Izmestiev Igor Vladimirovich
Biography:
Igor Izmestiev was born on January 28, 1966 in Salavat. He is a graduate of Ufa Aviation Institute.
In 1988-1990 he served in the Soviet Army.
In 1990-1991 he was electrical engineer of Bashneft JSC, electronics engineer in Vostok-Service and the commercial director of the Ufa trading house.
In 1991-1993 he was deputy head of Foreign Economic Relations department at Novo-Ufa oil refinery.
In 1993-2000 he worked in senior positions in Moscow joined stock companies, in particular, as head of Corus Holding JSC.
From September 2000 he was chairman of the board of directors of shipping company Volga Shipping Company (Volga-Flot JSC, Nizhny Novgorod). At the same time in 2000 he was assistant to the chairman of the State Council of Bashkortostan Republic.
In 2001 he was appointed representative in the Council of Federation.
In April 2003 he was confirmed as a representative of the Council of Federation by the new composition of the State Council of Kurulta, Bashkortostan Republic.
On November 30, 2006 at a State Council of Bashkortostan meeting deputies decided to terminate the term of Igor Izmestiev as the Council of Federation representative of the Bashkir parliament.
On January 16, 2007 Izmestiev was arrested by National Security Service of Kyrgyzstan and handed over to their counterparts from the Russian FSB.
On January 18, 2007 Basmanny Court of Moscow sanctioned the arrest of Izmestiev.
On December 28, 2010 Moscow City Court sentenced Izmestiev to life imprisonment.