Alexander Berdnikov

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Alexander Vasiliyevich Berdnikov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Бердников) (born 1953) is a Russian politician and the current chairman of the government of the Altai Republic. He took office on January 20, 2006. He was a candidate in the December 2001 election for that position, receiving 9.6% of the vote and coming in sixth place. In 2004 a new law stopped direct elections for Russian administrative division leaders. In December 2005 Berdnikov was nominated by Vladimir Putin and confirmed by the Altai Republic's parliament, succeeding Mikhail Lapshin.