Alexander Shokhin was appointed Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights and will retain the post of head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Alexander Shokhin has been appointed Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs.

Shokhin will retain his post as head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

MOSCOW, October 5 - RIA Novosti. Alexander Shokhin, who became the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs, said that he would retain the post of head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, which he has held since 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed Shokhin as Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs by decree.

“Do I remain the president of the RSPP? In fact, when this topic arose in May, after my visit to President Putin, we discussed the current situation at the RSPP. And the decision of the RSPP bureau was such that it would be right for me, as the president of the RSPP, to take this position (business ombudsman - ed.), They welcome this appointment and believe that the combination of two positions – the president of the RSPP and the commissioner will allow us to better protect the interests of business,” Shokhin said, answering a question from RIA Novosti.

According to him, in accordance with the decree, the position of the commissioner is based on the law, which states that the commissioner does not hold any public office.

“In this regard, of course, it would be better if it were written in the decree to appoint the president of the RSPP as a commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs, but this would also be wrong, because the place of the commissioner could be any person who does not hold a public office, is not a senator, deputy, minister, and so on,” the head of the RSPP said at a briefing.