Alexander Khaminsky

Alexander Mikhailovich Khaminsky (; born 30 June 1966) is a Russian social activist, lawyer, human rights activist, and health professional.

He is a member of Public Council under the Moscow City Police. He is also a counselor and an expert of several public authorities including the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Directorate of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, and State Inspection of Assay Supervision in Moscow and Moscow oblast’.

Alexander Khaminsky is a chairman of the non-profit partnership management “Republican Law Society”, founder of the interregional public organization “Republican Consumer Rights Protection Society”, founder and leader of the joint-stock company «Scientific Diagnostic Center of Clinical Psychiatry», founder of the regional public organization “Moscow Society of Psychiatrists”, publisher and chief editor of the magazine “AH!”, member of “Congress-collegium”.

In addition to professional activities, he is involved in charity work and sports, and promotes a healthy lifestyle.

In the mass media, he serves as an expert and specialist in law, security, psychiatry, psychology, social policy and interethnic relations.

Since 1992, he works in the field of financial, arbitration, administrative and criminal law. From 1995 to 1999 he was a parliamentary assistant of Kobylkin V.F., the State Duma Deputy.

Since 2008, he is engaged in journalistic activities, and since 2015, he is engaged in editing and publishing.

Alexander Khaminsky is a constant speaker of the social and political programs of the Channel One Russia, TV and radio company “Mir”, Moscow 24, 360° Podmoskovie, NTV, REN TV channels, Kommersant FM radio station, he writes columns in news and professional media, such as FederPress, Dni.ru, Clerk.ru and others.

He is an expert on the following issues: the bankruptcy of Transaero Airlines, the bankruptcy of individuals in Russia, the violations of the Highway Rules by representatives of the so-called "golden youth", the initiation of criminal cases against the leaders of the TFR in 2016, the decriminalization of the article on beatings in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the ban of Russian on travel to Egypt and Turkey, the psychological health of the nation, computer and Internet addiction, the attack on the Moscow Choral Synagogue in October 2016 and others.

In 2015, Alexander Khaminsky took the role of outside editor, and in 2016 he was appointed the chief editor of the first Jewish glossy magazine “Moscow – Tel-Aviv”. Since 2016, Alexander Khaminsky is a publisher and chief editor of the glossy magazine “AH!”.

He participates in the life of the Moscow Jewish community in conjunction with the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, the Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia, the Youth Movement "Shahar", the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress and the Russian Council of Muftis.

He is the head of the project "Moscow is the territory of the law", aimed at ensuring interaction between public authorities and civil society institutions.

Since 2017, he is a member of Public Council under the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Moscow. He participates in different public events as a public watchdog. Khaminsky’s project aimed at reducing the level of protest vote during presidential election in 2018 was approved by the Management of the Presidential Administration for Internal Policy.

Since 2018, he is an expert on legal and public health issues of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. He spoke at Council meetings dedicated to the issues of public drug supply and improvement of procedural legislation.

Public position Alexander Khaminsky criticizes representatives of the non-parliamentary political opposition and, in particular, Alexei Navalny. He spoke in support of Vladimir Putin during public debates with Andrei Nechaev, Nikolai Svanidze and Valery Solovei held on the eve of presidential election in 2018.

Charity work

Alexander Khaminsky does charity work and promotes volunteering. He donates his funds to organize charitable and cultural events.

On a regular basis, he cooperates with charitable foundations including “Downside Up”, Gosha Kutsenko’s “Step together”, with volunteer organizations such as “Asia Co” and “Alabai 911”, participates in charitable auctions and concerts, and organizes such events in cooperation with famous sportsmen Konstantin Tszyu, Dmitry Sennikov, Daniil Kvyat and others.

Jurisprudence

Alexander Khaminsky represents the interests of state and judicial authorities’ constituents. He participates in drawing up and writing methodical manuals, draft regulations, certificates and conclusions on legal issues for mentioned authorities. His clients include Mercury, Polymetal International, TsUM, SU-155, MNIIRE Altair, Microgen, Panasonic and others.

Since 1992, a separate unit "Hars Consulting" has been allocated in enterprise "Khars" structure in order to provide services in the field of tax optimization. Two years later, in 1994, he collected an auditor's certificate and began to carry out auditing activities. Since 1996, he has been specializing in tax law and arbitration proceedings. In 1998-2001 Alexander Khaminsky consulted on bankruptcy issues, and also was integral to the bankruptcy proceedings of commercial banks and manufacturing enterprises.

Psychiatry

In 2010, Khaminsky’s funds were used to establish the Scientific Diagnostic Center of Clinical Psychiatry, a non-governmental medical psychiatric institution that carries out, in addition to diagnosing and treating psychiatric disorders, Since foundation, Khaminsky has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center, and since 2013, he has been CEO.

In 2015, the Institute of Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, together with the Center, conducted the first All-Russian scientific and practical conference "Actual issues of cognitive psychotherapy, neurology and psychiatry". At the opening of this conference Alexander Khaminsky, the chairman of the organizing committee of the forum, made a report on the organization of interaction of specialists in various fields during diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the cognitive sphere.

Awards Letter of gratitude from the Center of Professional Training of the Main Directorate of the MOI of Russia in Moscow (2017) Recognition Certificate from the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow (2017) — For help and assistance to internal affairs bodies in ensuring law and order, public security and combating crime, as well as increasing the prestige of internal affairs bodies Honorable Mention from the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow (2018) Letter of gratitude from the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (2018)