Vladimir Mikhailovich PLATONOV, PhD (law), professor, engages in research and teaching at the Russian Friendship University, lectures at other higher educational institutions (Moscow State Lomonosov University, Moscow City Government University of Management), heads research and chairs Scientific and Methodological Council of the Institute of Modern Politics of the Russian Friendship University.
Since 2000 up to present time, he is heading the chair of political sciences of the Russian Friendship University. During the years when it has been headed by V.M. Platonov, the chair has turned into a leading academic and educational unit of the University and of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The chair is engaged in the training of bachelors, masters and post-graduate students specializing in politology. To-day, students from over 90 countries of the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and CIS countries) are studying there. Under the guidance of V.M. Platonov a modern and effective structure for the development of principle lines of academic and training activities has been formed. Taken together those basic academic and training lines of activities of the chair solve one of the main tasks of national culture and higher education that has been described by V.M. Platonov as education and training of leaders capable of strategic thinking and actions.
V.M. Platonov is a prominent specialist in the area of drafting legislation and Russia’s sustainable development. He is the author and co-author of the following books: V.M. Platonov, Yu.A. Nisnevich, D.E. Slizovsky “Legislative process: Political and legal analyses,” Text book. М.: Аspect Press, 2007; V.M. Platonov “Delimitation of authority matters between the Federation and its subjects as the basis of Russian federalism,” Мonograph. М., 2010.
Since July 1994 up till now, V.M. Platonov chairs Moscow City Duma. During his term as a Duma deputy, V.M. Platonov has been 14 times elected by the deputies as chairman of the Moscow City Duma in accordance with the election procedure.
From 1996 to October 2001, he has been member of the Federation Council. When he was deputy of the upper parliament chamber, he was elected Chairman of the Committee on constitutional legislation and judicial matters. From 1998 to 2001, he was deputy chairman of the Federation Council. From November 2012, he is heading commission on the coordination of legislative activities and monitoring of legislation of the Legislators’ Council of the Russian Federation.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Platonov was among the drafters of a number of principle laws of the Russian Federation, including Criminal Code of the RF, Criminal and Procedural Code of the RF, amendments and additions to the Civil Code of the RF, federal laws “On Judicial System of the RF”, “On the procedure for introducing amendments to the Constitution of the RF”.
In the Moscow City Duma, Vladimir Platonov personally participated in the drafting of the Moscow city Charter and a number of other most important city laws, including “On legislative acts”, “On the Moscow city laws and the Moscow city Duma resolutions”, “On the status of the Moscow city Duma deputy”, “On the organization and activities of the notaries in the city of Moscow”, “On the procedure for licensing retail sale of alcohol products in the city of Moscow”, and of the Moscow city Duma procedural rules.
He is chairman of the commission on the organization of work of the Moscow city Duma, chairman of the commission of the Moscow city Duma and Government of Moscow on the consideration of materials and proposals regarding awarding the title “Honored city of Moscow Citizen”, member of the following Moscow city Duma commissions: on security; on legislation; on HR within the competence of the Moscow city Duma. He is co-chairman of a joint commission of the Moscow city Duma and Moscow Region Duma on coordination of legislation. He is chairman of the commission on the coordination of legislative activities and monitoring of legislation of the Legislators’ Council of the Russian Federation attached to Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
He is chairman of the Presidium of the International Association of NGOs – Societies for Friendship with the Peoples of Foreign Countries. He is chairman of the Moscow branch of the Russian Book Union. He heads the board of guardians of the Moscow regional branch of the All-Russia NGO “Association of Russian Lawyers”.