Yuri Trutnev

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Yuri Trutnev : biography

March 1, 1956 –

Yuri Petrovich Trutnev (Юрий Петрович Трутнев) (born March 1, 1956) is a Russian politician. Since 2004, he is Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation.

Federal government

During his time as a governor he maintained a neutral stance towards the Kremlin regime, unlike many other governors who joined the pro-Putin party United Russia. Trutnev’s hobbies include rally racing and karate.

In 2008 and 2009, Trutnev was officially Russia’s best earning government member. In April 2010, he reported an overall income of 155 million rubles ($5.34 million) for the past fiscal year, according to figures published by the government. . Published April 12, 2010 President Dmitry Medvedev in 2008 obliged all government officials to publish their incomes and assets, in his drive to fight rampant corruption. However the figures do not explain how money was earned.

Local government

He was chosen mayor of the city of Perm in 1996 (achieving 61.42% support in the first round) and elected governor of the Perm region in 2000 (51.48%).

Defending seals

Russia made headlines worldwide when, on March 18, 2010, it announced that it would ban the killing of seals less than a year old, effectively ending one of the biggest kills of harp seals in the world. Yuri Trutnev called the seal slaughter "bloody", and remarked that the killing of defenseless animals can’t be deemed a "hunt".