Vladislav Reznik

In 1999 Reznik was elected to the State Duma as a member of the Unity political party. He is a member of the United Russia since its formation by a merger of Unity and the Fatherland – All Russia. In 2001 he became the deputy chairman of the United Russia party. He was responsible for the economical program of the party.

In 2003 Reznik was re-elected to the State Duma.^[1] In Duma Reznik became the Chairman of the Committee on Finances. He was the main author of the 2006 law On preventing laundering of the income from criminal activities and financing of terrorism establishing stricter control over bank operations.^[5]

In 2008 a case was filed by Spanish Interpol against a group of Russians, which included a civil servant Vladislav Reznik. The investigation had lasted almost 11 years, the suspects were accused of “money laundering”.^[6][7] The Investigation Department of the MOI refused to institute criminal proceedings because the financial documents presented by the accused were clean, and the transaction that prompted the filing of the case was completely legal.

On February 19, 2018, a trial took place in a Spanish court, where Reznik was acquitted of all charges.^[8][9][10]

In October 2018, the National Court of Spain dropped the charges against all the Russians, involved in the case, including the deputy of the State Duma, Chairman of the Committee on Finances Vladislav Reznik.^[11] The acquittal was based on the fact that the evidence presented by the investigators did not confirm the accusations thus making them unfounded. Tax returns and other documents, which were presented to the court by Vladislav Reznik's defense, confirmed that all of the politician's income was completely legal and transparent.^[12]

In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on Reznik and 23 other Russian nationals.^[9][10] On 11 March 2022 the United Kingdom sanctioned Reznik in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine.^[13] He has also been sanctioned by Canada, the European Union, Monaco, Switzerland, Australia and Japan.^[14]

Reznik's wife is Diana Gindin. She graduated from New York University, received an MBA from Columbia University, and worked at banks Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley.^[15]