Mikhail Krotov

Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (; born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Career On April 28, 1995 he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Baltic Sea Steamship Company. On October 2, 1995 as the Chairman Ivan Lushchinsky had been shot dead, Krotov became the chairman of its board of directors and held this position until summer 1996.

In 2005 he was a first deputy director general of the Gazprom Media holding.

Since November 7, 2005 he has been President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Aleksandr Konovalov in January 2020.

In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the Federation Council. He is a member of the Judicial Chamber for Civil Cases.

Since 2007 he has been working at the Higher School of Economics. He is a professor of the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law.

Mikhail is the author of more than 35 scientific publications on civil and maritime law. He wrote comments on the Civil and Labor Codes of the Russian Federation. 2001 – Award winner of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2001 2007 – Award winner of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2007 2008 – Order of Honour 1999 – A.F. Koni Medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Honorary worker of higher professional education

Family Mikhail Krotov is married. He has two sons.