Konstantin Anatolyevich Babkin (Russian: Константи́н Анато́льевич Ба́бкин; born 13 February 1971) is a Russian businessman and politician. He is the chairman of the federal council of the political party Party of Business, which supports Vladimir Putin in Russia.[1]
He supported Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[2] After Russia's annexation of Crimea, Babkin said to a crowd at a rally, "We should not stop at Crimea!"[1]
He is the president of CJSC Novoe Sodruzhestvo and the president Rosspetsmash association. Member of the board of directors of Rostselmash, Empils[3] and formerly Buhler Industries.[4][5][6] chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[7]
On the brink of failure in the 1990s, these days Rostselmash has been enjoying a revival. ... Rostselmash now sells to more than 35 countries and opened its first office in (Germany) last year. When Vladimir Putin gathered his advisers for a meeting on the development of regional industry earlier this year, they met at Rostselmash.
In November 2004 Babkin was elected the president of Rosspetsmash association,[19] renamed in 2017 in Rosspetsmash. He is the member of the Bureau of the Central Council of Russian Engineering Union.[20]
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.[21]
On 3 September 2010 Babkin initiated the creation of the organizing committee of all-Russian political party Party of Business. On 14 October 2010 at the constituent congress, he was elected the chairman of the Federal Political Party Council.[22]
chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[7]
On 2 March 2022 Buhler Industries announced that Babkin had resigned as chairman and from the board of directors of the company.[24][25]
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. — ISBN978-5-9901585-1-1), which has survived several editions[26][27] and was translated into English (2012).
Articles
Babkin K. A. In the interests of modernization of agricultural production // Agricultural Economics of Russia. – 2007. – No. 6. – P. 26—27.
Babkin K. A., etc.V. V. Putin has held a meeting in Rostov-on-Don with the administration of Rostselmash. The shorthand report of the beginning of the meeting. On July, 6th 2009.
Personal life
Married. With five children: three sons and two daughters[8]
Awards
2014 was named as the Man of the Year by the Business Quarter magazine, Rostov-on-Don.[28]
2014 was awarded the title of Honored Machine Builder by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.[29]