Viktor Baturin

Viktor Nikolaevich Baturin (; born 2 October 1956) is a Russian businessman, producer, the elder brother of Yelena Baturina (one of the richest women in Russia, the widow of Yuri Luzhkov) and ex-chairman of the Government of Kalmykia (November 2, 1998 — January 17, 1999).

Biography Baturin graduated from The State University of Management in 1983. He worked in senior positions in the aerospace industry.

In 1991 Baturin became the director of Russian construction company Inteco. Viktor and Yelena were made co-founders of the company.

By the end of the 1990s, the Baturins' company entered the construction business and acted as one of the general contractors for the construction of the City Chess in Kalmykia. The idea of arranging a special territory for holding international chess tournaments belonged to the President of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

In October 1998, Baturin took the post of chairman of the government of the Republic of Kalmykia, and in January 1999 became the state adviser to Ilyumzhinov, but held this post only until February 1999.

From 1999 to 2005, Baturin was the first vice-president of Inteco. In November 2023, he was sentenced to six years in prison.