Zelimkhan Mutsoev
Зелимхан Муцоев
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
18 January 2000
Personal details
Born (1959-10-13) 13 October 1959
Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materVolgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Zelimkhan Mutsoev (Russian: Зелимхан Аликоевич Муцоев; born on October 13, 1959, in Tbilisi) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]

In the early 1990s, Mutsoev moved to Moscow. In 1991–1993, he was the director of the Moscow branch of the Association for Foreign Economic Relations of Small and Medium Enterprises, which was engaged in supplying of goods in the USSR. In 1998, Mutsoev engaged in business and became a co-owner of the Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant.[2] In December 1999, he was elected deputy of the 3rd State Duma. In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021 he was re-elected for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas, respectively.[1][3]

In 2008, the owners of the hotel "Rus" in Kyiv accused Mutsoev of illegally taking their property. Even though he rejected all the accusations, later the documents were revealed that proved the involvement of the Mutsoev family in the raider seizure of the Ukrainian hotel.[4]

In 2016, he took 86th place in the Forbes ranking of 200 wealthiest businessmen in Russia.[5]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Муцоев, Зелимхан Аликоевич" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  2. Ирина Телицына (2014-09-18). ""Мы сразу понимали, что никто нам наследство в руки не даст"". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  3. "Муцоев Зелимхан Аликоевич" (in Russian). Федерал Пресс. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  4. "Депутат Муцоев "засветился" в рейдерском захвате" (in Russian). Ura.ru Информационное агентство. 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  5. "Зелимхан Муцоев". Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
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