Vladimir began his career in 2002 as an assistant in
the tax department of the largest Russian power company, dealing with the
analysis of draft legislation, tax consulting of the subsidiaries and tax
accounting.
After graduating in 2004 he entered post-graduate Candidate
of Economic Sciences program and joined the Faculty of Finance and Economics of
the Russian State Tax Academy as a lecturer. After successfully defending his
thesis for Candidate of Sciences degree in fall 2006, Vladimir joined the tax
practice of a "Big 4" company in Russia, performing various tax
projects for large Russian and international companies (mainly from the energy
& resources industry), including tax review, tax and transfer pricing
consulting regarding cross-border transactions, corporate restructuring and tax
accounting, and he led in-house seminars and roundtables for clients.
From January 2011 Vladimir teaches tax courses in
KIMEP University,
also co-leading Central Asian Tax Research Center.
Vladimir has published more than 30 articles on tax
and economics in Kazakhstan, Russia and abroad, some of them re-published in
Russian law information systems; he is also author of a university textbook
“International Standards of Audit” and co-author of several monographs. He
regularly participates in the Russian, Kazakhstani and international
conferences on taxation and is member of International Fiscal Association. He
speaks Russian, English, French and Czech.
Vladimir’s research interests are taxation in
Kazakhstan and Customs Union, corporate taxation and transfer pricing.
