Igor Putin

Igor Alexandrovich Putin (Russian: Игорь Александрович Путин; born 30 March 1953 in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and politician, former Vice President of Master Bank. He is a cousin of former Russian Prime Minister and current Russian President Vladimir Putin

Igor Putin was born in Leningrad to the family of a Soviet military officer Alexander Putin, a younger brother of Vladimir Putin Senior, father of the Russian Prime Minister. Soon the family moved to Kovrov and then to Ryazan, where Alexander Putin served as an instructor in Ryazan Military Higher School (Ryazanskoye Vysheye Komandnoye Avtombilnoye Uchilische).

Igor Putin graduated from Ryazan Military Higher School in 1974. In 1974–1998 Igor Putin served in the Soviet Army and then in Russian Army. In 1998 he retired from the military and moved to Ryazan. In 1998–2000 he worked in Ryazan Oblast Statistics Committee. In 2000–2005 he worked as the Chairman of the Ryazan Licensing Chamber. In 2002 he became the Chairman of Ryazan Coordination Committee of the United Russia party. During those years Igor Putin also obtained degrees from the Volgo-Vyatskaya Academy of State Service (2000) and from Moscow Institute of Economics, Management, and Law (2003)