| Yuri Petrovich Trutnev Юрий Петрович Трутнев |
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| 2nd Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 9, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Vitaly Artyukhov |
| 3rd Governor of Perm Oblast | |
| In office December 17, 2000 – March 11, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Gennady Igumnov |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Chirkunov |
| 1st Mayor of Perm | |
| In office December 9, 1996 – December 17, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Vladimir Fil |
| Succeeded by | Arkady Kamenev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1956 Perm, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
Yuri Petrovich Trutnev (Юрий Петрович Трутнев) (born March 1, 1956) is a Russian politician. Since 2004, he is Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation.
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He was chosen mayor of the city of Perm in 1996 (achieving 61.42% support in the first round) and elected governor of the Perm region in 2000 (51.48%).
During his time as a governor he maintained a neutral stance towards the Kremlin regime, unlike many other governors who joined the pro-Putin party United Russia. Trutnev's hobbies include rally racing and karate.
In 2008 and 2009, Trutnev was officially Russia's best earning government member. In April 2010, he reported an overall income of 155 million rubles ($5.34 million) for the past fiscal year, according to figures published by the government.[1] President Dmitry Medvedev in 2008 obliged all government officials to publish their incomes and assets, in his drive to fight rampant corruption. However the figures do not explain how money was earned.[2]
Russia made headlines worldwide when, on March 18, 2010, it announced that it would ban the killing of seals less than a year old,[3] effectively ending one of the biggest kills of harp seals in the world. Yuri Trutnev called the seal slaughter "bloody", and remarked that the killing of defenseless animals can't be deemed a "hunt".[4]