Vladimir Markin (journalist)

This article is about the journalist and politician. For the singer, see Vladimir Markin.

Vladimir Ivanovich Markin (Russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Ма́ркин; 23 November 1956 – 12 October 2021) was a Russian journalist and politician.^[1] He served as Chairman of the Department for Interaction with Mass Media of the Investigative Committee of Russia from 2007 to 2016, the first person to hold the position following the committee's founding.^[2] He also served as First Deputy Chairman of RusHydro from 2016 to 2019.^[3]

Vladimir Markin
Markin in 2011
First Deputy Chairman of RusHydro
In office 12 October 2016 – 19 February 2019
Chairman of the Department for Interaction with Mass Media of the Investigative Committee of Russia
In office 13 September 2007 – 6 October 2016
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Svetlana Petrenko
Personal details
Born	23 November 1956 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	12 October 2021(2021-10-12) (aged 64) Moscow, Russia