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Graduated Lomonosov Moscow State University (1986), Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (1992), PhD in law
Vice-President for Corporate and Legal Affairs of PJSC MTS since 2008, member of the Management Board - since 2007. In 2006 joined MTS as Director of Legal Department, then was appointed to Director of legal issues.
Board Member, Vice-President of the Russian Association of Corporate Counsel (RCCA),
Senior Director of the Association of Independent Directors, Chairman of the Board of the Association "National Payments Council". The Expert Council of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Member, the Commission of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) for Communications and IT Technologies Member, the Russian public organization “Association of Lawyers of Russia” Member and the Association of Antimonopoly Experts Member.
Currently a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, PJSC "MTS". Member of the Board of Directors of OJSC “Publishing House «Vusshaya Shkola»”, JSC «Publishing House "Prosveshcheniye”», Family medical clinics net «Doctor Ryadom».
R. Ibragimov is member of the editorial board of the journal "Competition and Law".
His articles are published in Russian and foreign thematic publications («Legal Insight», «Corporate Lawyer», «Zakon», «Documentary Telecommunications», «Standard Tribune», «The Paragraph», etc.)
For public activities R. Ibragimov was awarded by the FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation) Honorary Diplomas: "For active participation in the improvement of antimonopoly legislation and the development of competition policy" (2012) and "For special merits in ensuring freedom of competition and effective protection of entrepreneurship" (2017).
He was awarded Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media communications "For a significant contribution to the development of the regulatory and legal framework for the telecommunications industry and telecommunications services of the Russian Federation, for long-term and conscientious work in the communications industry" (2015).
R. Ibragimov was honored by the State award: Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland II degree (2017).

Rashid was born on November 2, 1965 in Baku.
Graduated historical faculty at Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as Moscow State Technical University (MSTU MAMI) with a degree in Economics and Enterprise Management.
Over the past years, Rashid has held many executive positions in various companies of a high-tech sector, like Ericsson, Huawei Technologies and Nokia.
From 2014 to 2018, Rashid worked as a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.
In August 2020, Rashid Ismailov was appointed to the position of a President in PJSC “VimpelCom”. His responsibilities include managing the provision of communication services for a number of government institutions.