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Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman, in Russian

Russian language

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: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12, 1957 in Leningrad

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation. Leonid Reiman has been numerously rated most influential person in Russian telecom business with personal wealth over $1 bln., according to Finance magazine.

Career

In 1979, Leonid Reiman graduated from the M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Institute of Communications Technology (now SPbGUT - Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications and IT).
1979-1983, engineer and then section chief at the Leningrad city international telephone station.
1983-1985, Leonid Reiman did a tour of compulsory military service.
1985-1999, Reiman occupied leading positions in the Leningrad City Telephone Network (LGTS) / in 1993 renamed to St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (PTS);
1988-1999, Deputy Chief of the LGTS/PTS for development; LGTS/PTS Chief Engineer, Director for International Relations, Director for Investitions and International Relations, First Deputy Director-General of Open JSC PTS.
In 1992 Reiman entered the Board of Directors of Peterstar
Peterstar
PeterStar is a Competitive local exchange carrier in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1992 as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersburg. In 1992 - 1995 the company was headed by Anatoly Afanasyev. Initially St. Petersburg City Telephone Network had 45% stake in...

, first non-state owned cell phone operator in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

founded in 1992.
In 1994 he joined the Board of Directors of the JSC Telecominvest.
As of June 1999, he was a member of the Boards of directors of the JSC Delta Telecom, JSC Neva Line, JSC Peterstar
Peterstar
PeterStar is a Competitive local exchange carrier in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1992 as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersburg. In 1992 - 1995 the company was headed by Anatoly Afanasyev. Initially St. Petersburg City Telephone Network had 45% stake in...

, Stankinbank, JSC St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, editorial JSC St. Petersburg Directories, JSC Interregional Transit Telecom, JSC North-West GSM
MegaFon
MegaFon ,previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator in Russia. It works in the GSM and UMTS standard. Its main competitors are Bee Line GSM and Mobile TeleSystems ....

, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JSC St. Petersburg International and TransTelecom and a member of the supervisory board of the JSC St. Petersburg Intercity International Telephone. http://www.anticompromat.ru/reiman/reimbio.html
From July 1999, state secretary, first deputy chairman of the State Committee for Telecommunications (Gostelecom).
From August 1999, Gostelecom chairman.
November 1999 - April 2004, Minister of Information and Communications of the Russian Federation.
Since June 26, 2000, and up to 2010 Leonid Reiman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Open JSC Svyazinvest
Svyazinvest
OJSC Svyazinvest is Russia's largest telecommunications holding company founded according to the decree No 1297 of Russia's government on November 25, 1994, as a 100% state-owned company and registered on September 18, 1995....

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March - May 2004, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation.
Leonid Reiman was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2004, where he served until May 12, 2008
May 2008 - August 2010 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Secretary for Presidential Council of Information Society Development
March 2011 - President of the supervisory board of Mandriva
Mandriva
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http://www.mandriva.com/g/docs/ag/ag-03-2011/2011-03-18_EN.pdf

Founder of RIO-Center, now Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR

INSOR

INSOR , known until March 2008 as RIO Center , in a Moscow-based nonprofit think tank affiliated with current president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, who, as of July 31, 2008, heads INSOR's board of trustees. It is the only non-government organization where Medvedev retained formal influence after...

), Russian liberal think tank chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...

Controversy

On July 25, 2000, Leonid Reiman issued the order No 130 "Concerning the introduction of technical means ensuring investigative activity (SORM

SORM

SORM is a technical system for search and surveillance in the internet...

) in phone, mobile, wireless communication and radio paging networks" stating that the FSB was no longer required to provide telecommunications and Internet companies documentation on targets of interest prior to accessing information. (http://www.lenta.ru/internet/2000/08/21/sorm/, full text of the order in Russian: http://www.libertarium.ru/libertarium/37988)

In 2004 the British businessman Anthony Georgiou claimed in a court affidavit

Affidavit

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lodged in a British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...

court that in 1992 Reiman had received a bribe of about a million US dollars from him. http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=15415 http://ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samfund/article242314.ece

Leonid Reiman rumored to control numerous key Russian telecom companies, which include Megafon

MegaFon

MegaFon ,previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator in Russia. It works in the GSM and UMTS standard. Its main competitors are Bee Line GSM and Mobile TeleSystems ....

(3rd largest Russian cell operator), Sinterra, as well as numerous IT companies. Had long corporate conflict with Alfa-Group of Michael Fridman for control over Megafon

MegaFon

; Alfa-Group tried to prove conflict of interest in international courts, accusing Reiman's affiliation with IPOC investment fund, but failed. After leaving position of Minister of IT and Telecommunications in 2008, Reiman rumored to exit all his previous businesses.

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