Pavel Borodin
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Pavel Pavlovich Borodin (born 25 October 1946 ) is a Russia
Russia
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n official and politician.

Born in the town of Shakhunya
Shakhunya
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, near the city of Nizhny (Formerly known as Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod
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 during Soviet times) in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Shortly after his birth the family moved to the city of Kyzyl
Kyzyl
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 in the Tuva Region, which is situated in the far south of Siberia.

From 1993–2000 he was Head of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation .

Since 2000 he has been the State Secretary of the Union of Russia and Belarus
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.

In 2001 he was arrested in New-York for money-laundering. Later he was released on bond of five million Swiss franc
Swiss franc
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s. In 2002 his case was closed and the bond was returned while further details are not disclosed.

Honours and awards

  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland
    Order of Merit for the Fatherland
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    , 2nd class (3 October 1996) - for outstanding services to the state and many years of diligent work
  • Order of Francisc Skarina (Belarus)
  • Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus) (11 December 2006) - for his great personal contribution to the development of comprehensive cooperation between Belarus and the Russian Federation, strengthening the Belarusian-Russian friendship
  • Order of Merit (Moldova) (18 October 2001)
  • Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (23 October 2006) - for services to the state and the contribution to the development and strengthening of Russian-Belarusian relations

External links

  • Yeltsin linked to bribe scandal, BBC News
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    , September 8, 1999.
  • Arrest warrant for Yeltsin aide, BBC News
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    , January 27, 2000.
  • Former Yeltsin aide arrested, BBC News
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    , January 18, 2001.
  • Yeltsin aide held in US jail, BBC News
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    , January 19, 2001.
  • Former Yeltsin aide denied bail, BBC News
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    , January 26, 2001.
  • Swiss want Yeltsin aide extradited, BBC News
    BBC News
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    , February 5, 2001.
  • Former Kremlin aide freed on bail, BBC News
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    , April 12, 2001.
  • Kremlin aide flies home on bail, BBC News
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    , April 13, 2001.
  • The Kremlin's Keeper, the World at His Fingertips, Is Under a Cloud by Michael Wines, The New York Times
    The New York Times
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    , September 16, 1999 (subscription required, full text freely available at http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/3503.html).
  • Yeltsin Linked to Bribe Scheme by Sharon LaFraniere, The Washington Post
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    , September 8, 1999.
  • Biography (in Russian)
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