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Igor PASTUKHOV


  • Marked by the Kommersant ranking among the legal services market leaders in the area "Taxation: tax disputes" and "Taxation: tax consulting".
  • Marked with international ranking The Best Lawyers among the best Russian specialists in the directions of "Criminal Defense" and "Tax Law".
  • Recommended Pravo.ru-300 among the legal services market leaders in the area "Tax advise".
  • Legal Experts EMEA and Best Lawyers recommend him as a tax law expert.
  • Tax Club member.
  • Laureate of the Themis Higher Juridical Award.
  • Has a diploma of Honorary Graduate of the MSU.
  • Member of the Council on development of civil society and human rights under the President of the Russian Federation.
  • Participated as an expert in the preparation of a series of draft laws in the sphere of taxes and duties legislation.
  • Took part in the workgroups of the Supreme Court of Russia on the elaboration of the Resolution No. 8 “On certain matters of application of penal legislation on liability for tax evasion by the courts of the Russian Federation” dated 04.07.1997 by the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia, of the Resolution No. 23 “On court practice on the cases of illegal entrepreneurship and legalization (laundering) of money or other assets acquired by criminal means” dated 18.11.2004 by the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia.



1984 Graduate from the O.E.Kutafin Moscow State Academy of Law.

1984 - 1991 Served in the Prpsecutor’s Office of the city of Moscow at the positions: senior investigator of the inter-district prosecutor’s office, senior assistant of the inter-district prosecutor (public prosecutor).

1993 - 2003 Worked at the Moscow Department of the Federal Tax Police Service (initially – Tax Police Department) of Russia at the positions: Head of Legal Section, Head of Legal Service (retired tax police colonel).

2003 - 2004 Worked at the MIA of Russia at the position of Deputy Director of Legislation Department of the Chief Legal Department (retired militia).

2005 Advocate status obtained.

2006 Advocate of the YUST Law Firm.