Viktor Nikolaevich Baturin (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Батурин; born 2 October 1956) is a Russian businessman, producer,[2] the elder brother of Yelena Baturina[3] (one of the richest women in Russia,[4] the widow of Yuri Luzhkov) and Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia (November 2, 1998 — January 17, 1999).
The idea of arranging a special territory for holding international chess tournaments belonged to the President of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
As a result, Viktor manages half of the shares of the agrarian division of the company and part of the assets in Sochi.
And on January 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of Kalmykia was released from the colony ahead of schedule, 2 years 10 months and 7 days before the end of the term.
[6] In July 2021, it became known that the central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against Baturin on attempted fraud.