Ilya Ponomarev
| Ilya Ponomarev | |
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Ponomarev at the 2012 Horasis Global Russia Business Meeting
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| Member of the State Duma | |
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In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 |
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August 6, 1975 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Left Front, Communist Party of Russia, A Just Russia |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
| Known for | Work with Skolkovo Foundation and hi-tech parks; vote against annexation of Crimea and position against war in Ukraine; participation in protest movement in Russia |
Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev (Russian: Илья́ Влади́мирович Пономарёв; born 6 August 1975) is a Russian politician, former member of the State Duma and a technology entrepreneur.
He was the only member of the State Duma to vote against Russia's annexation of Crimea during the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ponomaryov lives in exile in Kiev, Ukraine.
Ponomarev was born in Moscow. He holds a BSc in Physics from Moscow State University and a Master of Public Administration from the Russian State Social University. He started his career when he was 14 years old at the Institute for Nuclear Safety (IBRAE), Russian Academy of Sciences. Later Ponomarev was among the founders of two successful high technology start-ups in Russia, the first one (RussProfi) when he was 16 years old. His first job position was at the Institute for Nuclear Safety (IBRAE), Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1995/1996 Ponomarev acted as a representative of the networking software company Banyan Systems in Russia. At that time he created one of the largest distributed networks in Russia for now-defunct oil company Yukos. Afterwards he worked at Schlumberger in 1996–1998 and at Yukos from 1998–2001. He went on to earn a living as a technology entrepreneur. In 2002–2007 Ponomarev worked as the chief information officer of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Ponomarev is known to be standing on unorthodox left, best described as progressive libertarian position. Some people call him neo-communist, although critics inside Communist Party of Russia has identified him as "neotrotskyist". Ponomarev publicly calls for:
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