Leonid Reiman

Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman (Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born 12 July 1957 in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation. Leonid Reiman has been numerously rated most influential person in Russian telecom business with personal wealth over $1 bln., according to Finance magazine.

Biography

Leonid Reiman was born on 12 July 1957 in Leningrad, his father, Dodojon Tadjiyev, is Tajik and his mother, Ekaterina Reiman, is an Estonian German.

Career
Leonid Reiman speaking at a conference
  • In 1979, Leonid Reiman graduated from the M.A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Institute of Communications Technology (now SPbGUT - Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications and IT).
  • 1979-1983, engineer and then section chief at the Leningrad city international telephone station.
  • 1983-1985, Leonid Reiman did a tour of compulsory military service.
  • 1985-1999, Reiman occupied leading positions in the Leningrad City Telephone Network (LGTS) / in 1993 renamed to St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (PTS);[1]
  • 1988-1999, Deputy Chief of the LGTS/PTS for development; LGTS/PTS Chief Engineer, Director for International Relations, Director for Investitions and International Relations, First Deputy Director-General of Open JSC PTS.
  • In 1992 Reiman entered the Board of Directors of Peterstar, first non-state owned cell phone operator in Saint Petersburg founded in 1992.
  • Early 1990s Reiman meets attorney Jeffrey Galmond who becomes an investment assistant to Reiman.[1]
  • In 1994 he joined the Board of Directors of the JSC Telecominvest.[1]
  • Lyudmila Putina represents OAO Telecominvest from 1998-1999 in Moscow after her husband the former deputy mayor of St Petersburg Vladimir Putin moved from St Petersburg to Moscow in 1997 and later became the Director of the successor to the KGB, the Federal Security Service in July 1998.[2][3][4][5]
  • As of June 1999, he was a member of the Boards of directors of the JSC Delta Telecom, JSC Neva Line, JSC Peterstar, Stankinbank, JSC St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, editorial JSC St. Petersburg Directories, JSC Interregional Transit Telecom, JSC North-West GSM, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JSC St. Petersburg International and TransTelecom and a member of the supervisory board of the JSC St. Petersburg Intercity International Telephone.[6][7]
  • From July 1999, state secretary, first deputy chairman of the State Committee for Telecommunications (Gostelecom).[8][9]
  • From August 1999, Gostelecom chairman.
  • November 1999 - April 2004, Minister of Information and Communications of the Russian Federation.
  • Since 26 June 2000, and up to 2010 Leonid Reiman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Open JSC Svyazinvest.
  • March - May 2004, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation.
  • Leonid Reiman was appointed Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation on 20 May 2004, where he served until 12 May 2008.
  • May 2008 - August 2010 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Secretary for Presidential Council of Information Society Development
  • March 2011 - Chairman of the supervisory board of Mandriva[10]

Founder of RIO-Center, now Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR), Russian liberal think tank chaired by President Dmitry Medvedev.

Controversy

On 25 July 2000, Leonid Reiman issued the order No 130 "Concerning the introduction of technical means ensuring investigative activity (SORM) in phone, mobile, wireless communication and radio paging networks" stating that the FSB was no longer required to provide telecommunications and Internet companies documentation on targets of interest prior to accessing information.[11]

During the early 2004 tax dispute in Russia by Gossvyaznadzor (Russian: Госсвязьнадзор) about VimpelCom OJSC and its wholly owned subsidiary Impulse Design Bureau OJSC, Leonid Reiman, as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, stated that it is unclear how taxes are paid by the companies but requested that the two should merge.[12][13] Megafon increased its market share in the key Moscow region while VimpelCom was held back from expanding into that region awaiting the courts to decide the tax issue.[14] Alfa Group, which has a significant share in Vimpel, was involved in a dispute over ownership of Leonid Rozhetskin's LV Finance former 25% stake in MegaFon with IPOC International Growth Fund during VimpelCom's tax issue with the Russian government.[15][16]

In 2004 the British businessman Anthony Georgiou claimed in a court affidavit lodged in a British Virgin Islands court that in 1992 Reiman had received a bribe of about a million US dollars from him.[17][18][19]

During a Bermuda government supported audit of IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd's KPMG investigation in 2005, the top official has been named in a number of legal actions as Leonid Reiman, Russia’s telecommunications minister. Mr Reiman has denied the claims.[4][20] In 2006, the beneficial owner of the IPOC International Growth Fund is Leonid Reiman according to a Zurich ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce.[21]

In late 2013, Finnish officials with the National Bureau of Investigation or Keskusrikospoliisi (KRP) implicated Reiman in a money laundering scheme with Sekom's founder, Andrei Titov, where $11 million were transferred through Sekom to Cyprus Albany Investment and then to the Bermuda IPOC International Growth Fund.[22][23][24][25]

Honours and awards
  • Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
    • 3rd class (12 July 2007) - for outstanding contribution to the development of modern information technologies and the creation of the domestic telecommunications network
    • 4th class (12 July 2005) - for great contribution to the development of the telecommunications industry of the country and many years of fruitful work
  • Honoured Worker of Russian telecommunications
  • RF Government Prize in Education and Science and Technology
  • Winner of the annual international prize "Person of the Year" (2005)
  • Winner of the highest legal prize "Themis" (2003)

References
  1. Anonymous (2014). "Leonid Reiman and Jeffrey Galmond / IPOC Case. Control Number #91". Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. Хассель, Флориан (Hassel, Florian) (26 July 2005). "Телекоминвест" загадывает загадки [Telecominvest puzzles]. Inopressa (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. Людмила Путина действительно работала в компании, подозреваемой в отмывании денег. Москва мешает расследованию [Lyudmila Putin really worked for a company suspected of money laundering. Moscow interferes with the investigation]. NewsRu.com. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. Kent, Jonathan (9 May 2008). "The rise and fall of IPOC". Royal Gazette. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. Walters, Greg; Belton, Catherine (26 July 2005). "Russia at Heart of German Probe". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. Pribylovsky, Vladimir (2007). РЕЙМАН Леонид Дододжонович [Reiman Leonid Dododzhonovich]. anticompromat.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. Pribylovsky, Vladimir (2009). РЕЙМАН Леонид Дододжонович. Министр информационных технологий и связи [Reiman Leonid Dododzhonovich. Minister of Information Technology and Communications]. anticompromat.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 August 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. Министр информационных технологий и связи РФ: Рейман Леонид Дододжонович [Minister of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation: Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich]. minvyaz.ru (in Russian). 2004. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. Министр информационных технологий и связи РФ: Рейман Леонид Дододжонович [Minister of Information Technology and Communications of the Russian Federation: Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich]. minvyaz.ru (in Russian). 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. "Mandriva société anonyme: Minutes of Supervisory Board" (PDF). 18 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  11. Reiman, Leonid (25 July 2000). Приказ Минсвязи РФ от 25 июля 2000 г. N 130 "О порядке внедрения системы технических средств по обеспечению оперативно-розыскных мероприятий на сетях телефонной, подвижной и беспроводной связи и персонального радиовызова общего пользования" [Order of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation of July 25, 2000 N 130 “On the Procedure for Implementing a System of Technical Means to Support Operational Investigation Activities on Telephone, Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks and Personal Radio Personal Call”]. libertarium.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 March 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  12. Л.Рейман знает решение "проблемы "Вымпелкома"" [L. Reiman knows the solution to the "problem "VimpelCom""]. Vedomosti (in Russian). 20 April 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. Рейман знает, как решить проблему "Вымпелкома" [Reiman knows how to solve the problem of VimpelCom]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 20 April 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  14. Это не реформируется [It is not reformed]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). 11 November 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. Walsh, Conal (6 December 2003). "Western investors worry as Russian writs fly: The rights of foreign shareholders are at stake in a Moscow courtroom in a case that can only get nastier - and more entertaining". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  16. "US: Russian Oligarch Fridman, Corporation Sued for Racketeering, Fraud That Used U.S. Banks and Exchanges". CorpWatch. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2020 – via PR Newswire.
  17. Belton, Catherine (2 September 2005). "Reiman Goes to Court Against Kompromat.ru". Saint Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  18. Elkjær, Bo; Mynderup, John (4 November 2006). "Købte dansk sommerhus: Den danske advokat Jeff Galmond hjalp Ruslands teleminister med at overføre bestikkelses- penge til Danmark" [Bought Danish cottage: Danish lawyer Jeff Galmond helped Russia's Minister of Telecommunications transfer bribe money to Denmark]. Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  19. Ekstra Bladet article in Danish.
  20. Financial Times article
  21. Anonymous (May 24, 2012). "IPOC International Growth Fund beneficial owner". Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  22. "Russian Minister Laundered Millions in Finland?". Finrosforum. 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  23. "KRP tutki venäläisministerin rahavirtoja Suomessa" [KRP investigated the Russian Minister's cash flows in Finland]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 11 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  24. Sajari, Petri (11 October 2013). "Krp tutki venäläisministerin rahavirtoja Suomessa: Suuri rahanpesuepäily alkoi entisen venäläisministerin epäillystä rikoksesta" [KRP investigated the Russian Minister's cash flows in Finland: A major suspicion of money laundering began with a suspected crime by a former Russian minister]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  25. "Albany Invest, IPOC International Growth Fund, Saarijärvi". Suomi 24 (in Finnish). 11 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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