Konstantin Babkin
Konstantin Anatolyevich Babkin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Russian businessman and politician. He is the chairman of the Federal Council of the political party Party of Action, which supports the Vladimir Putin regime in Russia. He supported Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. After Russia's annexation of Crimea, Babkin said to a crowd at a rally, "We should not stop at Crimea!" He is the president of CJSC Novoe Sodruzhestvo and the president Rosspetsmash association. Member of the board of directors of Rostselmash, and formerly Buhler Industries. chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce  and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy. Early life and education. Babkin was born in 1971 in Miass (Chelyabinsk region; USSR) in the family of engineers of the State Rocket Center. In 1994, graduated from the department of molecular and chemical physics of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Career. In 1992, Babkin became the co-founder of the Joint-Stock Company Industrial Association Commonwealth. Since 2005 he has been the president of the CJSC Production Association Novoe Sodruzhestvo. The company includes 20 enterprises located in Rostov region, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada  and the United States. Key assets of the holding are Rostselmash, and Buhler Industries (Farm King, Versatile). The annual turnover is more than 1 billion dollars. The main shareholders of Novoe Sodruzhestvo are its three founders and managing directors: Babkin, Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov. In conjunction with Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov withdrew (1998) and Rostselmash (2000) plants from the crisis of the 1990-s. In November 2004, Babkin was elected the president of Rosspetsmash association, renamed in 2017 in Rosspetsmash. He is the member of the Bureau of the Central Council of Russian Engineering Union. On 8 October  2006, he was elected the deputy of Novgorod Regional Duma of the fourth convocation in the Free Russia party list, which he headed (11.03%). He is a member of deputy group Veche, and a member of the budget, finance and economy committee. On 3 September 2010, Babkin initiated the creation of the organizing committee of all-Russian political party Party of Action. On 14 October 2010, at the constituent congress, he was elected the chairman of the Federal Political Party Council. chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and  Competitiveness of the Russian Economy. One of the organizers and a co-chairman of the Moscow Economic Forum. On 2 March 2022, Buhler Industries announced that Babkin had resigned as chairman and from the board of directors of the company. Monograph. Author of the book Sound Industrial Policy, or How can we manage to overcome the crisis? /"Razumnaya promyshlennaya politika, ili Kak nam vyyti iz krizisa"/ (Moscow: 2008. — ), which has survived several editions and was translated into English (2012). Personal life. Married. With five children: three sons and two daughters