Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov (Russian: Михаил Валентинович Кротов; born March 14, 1963) is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[1]

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Mikhail Krotov
Михаил Кротов
On April 15, 2013
Judge of the Supreme Court of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 July 2020
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Constitutional Court
In office 7 November 2005 – 31 January 2020
President	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Mikhail Mityukov
Succeeded by	Alexander Konovalov
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Born	(1963-03-14) 14 March 1963 (age 61) Leningrad, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	LSU Faculty of Law
Occupation	lawyer, businessman
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On April 28, 1995, he was elected deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Baltic Sea Steamship Company. On October 2, 1995, as the Chairman Ivan Lushchinsky had been shot dead, Krotov became the chairman of its board of directors and held this position until summer 1996.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, he was a first deputy director general of the Gazprom Media holding.

Since November 7, 2005, he has been President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.^[2] He was succeeded by former Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov in January 2020.^[3]

In July 2020 Krotov was appointed judge of the Supreme Court by the Federation Council. He is a member of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases.^[4]