Group, one of Russia's largest construction firms.[5][6]
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