Vladimir Pastukhov
Russian political scientist, publicist and lawyer
Vladimir Borisovitch Pastukhov (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Пастухо́в; born 22 April 1963) is a Russian political scientist, lawyer (advocate) and honorary professor of the University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He is an author of the so-called "constitution by concepts", which is a written code of unwritten rules that define the real substance of life in Russia.
Biography
Early life
Vladimir Pastukhov was born on 22 April 1963 in Kyiv. His father was an advocate, his mother was an economist. After secondary school graduation, Vladimir Pastukhov enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv State University, from which he graduated in 1985 with a specialist degree in law.
Postgraduate education
In 1989, Pastukhov defended his thesis on the topic "The political power in socialistic society: the essence and the appearance (gnosiological aspect of the study)" at the Institute of State and Law and became a candidate of juridical sciences.
In 1995, he defended his thesis on the topic "The historical-cultural conditionality of evolution of the political power in Russia" at the Institute for Comparative Political Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences and became a doctor of political sciences.
Legal practice
Vladimir Pastukhov became a Russian advocate in 1999. As for January 2026, he is a Russian advocate (register number 77/520), a member of the advocate's chamber of Moscow city. He carries out professional activity in Moscow city collegium of advocates, namely in its subdivision named "Advocate's office № 21".
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