Boris Titov: Defender of the Rights of Business - 05.03.2018, Sputnik International

Entrepreneur, politician and presidential commissioner for entrepreneurs' rights Boris Titov first entered politics in the mid-2000s in a bid to create a new party on the right wing of the political spectrum. In 2016, he was elected the chairman of the Party of Growth, a pro-business conservative party focusing on protecting the right of Russia's growing middle class.

Focusing heavily on economic issues, Titov's program proposes a new strategy for economic growth developed by the Stolypin Club, a collection of top Russian economists and businessmen which gathered to create an alternative to former Russian minister of finance Alexei Kudrin's economic strategy two years ago. The Stolypin Club calls for a looser monetary policy and subsidised corporate loans, aimed at assisting business, as well as a partial rollback of the floating exchange rate.

Titov's foreign policy is focused on bolstering Russia's positions in international trade, and dealing with issues caused by the West's sanctions against Russia.

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Russian entrepreneur and presidential business ombudsman Boris Titov at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2017.

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President of the Russian Union of Insurers Igor Yurgens (left), political scientist Valery Solovey (center) and presidential candidate Boris Titov (right) during a meeting between the candidate and his presidential trustees.

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Boris Titov at his winery.

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Boris Titov speaking at Radio Sputnik's studio in St. Petersburg at the 19th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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Party of Growth chairman Boris Titov and his supporters speak to Russian media after transfering the 300,000 signatures required to register Titov as a candidate in the 2018 presidential election.

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Boris Titov and film director Renata Litvinova.

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Titov climbing into the cockpit of the M101T, a six-seater airplane created for the Dexter Air Taxi transport service.

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Boris Titov, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (center) and Titov's son Pavel inspect the cellars at the Abrau-Dyurso winery in Novorossiysk, southwestern Russia. Titov transferred control of Abrau-Dyurso to his son in 2012 after being appointed as Russia's presidential ombudsman for business.

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Boris Titov and his wife Elena at the masquerade ball event at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, 2017.

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Titov speaking at the congress of the Party of Growth in Moscow.

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Boris Titov speaks to a colleague at the congress of the Association of Russian Banks in the hall of the House of Unions in Moscow.

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Boris Titov gestures to the camera at a ceremony to award laureates of the international Person of the Year prize at the President Hotel in Moscow.

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