Mikhail Krotov

Judge of the Supreme Court of RussiaAssumed office
24 July 2020Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional CourtIn office
7 November 2005 – 31 January 2020PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir PutinPreceded byMikhail MityukovSucceeded byAlexander Konovalov Personal detailsBorn (1963-03-14) 14 March 1963 (age 61)
Leningrad, USSRNationalityRussianAlma materLSU Faculty of LawOccupationlawyer, businessmanAwards

Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Кротов; 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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2] He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov in January 2020.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

• 2018 – Order of Alexander Nevsky^[6][5]
• 2012 – Order of Friendship^[7][5]
• 2010 – Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation^[5][8]
• 2001 – Award winner of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2001^[9]
• 2007 – Award winner of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education for 2007^[10]
• 2008 – Order of Honour^[11][5]
• 1999 – A.F. Koni Medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation^[5]
• Honorary worker of higher professional education^[5]

Mikhail Krotov is married. He has two sons.^[5]