Vladimir Platov

Vladimir Ignatyevich Platov (; 23 October 1946

Until 1990 Platov was a member of the Soviet Communist Party. From 1992 to 1995 he was the head of administration of Bezhetsk and Bezhetsky District.

In 1999–2000 election, Platov narrowly defeated Communist Vladimir Bayunov and won his second four-year term. At the same time he acted as a "locomotive" candidate for Unity party in 1999 legislative election (locomotive here means a locally or countrywide known person who runs for seat in parliament only to attract votes for specific party). Such circumstances have toppled Platov's re-election campaign. He won 12% of the vote in the 1st round and dropped out of the race. Two years after, in November 2005, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow found Platov and Kotlyar guilty and sentenced them to five and four years in prison respectively. The former governor was released from prison in 2006.