Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov
- Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov
Andrey Vladimirovich Bogdanov (Russian Андре́й Влади́мирович Богда́нов) (born 1970 in Moscow) is a Russian politician. He is the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia. As a candidate for the 2008 presidential election, he received 968,344 votes or 1.30% of the Russian electorate.
Bogdanov began his political career in 1990, when he joined the Democratic Party of Russia. He ascended to the leadership of the party in 2005, after he was elected at the 19th party congress. [cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/29/content_7692142.htm| title=Profile: Russian presidential candidate Andrei Bogdanov|publisher=Xinhua|date=2008-02-29|accessdate = 2008-02-29 ]
Russian president Putin described Bogdanov as "an ambitious young man with progressive views". During his presidential campaign, in 2008, he showed support for Russian integration with Europe and for less state involvement in the economy. [cite news|publisher=Moscow Times|title=Bogdanov Campaigns With Grandmother|url=http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2008/02/26/003.html| author=Nabi Abdullaev | date=2008-02-26|accessdate=2008-02-29] Regarding his candidacy, the British newspaper Times Online put forward suspicions that Bogdanov could be a puppet candidate used by the government to make the elections look legitimate. [cite news|title=Q&A: Russia's presidential election|publisher=Times Online| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3460483.ece| author=Tony Halpin|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2008-02-29|quote= many suspect that the Kremlin has put him on the ballot to ensure that there were at least two candidates, in compliance with Russian law] He dismissed these claims as "fantasy".Fact|date=May 2008
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* [http://bonych.livejournal.com/ Bogdanov's LiveJournal blog] ru icon
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