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 Business, which supports Vladimir Putin in Russia.[1]

He is the president of CJSC Novoe Sodruzhestvo and the president Rosspetsmash association. Member of the board of directors of Rostselmash, Empils[2] and formerly Buhler Industries.[3][4][5] chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[6]

Early life and education

Babkin was born in 1971 in Miass (Chelyabinsk region; USSR) in the family of the State Rocket Center engineers. In 1994, graduated from the department of molecular and chemical physics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.[7][8]

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.[9] The company includes 20 enterprises located in the Rostov region, Moscow, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Canada and the United States. Key assets of the holding are Rostselmash, Empils and Buhler Industries[10][11] (Farm King,[12] Versatile[13]). 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.[14][15]

In conjunction with Dmitry Udras and Yuri Ryazanov withdrew Empils (1998) and Rostselmash (2000) plants from the crisis of the 1990-s.[16]

In November 2004, Babkin was elected the president of Rosspetsmash association,[18] renamed in 2017 in Rosspetsmash. He is the member of the Bureau of the Central Council of Russian Engineering Union.[19]

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.[20]

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.[21]

chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on Industrial Development and Competitiveness of the Russian Economy.[6]

One of the organizers and a co-chairman of the Moscow Economic Forum.[22]

On 2 March 2022, Buhler Industries announced that Babkin had resigned as chairman and from the board of directors of the company.[23][24]

Babkin supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[25] After Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, Babkin said to a crowd at a rally, "We should not stop at Crimea!".[1]

Bibliography

• Babkin K. A. Entering the Common Market, Don’t Forget Your Own // Parliamentary Newspaper. 2004. No. 96 (1398). February 12.
• Babkin K. A. In the Interests of Technical Modernization of Agricultural Production // Economy of Russia's Agriculture. 2007. No. 6.
• Babkin K. A. Russia Needs a New Course // Foresight Russia: Designing a New Industrial Policy. Collection of materials from the St. Petersburg International Economic Congress (SPEC-2015) / Edited by S. D. Bodrunov. — Moscow: Cultural Revolution. pp. 45–49. — ISBN 978-5-902764-58-8
• Konstantin Babkin. Article (with editorial commentary): “Gref Had Breakfast with Liberal Friends... What Do Their Plans Promise Us?” Co-owner of Rostselmash Shares His Observations from the St. Petersburg Economic Forum // Business Online, Tatarstan’s Business E-newspaper, 25.05.2018
• Babkin K. A. The Country of Exhausted Tractors. Why Agricultural Machinery in Russia Runs to the Limit // Forbes, 31.05.2018
• Articles by K. A. Babkin on the Citizen-Creator portal

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[7]

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]
• 2020 was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of 2nd degree.[30][31]