Vladimir Yemelyanovich Kharin (1957–2013) was a Russian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and a specialist in sea snakes.

In 1984, he was arrested for political reasons and subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment.

From 2003 until the end of his life, he was an employee of the Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He received his Candidate of Sciences degree in biology from the Academy in 2006.

His thesis was titled "Таксономия морских змей (Hydrophiidae sensu lato) мирового океана".