Shumkov, Dmitry Vladimirovich

He graduated from the law faculty of Udmurt State University . In the 1990s, he worked in Udmurtia in the bodies of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. After leaving the civil service, he founded the legal company Pravokom, which, having teamed up with the company Yurakademia: Kutafin and Partners, was transformed into the Legal Group, in which Shumkov became chairman of the committee of partners. She was the first Russian law company to receive the right to support international transactions of the Government of the Russian Federation, including legal advice on: placement of government securities of the Russian Federation on the Russian and international capital markets; interactions of the Ministry of Finance of Russia with international rating agencies; provision of state export and financial loans to foreign borrowers; settlement of debt claims of the Government of the Russian Federation to foreign borrowing states; management of sovereign funds of the Russian Federation. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2006, together with academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Kutafin, he initiated the creation of centers for the provision of free legal aid for low-income citizens. As of June 1, 2015, more than 756 permanent centers were created in Russia, in which over 400,000 people received qualified legal support free of charge from 2011 to 2015.

As part of this project, Shumkov, through his Charity Fund, financed the construction and equipping of two inter-university Situational Centers for Legal Initiatives - at MV Lomonosov Moscow State University and O. Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy . The Dmitry Shumkov Charity Fund also funded the St. Petersburg State University legal clinic with modern equipment.

Since 2012, Shumkov has been Chairman of the Council of the Center for Legal Initiatives (CPI).

Shumkov was the initiator of the project of opening centers for the study of Russian law abroad. Since the early 2000s, he invested in development projects.

Dmitry Shumkov died on December 4, 2015 in Moscow ^[1] . According to preliminary findings of the investigation, death occurred as a result of suicide by hanging. The corpse was discovered by a security guard in the dressing room of a businessman’s private apartment in the Federation Tower in Moscow City , presumably 5 hours after his death resulting from asphyxiation (he was found hanging from ties ). On December 5, 2015, the IC of the Russian Federation announced a preliminary investigation in the case ^[10] .

• Udmurt State University
• Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

• 1999 - PhD thesis on "The system of public authorities of the republics - subjects of the Russian Federation"
• 2002 - doctoral dissertation on the topic “Social and legal foundations of state sovereignty of the Russian Federation” ^[11] . Scientific adviser - Dzhangir Ali-Abbasovich Kerimov , professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Legal Support of State and Municipal Service of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation ( RANEPA ), supervisor of the Institute of Energy Law of the Moscow State Law Academy named after O. E. Kutafin (Moscow State Law Academy), member of the Presidium of the Russian Bar Association ), Chairman of the Commission for Legal Regulation of Energy in the Lawyers Association of Russia ^[12] , member of the Scientific Advisory Council at the General Prosecutor's Office Russian Federation.

Author of more than 100 scientific publications, including monographs: “Fundamentals of the doctrine of law and the state” (co-authored by D. A. Kerimov), “State sovereignty of Russia - history and modernity”, “System of executive authorities and executive bodies of local self-government in the republics - subjects of the Russian Federation ”,“ Reform of the system of executive authorities of the republics - subjects of the Russian Federation ”,“ Political and legal mechanism of interaction between federal and regional executive bodies and state sovereignty of the Russian Federation ”.

In 1994-1999, Dmitry Shumkov worked in the bodies of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

In 1999, he founded the legal company Pravokom, which provided legal support for the activities of leading enterprises in the fuel and energy complex and industry.

Since 1999 - lecturer, professor at the Department of Public Administration and Legal Support of State and Municipal Service of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration ( RANEPA ).

In 2005, the legal companies Pravokom and Yurakademia: Kutafin and Partners formed the Legal Group, in which D. V. Shumkov became chairman of the committee of partners.

The Legal Group was the first Russian law company to receive the right to support international transactions of the Government of the Russian Federation, including legal advice on: placement of government securities of the Russian Federation on Russian and international capital markets; interactions of the Ministry of Finance of Russia with international rating agencies; provision of state export and financial loans to foreign borrowers; settlement of debt claims of the government of the Russian Federation to foreign borrowing states; management of sovereign funds of the Russian Federation. ^{[8] [9]}

The Legal Group was selected as the only consultant for the legal support of the transformation of the first State Corporation Russian Nanotechnology Corporation into an open joint-stock company Rusnano. ^[13] The Legal Group represented the interests of leading Russian companies - Sberbank, Gazprom, Russian Technologies Group of Companies.

In 2006, together with academician Oleg Kutafin, he initiated the creation of centers for the provision of free legal assistance for low-income citizens. As of June 1, 2015, over 756 permanent centers providing free legal aid to the population were created in Russia. The Association of Lawyers of Russia has 84 regional branches and more than 500 local branches, within which there are also centers for the provision of free legal assistance.

The Dmitry Shumkov Charity Fund also funded the St. Petersburg State University legal clinic with modern equipment.

Since 2012, Dmitry Shumkov headed the Center for Legal Initiatives (CPI). The Center was established in accordance with the Order of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 17, 2012 No. Pr-1796 on the basis of leading legal scientific and educational institutions of the Russian Federation: the Law Faculty of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov ( Moscow State University ), the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg State University ( St. Petersburg State University ), Moscow State Law University named after O. E. Kutafin (Moscow State Law University), Ural State Law Academy ( USLA ). The Center for Legal Initiatives is responsible for organizing the selection and synthesis of proposals for improving the new version of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation with a monthly report to the President of the Russian Federation on the possibility of their implementation. ^[14]

On December 3, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Dmitry Shumkov, Chairman of the Center for Legal Initiatives, and members of the Center’s Council, heads of key Russian law schools and faculties. Dmitry Shumkov presented the results of the CPI's work on collecting and summarizing proposals for the draft new version of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and informed the head of state about plans to create educational centers of Russian law abroad. Vladimir Putin praised the work done and discussed with the members of the Council the prospects of the Center. ^{[15] [16] [17] [18]}

Initiator of the project of opening centers for the study of Russian law abroad. ^{[19] [20]}

In 2012, during the presidential election campaign, Dmitry Shumkov, Chairman of the Council ^{[21] of the} Situation Center “Elections 2012”. On February 1, 2012, on the first day of the election campaign, accompanied by Dmitry Shumkov, Chairman of the Council of the Vybory-2012 Situation Center Council, the Center was visited by RF Presidential candidate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and praised the level of organization of work of the Vybory-2012 Situation Center. ^[22]

On March 6, 2012, immediately after the end of the election campaign, President-elect of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, together with Dmitry Shumkov, visited the Situation Center again and thanked the lawyers for their work. ^{[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]}

Investment Activities

Shumkov was an investor in the high-tech industry. Through the company, the Center for Interaction of Computer Networks (CVCS), he owned a blocking package in Moscow Internet eXchange ( MSK-IX ). ^[32]

Through the company “Computer Network Interaction Center” (CVCS), he owned a blocking package of the Russian market leader CDN (Content Delivery Network, content delivery services) NGENIX . ^{[33] [9]}

On September 8, 2011, Dmitry Shumkov presented the modern university management system implemented jointly with Gazprombank to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. ^{[34] [35] [36] [37]}

In September 2012, right after the end of the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Dmitry Shumkov presented to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin a set of technological equipment that the Far Eastern Federal University ( FEFU ) is equipped with. According to the President of the Russian Federation, FEFU is not inferior to the leading universities of the world in technological equipment. ^{[38] [39]}

Development Projects

Since the early 2000s, Dmitry Shumkov has invested in development projects. He was an investor in a large-scale project for the reconstruction of a number of buildings in Kitaygorodsky passage and on Varvarka street, which is an important part of the construction of the Zaryadye park. In particular, he acquired a number of buildings in Kitaygorodsky passage, directly adjacent to the Zaryadye park, being built on the site of the demolished Rossiya hotel. In 2014, the investor bought from the Moscow Government a complex of buildings at 14 Varvarka, buildings 1 and 2, also in the immediate vicinity of the future park. According to the statements of the Moscow authorities ^{[40] [41]} .

Shumkov was a co-owner of SK Olympic . ^{[42] [43]}

Other

Shumkov was a co-owner of one of the world's largest deposits of platinum Norilsk-1 ("Russian Platinum"). ^[44]

The Dmitry Shumkov Charitable Foundation provides support to legal entities and individuals in the fields of education, sports, science and culture. In 2015, all winners of the Russian Greco-Roman, freestyle and women's wrestling teams at the first European Games in Baku received cash prizes from the Dmitry Shumkov Foundation.

• The Prime Minister visited the Election 2012 Situation Center
• Начал работу ситуационный центр «Выборы 2012»
• В. В. Путин ознакомился с системой «Электронный университет», созданной на базе Дальневосточного федерального университета
• Воронов В. Галстук для юриста Шумкова // Радио «Свобода» , 29.12.2015