Bio:
Boris Titiov was born on 24 December 1960 in Moscow. His father was an officer of Ministry of Foreign Trade.
In 1983 he graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the USSR Foreign Ministry with a degree in international economics.
In 1983-1989 he worked for the Foreign Trade Association, Soyuznefteeksport. He was responsible for supplying industrial oils, petroleum and petrochemical products to Latin America and the Far East.
In 1989 he became a co-founder of Soviet-Dutch joint enterprise, Urals oil trading company.
In 1989- 1991 he headed of the department of chemistry at Urals company.
In 1991 he invited several Russian and British partners and established his own company for export of Russian oil and gas and chemical products, Solvalub LTD, London. Solvalub stands for Solvents and Lubricants, that is, industrial oils and additives. SVL group of companies investment and industrial group was founded on the basis of Solvalub.
In 1991 - 1996 he was a managing director of Solvalub Limited and Solvalub Group.
In 1996 he established a subsidiary of SVL in Russia, Interkhimprom financial and industrial group.
In 1996- 1999 he was the president of Interkhimprom.
In 1999 he became chairman of the joint board of Interkhimprom.
On 6 October 2000 he was elected to the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
In November 2001 he became vice-president of RUIE and headed a working group responsible for restructuring of gas industry.
In 2001 he was appointed president of Nitrogen agrochemical corporation that produced mineral fertilizers.
In 2002, after his resignation as president of Nitrogen, Titov was the chairman of the board, then an executive director of Solvalub group of companies.
On 21 May 2004 at the IV congress of Business Russia movement he was elected chairman of the movement.
From June 2004 to June 2005 he was a board member of Probusinessbank.
In April 2005 he joined the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship under the RF Government.
On 30 September 2005 he announced his withdrawal from RUIE.
In October 2005 became a member of the Presidential Council on national projects of high priority.
On 1 October 2007 he was elected to the Supreme Council of United Russia .
On16 November 2008 he was elected co-chairman of Just Cause.
Titov is married and has two children, son Pavel and daughter Maria. His wife Elena was reported to be the head of the foundation for development of Russian glass production.
In 2010 Titov's wealth was estimated at $ 310 million.
Sources: ladno.ru, personalities, Finance, 14 February 2010
Dossier:
Titov realized early on how to use political commitment to improve his position. When a student, he became a Komsomol activist, then joined the Communist party and remained its member until it was prohibited in August 1991. The membership provided him with wide range of opportunities. While studying, he worked as a Spanish language translator and in 1983 he went on business trip to Peru. The same year Titov started his career at Soyuznefteeksport where he was responsible for supplying Latin America and the Far East with industrial oils and petrochemical products. When founding Urals joint enterprise, Titov collaborated with the KGB. Some co-founders of the company were officers of the KGB Main Directorate. Moreover, former Soviet spy in Sweden Andrei Pannikov was appointed director of the company.
Source: Vladimir Pribylovsky's Public Online Library, the dossier.
In 2008 Titov was reported to take part in establishment of a new right-wing party in Russia which was mentioned in media reports as ''a Kremlin project''.
In February 2008 it was first announced about ''unification of all the forces on the right wing'' that is, merger of Civil Force party and the Democratic Party of Russia (DPR). And in August the leaders of DPR and Civil Force started negotiations. In September 2008 after leader of Union of Right Forces Nikita Belykh had quit his party, it became known that the party would also join the new political bloc founded by the Kremlin. At that time chairman of the Supreme Council of Civil Force party, well-known attorney Mikhail Barshevsky resigned as well. He transferred powers of the chairman of the Supreme Council of Civil Force to Titov, who had never been included in the panel before.
Source: Ekho Moskvy, 2 October 2008
In July 2009 Titov announced his intention to resign as chairman of Business Russia in order to dedicate himself to Just Cause party. He stated that in the forthcoming elections to Moscow legislature his party was going to criticize severely Moscow authorities which pleased Titov a lot, while ''business can not put at risk its relations with authority''. Soon, however, it became known that Just Cause would not participate in the elections at all, although a few party members were not happy about that. It was Titov's job as a Kremlin spy.
Source: Infox.ru, 29 October 2009
In December 2009 Titov wrote a letter of resignation as co-chairman of Just Cause. He emphasized that it was his post he quit and not the party. The reason was his conflict with another co-chairman of the party Leonid Gozman caused by their disagreement on ''the way the party should do''. Titov considered Just Cause as a lobbying tool for medium business'', unlike Gozman who intended to focus not on economic, but on political aspect of the party work.
Source: RBC, 24 December 2009
In January 2010 political council of the party considered Titov's application and held that he would remain co-chairman of Just Cause until an extraordinary congress, because, according to the articles of the party, it is only the congress which is entitled to release a party member from his duties. Meanwhile, some members of the political council told that the decision on Titov's resignation was influenced by the Kremlin. Presidential Administration was ''just afraid that former Union of Right Forces and Anatoly Chubais would take control over the party.
Source: Kommersant, 29 January 2010
Titov long was Vladimir Putin's puppet. His pro-Kremlin orientation became obvious on 6 May 2011 when the Prime Minister announced the formation of All-Russia Popular Front which was supposed to join forces supporting the policy of United Russia. On same day Titov said that Business Russia was eager to join the ONF.
Source: Business Russia, 6 May 2011
In June 2011 Just Cause party eliminated triple co-chair. Well-known businessman Mikhail Prokhorov was elected the sole leader of the party, while Titov quit the board.
The Kremlin puppet got worn out, so political engineers of Presidential Adviser Vladislav Surkov found more suitable candidate for management of the Kremlin project. And Prokhorov seemed an obedient manager to them.
Source: Gazeta.Ru, 25 June 2011