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Dmitry Gennadyevich Gudkov (Russian: Дмитрий Геннадьевич Гудков; born 19 January 1980) is a Russian politician and opposition leader. He was elected as a member of the State Duma in 2011–2016. His father, Gennady Gudkov, was also a Duma deputy in 2001–2012. Both father and son were members of the party A Just Russia. Gudkov was expelled from the party on 13 March 2013 after it accused him of "calling on the American authorities to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs". While Gudkov ran as candidate of Yabloko party and worked with the non-systemic opposition, he lost in the 18 September 2016 election for the Russian Parliament. In 2018, he and Ksenia Sobchak decided to align together, which lead to the creation of an opposition political party which is called the Party of Changes.Education
Dmitry Gudkov was born on 19 January 1980 in the city of Kolomna, Moscow region in the family of Maria Gudkova and Gennady Gudkov. When his son was born, Gennady Gudkov worked in the Komsomol; in 1981–1992 he served in the KGB, retired in the rank of major, and in the same year he founded the private security company "Oskord", which became a major player at this market by the end of the 1990s.In 1996, Dmitry Gudkov graduated from the Moscow school #625 with in-depth study of physics and mathematics and entered the journalism faculty of Moscow State University. In his student years he worked in several publications: he was the editor-in-chief of "Security" - a trade magazine about protection, and also worked in the department of public relations of his father's company. Gudkov made his first steps in politics in 1998–1999, becoming a member of the electoral headquarters of his father in the elections to the 3rd State Duma from Kolomna single-mandate district #106. After graduating from the journalism faculty in 2001, Gudkov went on to do his postgraduate studies, and received a second higher education at the Faculty of World Economy of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Detention and emigration
On 1 June 2021 Dmitry Gudkov was sent to police custody on the charges of "causing property damage by deception or breach of trust" of city of Moscow. According to Gudkov's lawyer Alexander Aldayev the case is caused by bankruptcy of a firm owned by Gudkov's relatives that caused an unpaid debts for renting a basement in 2015. According to Aldeyev Gudkov had learnt about the debt only on the day of his arrest. On the same day more than 140 police officers searched Gudkov's office, his apartment, his country house, his sister-in-law's apartment as well as the apartment of his chief of staff Vitaly Vendiktov. Together with Gudkov his aunt Irina Ermilova and the former chairman of Open Russia movement Andrey Pivovarov. On 3 June 2021 Gudkov was released from his prison and on 6 June 2021 he left Russia for Ukraine. In his Facebook post Gudkov explained that he received credible threats from the Presidential Administration of Russia that "otherwise the fake criminal case will continue until his arrest". The following day Gudkov stated on Ukrainian television that he soon would join his parents in Bulgaria. Gudkov's father, and fellow opposition leader, Gennady Gudkov relocated to Varna in 2019 in what he claimed to be "a precautionary measure."Dmitry Gudkov opposes the war in Ukraine and believes that Russia must lose. In February 2023, the Russian government placed Gudkov in its list of "foreign agents".Family, private life
Mother — Maria Petrovna Gudkova (born 1956), a chairman of the board of directors of the security structures association "Oskord".
Father — Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov (born 15 August 1956, Kolomna, Moscow region) - a Russian politician and entrepreneur.
Younger brother — Vladimir Gudkov, general director of the debt collection agency "Central Debt Agency".
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