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The Kremlin does not intend to create a legal commission in connection with the expiration of the agreement on the division of powers with Tatarstan, sources told RBC. Deputies of the Republican State Council previously asked the Russian President about this

Kazan Kremlin (Photo: Sergey Fadeichev / TASS)

There will be no commission

On Friday, August 11, the agreement on the division of powers between Russia and Tatarstan expired. The document came into force on August 11, 2007, and was valid for ten years. The Kremlin will not renew the document, nor will it conclude a new one, RBC sources previously reported. The position of the federal center has remained unchanged since then, a federal official and an interlocutor close to the Kremlin told RBC.

The federal center also does not intend to create a commission on legal issues in connection with the expiration of the agreement, the same sources told RBC. There is no need for such a commission - the existing legal conflicts relate to the Constitution of Tatarstan and the republic is able to resolve them itself, says a federal official to RBC. The creation of a commission is a technical issue; all the necessary changes can be made within the framework of existing institutions, so there is no need to create another one, added an RBC interlocutor close to the Kremlin.

Deputies of the State Council of Tatarstan asked President Vladimir Putin to create a special commission to develop proposals on legal issues on July 11. Its necessity was justified by the fact that in connection with the expiration of the agreement on the division of powers, “certain problems arise in the implementation” of a number of norms of the republican Constitution.

We are talking about the first article of the Constitution of Tatarstan, which states that relations between the republic and Russia are built, among other things, on the basis of an agreement on the division of powers. This article “cannot be changed by parliament, but only in a referendum,” Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin told RBC. “This is the legal side of the issue, and it requires a calm, respectful and confidential discussion between the federal center and the subject,” he added.

If the issue is put to a referendum, it is obvious that the majority of the republic’s residents will vote against changing this article, said an RBC source close to the republic’s leadership.

“We would like the federal center to decide on representatives who would come to Kazan, or we are ready to send our representatives to Moscow,” Mukhametshin said. According to him, he hopes that after the “leading lawyers of the presidential administration return from vacation” such consultations will really begin.

Another interlocutor close to the republic’s leadership clarifies that the delay in starting consultations by the republican authorities was explained by the vacation of the presidential assistant, head of the Kremlin’s state and legal department, Larisa Brycheva.

In 1994, Tatarstan became the first region with which an agreement on the division of powers was concluded, and until today it remained the last entity to have such an agreement. In the first document, the republic received economic preferences, for example, the right to levy its own taxes, create its own National Bank, and resolve issues of ownership, use and disposal of natural resources, which, according to the agreement, were “the exclusive property and property of the people of Tatarstan.” The 2007 agreement no longer contained economic preferences. The authorities of the republic were given the right to issue passports with an insert “in the state language of the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatar) and with the image of the state emblem of the Republic of Tatarstan.” At the same time, in paragraph 1 of Art. 2 of the document states that in accordance with the Constitution of Russia and the Constitution of the Republic, “Tatarstan (state) - a subject of the Russian Federation - has full state power beyond the jurisdiction” and the powers of Russia “on subjects of joint jurisdiction.”

They will leave the president

The federal center may meet the republican authorities halfway on another issue—preserving the position of “president” for the head of Tatarstan. In July, the State Council of the Republic made a request to “support the preservation of the existing name of the highest official.”

However, the title “president” can only be retained until the end of the term of office of the head of the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov. “The post of president will remain until the next elections [of the head of Tatarstan], since citizens elected the president,” a source in the Kremlin told RBC. Minnikhanov's powers expire in 2020.

Rustam Minnikhanov (Photo: Alexey Nikolsky / TASS)

Kommersant previously reported the readiness of the federal center to retain the current name of the head of the republic.

Tatarstan is the only republic where the position of “president” has been preserved. According to the law “On the General Principles of Organization of Legislative and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation,” the name “president” was to be abolished by the national republics by 2015. Later, the law was extended until January 1, 2016 - especially for Tatarstan, which never renamed the president as head. However, even after the law was extended, no changes occurred.

“The leadership of the republic must hear the signal that was given by President Putin. The signal is absolutely clear - that all entities must follow the law,” a federal official told RBC.

At the annual press conference in December 2015, the head of state said that “even Chechnya said: no, we should have one president in our country, but we will do it differently in relation to the first person.” However, Putin added that “we will respect any choice of the people of Tatarstan.” “So you decide for yourself there, okay?” - he suggested.

Gift to Shaimiev

In itself, the agreement on the division of powers was not a significant problem and was of a symbolic nature - Tatarstan continued to establish its uniqueness, and this was projected, among other things, onto the leader of the republic, says political scientist Vitaly Ivanov. The current agreement was essentially a gift to Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev for his 70th birthday, which he celebrated in 2007, the expert continues. “Thus, Shaimiev was allowed to continue to believe that he was special. But the attitude towards Minnikhanov is different. He is not Shaimiev. Despite all the nuances, this is an ordinary Putin governor,” the expert states.

As for the possibility of maintaining the position of “president” until the expiration of Minnikhanov’s term of office, then, according to Ivanov, this issue was resolved back in 2016, when Tatarstan did not change the name of the head of the republic. “Now this issue is urgently being brought up to give Minnikhanov an opportunity to save face,” the expert is sure.

In 1994, when the first agreement on the division of powers was adopted, the situation in the country was completely different - the document played the role of a stabilizer in relations between the federal center and the republic, it also spelled out economic preferences, said Andrei Bolshakov, head of the department of conflictology at Kazan Federal University. The current agreement did not contain economic preferences, but it did spell out political things that are important for the Tatar elite. “It was said that the republic has a president who must speak two languages. This is very important for bilingual Tatarstan,” the expert explained. But the federal center has strengthened and is now not going to build relations on a contractual basis, he concluded.

The legal issues that have arisen regarding the first article of the Constitution of Tatarstan will most likely be resolved through negotiations rather than a referendum. “The leadership of Tatarstan is not interested in a referendum and will try to agree on consultations. But, in my opinion, legal experts, and not high-ranking officials, will participate in them,” Bolshakov is sure.

However, if the federal center had extended the agreement, then nothing terrible would have happened. “Politically, this (extension of the document) was possible. The Tatars are the second largest people in Russia, and some aspects of the agreement could be present,” the expert believes.

“Yesterday evening, the corresponding conclusion of the President of Tatarstan was sent to the State Duma, it is negative and based on the arguments that had previously been voiced by the scientific community. We proceed from the fact that memorable dates in Russia should be exclusively those dates and events that, without a doubt, are common to the entire multinational people,” Galimova said.

She noted that there are many great events in the history of the Russian state. “For example, Suvorov’s campaign in Switzerland - why not make this date memorable in Russian history. (...) This event is recognized as one of the key events that demonstrated the brilliant victory of Russian weapons. Such a date, in our opinion, really deserves to be remembered in Russia. Moreover, in September the trek through the Alps will be 220 years old,” Galimova recalled.

The initiator of the bill is Gennady Sklyar, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Kaluga region. In the Kaluga region itself, the Day of the End of Standing on the Ugra, on the initiative of Governor Anatoly Artamonov, has been celebrated since 2017 as a regional memorial date. At the end of November 2017, the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region addressed the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev with a request to speed up the preparation of a bill establishing a similar memorial date at the federal level and submit it to the State Duma. As reported, deputies of the State Council of Tatarstan then spoke out against the appearance of this holiday.

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In June 2019, Deputy Sklyar introduced a bill to the State Duma establishing November 11 as the Day of the End of Standing on the Ugra River as a memorable date for the final liberation of Rus' from the Horde yoke and the acquisition of independence by the Russian state with its capital in Moscow. The establishment of this memorable day will help strengthen patriotism and popularize national history, according to the explanatory note to the bill.

The note states that the bill was supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Sklyar's bill was also supported by the Russian government. At the same time, in its conclusion on the bill, the Cabinet of Ministers notes that the decision must be accompanied by broad public discussion, taking into account the opinions of specialists in the field of history and culture.

In Tatarstan, Sklyar’s bill was sharply criticized by deputies and the scientific community. On August 26, at a joint meeting of the relevant committees of the State Council of Tatarstan, deputies of all political forces represented in the republican parliament - factions of United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the deputy group Tatarstan - New Century - stated that the establishment of this memorable date would lead to a split in the multinational society of Russia.

The head of the Committee on Education, Culture, Science and National Affairs, a member of the group “Tatarstan - New Century” (position themselves as like-minded people of “United Russia” - IF) Razil Valeev proposed to conduct an examination of the bill for extremism.

“The bill has elements of extremism. If the document is adopted, it will negatively affect the political situation in Russia,” Valeev said.

Employees of specialized institutes of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan invited to the meeting also assessed the bill negatively. According to Tatarstan academicians, standing on the Ugra in 1480 is not an epoch-making historical event at all. There have been many such “standings” in the history of the Russian state, they remind. The conclusion of the Marjani Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan on this issue notes that the struggle for the independence of the Moscow state continued until the era of Ivan the Terrible.

“The celebration of the end of the “stand” carries a strong negative political connotation due to the fact that the history of the Golden Horde and the Tatar khanates is the legacy of modern Tatars,” the conclusion says.

Top 10: “BUSINESS Online” about the most important events, rumors and intrigues of the week. Issue 171

What is the logic of the personnel shake-up from Rustam Minnikhanov; what to expect from the new “chief Tatar” of the State Council, Ayrat Zaripov; how Salavat’s “sworn friend” was sent to a pre-trial detention center; which of the Tatarstan officials was Sobchak’s wedding guest; Why did the security forces so zealously take on Rosselkhoznadzor in the Republic of Tatarstan? About this and more - in the traditional BUSINESS Online review.

1. DID THE MOSCOW KREMLIN REFUSE TO STAND ON THE UGRA?

A couple of days ago, at a meeting of the State Duma Council, it was decided to postpone the Kaluga Region bill on establishing November 11 as a memorable date in honor of the end of the Great Standing on the Ugra River “to a later date.” Photo: Maxim Blinov, RIA Novosti

BUSINESS Online has become aware of the reasons why further progress in the State Duma of the Kaluga Region bill on establishing November 11 as a memorable date in honor of the end of the Great Standing on the Ugra River was slowed down. Let us remember that at first the scandalous draft law was considered by the relevant defense committee, and a couple of days ago at a meeting of the State Duma council it was decided to postpone it “to a later date.” As two sources in the State Duma told our newspaper, such an order came from the Administration of the Russian Federation. “The bill is currently blocked for hearings on the recommendation of the presidential administration. So far it has been withdrawn and is not being considered by the committee,” explained one of our interlocutors. The second source of our publication said that the preliminary agenda of committee meetings was discussed at the Duma council, and it was then that it was decided to remove this slippery issue. “The call came from the very top,” our interlocutor added, assuring that Tatarstan had nothing to do with it.

However, what was the reason for such a sharp change of opinion in the AP, which, in principle, allowed the introduction of such ideas? Our sources provide several considerations. Firstly, it is impossible to create a precedent when a regional holiday becomes a federal one. “It’s like opening Pandora’s box: other regions will also want to do this and will begin to introduce their own bills, and we already have a lot of holidays,” our interlocutor argues. Secondly, the illogical relationship of dates. “First, on November 4, we celebrate the Day of National Unity, which is dedicated to the friendship of peoples, and a week later, it turns out, on the contrary, there will be a dividing holiday. So the bill could play a bad role,” the source explained.

But can this be considered a final victory for the position of Tatarstan, which spoke out categorically against such a memorable date? This question remains open. After all, it is unknown when the very “later date” for which the bill was postponed will arrive. However, our source reassures us that a lot of bills are introduced into the State Duma, which ultimately never reach consideration, and even if they pass the first reading, they are ultimately rejected. And, for example, one of the deputies from Tatarstan, head of the Committee on Nationalities Affairs Ildar Gilmutdinov I am very optimistic. “Everyone, forget about this law!” - he told our correspondent.

2. PERSONNEL SHAKE FROM RUSTAM MINNIKHANOV

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov turned out to be true to tradition - after elections to the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, a whole series of resignations and appointments follows. This time the effect was cumulative, since many appointments went along the chain - several heads of the “prince” were transferred to a richer area for good service.

As a result, 7 districts of Tatarstan have new chapters at once: Zelenodolsk, Yelabuga, Laishevsky, Buinsky, Tyulyachinsky, Spassky and Yutazinsky. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Land Property have changed their owners. The Tatmedia agency still stands apart, while they are in no hurry to appoint a replacement there Airata Zaripova. Looks like the clear favorite here Aidar Salimgaraev— faithful associate of the first deputy chief of staff of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Marata Muratova. But it is possible that Salimgarayev will not want to leave the Kremlin (after all, all important decisions are made there), and a technical figure, a responsible executor, will be placed in Tatmedia. For example, the current acting manager is quite suitable for this role Elvira Akhmetova, who has been working at the agency since 2004, that is, since Muratov’s time.

There were many paradoxes and surprises in Minnikhanov’s personnel decisions this week - he confused the cards for many lobbyists. What is the unexpected appointment of the head of the presidential security service worth? Fanilya Agliullina Minister of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan. According to our interlocutors, the explanation is simple: no breakthroughs are expected from the ministry; there is nothing special to develop there. But it is necessary to protect it. “Business trip” of the head of Yutazov Rustem Nuriev in Elabuga is notable for the fact that the city was not given under the control of an ambitious businessman Leonid Baryshev. And if he again wants to crush the municipal government under himself, the scenario of a war of attrition may repeat itself. Translation Mikhail Afanasyev from Laishevsky district to Zelenodolsky was also not at all obvious - the position of the “Kryashen party” of the head of Ak Bars Holding probably played a role here Ivan Egorova and a Russian surname.

In some decisions, attention is drawn to the wide planning horizon. Marata Zyabbarova to the role of successor Marat Akhmetov prepared for years - first as a deputy minister, then sent to lead the Buinsky district, and only now they considered him ready for a responsible mission. By the way, with the departure of Akhmetov to the State Council, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan lost its most experienced minister, because Marat Gotovich had commanded the republic’s agriculture since 1999. Now the main old-timer of the government - Radik Gaizatullin, Minister of Finance of Tatarstan since June 2002.

3. THE HEAD OF VERKHNEUSLONSKY DISTRICT IS LEAVING “TO THE VOLGA”, HE IS LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT

In the near future, the head of the Verkhneuslonsky district, 49-year-old Marat Ziatdinov, may leave his seat Photo: BUSINESS Online

The rotation of district heads in Tatarstan is not completed, according to BUSINESS Online sources. In particular, the head of the Verkhneuslonsky district, 49-year-old, may leave his seat in the near future. Marat Ziatdinov. His future is not yet determined. According to one version, he will go to head the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Srednevolgavodkhoz, which this year bears the shadow of responsibility for the catastrophic shallowing of the Volga.

Ziatdinov is a native of the Verkhneuslonsky district. He moved up the career ladder gradually. To become the head of the district, he had to change 14 positions, but he never left his native land. At the age of 19, Ziatdinov began working as a simple tractor driver at the Verkhneuslon state farm “Znamya Lenin”. At the age of 22, he graduated from the Kazan State Agricultural Institute with a degree in mechanical engineer. He dedicated his career to the agro-industrial sector. In 2010, he became the head of the executive committee of the Verkhneuslonsky district. In 2011, I worked for the company for a little over a month Alexey Semina- Deputy General Director at AS-Management Management Company. Ziatdinov had several formal castlings from 2010 to 2012. The official moved from the position of deputy head to the head and acting head of the Verkhneuslonsky municipal district, and in March 2012 he was appointed its head, replacing the notorious Alexandra Timofeeva, convicted of a bribe of 5 million rubles.

Who can lead the Verkhneuslonsky district? So far, sources have not given an answer to this question. Among the candidates is supposedly one of the current Deputy Ministers of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan, whose name is not mentioned. The ideal candidate would be a native of the village of Patrikeevo, Verkhneuslonsky district Nikolay Titov.

Conflicting rumors are also circulating about the Kukmorsky district - its head Sergei Dimitriev They are tipped for the post of minister, and another heavyweight leader is allegedly vying for his place.

4. WHY DID THE SECURITY WORKERS ATTACK ROSSELKHOZNADZOR?

UBEP and FSB operatives detained the chief accountant of the Rosselkhoznadzor department, Erik Akhmetov - the investigator suspects him of exceeding his official powers. Photo: tatarstan.ru

The unofficial pre-election regime of silence among the security forces has come to an end. At the end of the week, our publication reported on a high-profile corruption scandal in the office of Rosselkhoznadzor in the Republic of Tatarstan. UBEP and FSB operatives detained the department's chief accountant Erica Akhmetova— the investigator suspects him of exceeding his official authority. The official allegedly issued illegal bonuses to the heads of the Rosselkhoznadzor department for the Republic of Tatarstan for two years, and then received part of the cash back. The security forces worked on the case for several months. Moreover, allegedly back in the spring, the operatives had a transcript of the criminal scheme and the specific names of potential defendants in the case. However, something prevented the initiation of a criminal case.

According to one version, this “stop tap” was a high-ranking relative of the head of the department Nurislama Khabipov. We are talking about a retired mastodon - Rafkat Kantyukov, who headed Tattransgaz for many years. He left his post this summer - unexpectedly for many. With his departure, the investigation was left with no deterrent facts. But this is just one theory. The second concerns an important reshuffle in the republic’s security bloc. Just a week ago, in the economic security department of the Kazan Internal Affairs Directorate, where Rosselkhoznadzor was developed, the head changed: like our newspaper, he left the post of head Niyaz Fazulzyanov. He was replaced by an experienced central office operative Vasily Mishin, previously held the post of deputy in one of the specialized departments of the UBEP. It is quite possible that he took a lot of old developments with him to the Kazan Internal Affairs Directorate. And now we have seen many high-profile cases: the new chief of the Kazan economic police can loudly make himself known.

One of the most unexpected appointments in the new convocation of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan can be considered the appearance of Airat Zaripov at the head of the Committee on Education, Culture, Science and National IssuesPhoto: BUSINESS Online

One of the most unexpected appointments in the new convocation of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan was the appearance of the ex-head of the Tatmedia agency Airata Zaripova at the head of the Committee on Education, Culture, Science and National Affairs. At Razile Valeev It was this committee that was a kind of outlet, a focus of loud public discussions, disputes and statements, especially related to the topic of the Tatar language. It was at the meeting of this committee that for the first time back in 2017, the same initiative of the Kaluga region to Stand on the Ugra was rebuffed.

And now the State Council Committee on Education and Science will be headed by Zaripov, a person who is as non-public as possible and “buttoned up to all the buttons.” Didn’t the Tatarstan authorities decide, out of harm’s way, to “concrete” the national issue in parliament? People's poet of the Republic of Tatarstan Valeev suggests not putting labels on his successor for now. “I can’t assess this appointment yet, we need to look at things, it’s too early to say. And the committee does not consist of one chairman, it is a collegial body, a lot depends on it,” Razil Ismagilovich told BUSINESS Online.

According to the newspaper, until recently there were two candidates for the position of chairman: Zaripov and an actor of the Kamalovsky Theater Ramil Tukhvatullin. As a result, the first one was chosen, perhaps due to greater political experience, although Tukhvatullin also worked in the government of the Republic of Tatarstan at one time. In general, the composition of the education committee has been updated by more than half. Among the “oldies” is the rector of KFU Ilshat Gafurov, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan Myakzyum Salakhov, General Director of TNV Ilshat Aminov and director of the Opera and Kachalovsky theaters Raufal Mukhametzyanov And Alexander Slavutsky. As for the newcomers, in addition to Zaripov and Tukhvatullin, the composition of the committee (in total it includes 12 deputies) was replenished by the director of the Bala City children's center network Albina Nasyrova, director of the ANO "International School of Kazan" Niyaz Gafiyatullin, director of Kazan school No. 165 Aidar Shamsutdinov, playwright Rkail Zaidulla and ex-deputy head of the executive committee of the Elabuga region of the Republic of Tatarstan Lyudmila Rybakova. The latter became Zaripov’s deputy, apparently to maintain national balance in the leadership of the committee.

6. THE JUDGE IN THE MUSIN CASE ARRESTED “SWEAR FRIEND” SALAVAT

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As one of the BUSINESS Online sources put it, this week “the dream of the Honored Artist of Tatarstan, singer Salavat Fatkhetdinova" The Vakhitovsky District Court arrested the notorious businessman Zagira Israfilova, which several years ago almost brought the main republican pop star to bankruptcy. In 2012, Israfilov took out two loans for his company NPC Nur in the amount of 14.4 million rubles, the guarantor of which was Salavat. The entrepreneur did not pay for the loan, went into hiding, and the Bank of Kazan owed the debt to the People’s Artist. The singer did not want to pay off the loan voluntarily, considering himself a victim of circumstances. But the bank collected 22 million rubles from him in court.

Israfilov himself at one time, even before the story with the Tatar pop star, was convicted under the article of misappropriation of money (he spent 400 million budget rubles on the purchase of a luxury cruise ship), however, he avoided a real sentence - he was credited with the days spent in custody. Now Israfilov is again involved in another, no less high-profile case - about fraud in the development of a government contract at KNRTU-KAI. Along with him in the dock is the former vice-rector Victor Gureev and also a business colleague Marat Galeev. Israfilov was under house arrest for a long time, but, as they say, he did not value his happiness.

What did Israfilov do? The point of no return came at the beginning of this week. After one of the hearings, the defendant “with bad intentions” approached the lawyer of his business partner Galeev, Oleg Kamalov, and with a hint of reprisal said to Kamalov: “I’ll bury yours.” Then Israfilov showed a significant gesture - he ran his hand over his throat. The judge drew attention to inappropriate behavior NailbKamaletdinov, who, by the way, is now considering the banker’s case Roberta Musina. He regarded the gesture as a threat and arrested Israfilov right in the courtroom. Rumor has it that Israfilov argued and denied until the last moment. Then the principled Kamaletdinov ordered to show the recording from the video surveillance camera installed in the court. Everything was obvious in the footage. Now Israfilov is in a pre-trial detention center. According to our information, he should not expect a new criminal case because of his behavior in the Themis building. But if the defendant is found guilty in the main case, then, of course, the very fact of the threat will be assessed as an aggravating circumstance, and all this in addition to the previous conviction. So a conviction for Israfilov could be harsh, and he faces up to 10 years in prison.

7. DID TIMUR TEMIRGALIEV LIKE IT AT KSENIYA SOBCHAK’S WEDDING?

As BUSINESS Online found out, one of the guests at the sensational wedding of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak and director Konstantin Bogomolov was the head of the guarantee fund of the Republic of Tatarstan Timur Temirgaliev Photo: BUSINESS Online

As BUSINESS Online found out, one of the guests of the sensational wedding of a TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak and director Konstantin Bogomolov turned out to be the head of the guarantee fund of the Republic of Tatarstan Timur Temirgaliev. Apparently, he kept his mother company at the holiday Elena Temirgalieva- owner of the elite Moscow beauty salons "Millefeuille". Sobchak is a regular client. “Always try new things! That’s how I found the ideal makeup artist at the Millefeuille salon - now this is my favorite place for important gatherings and cool cosmetology!” — the TV presenter once wrote on her social networks.

On their Instagram, the mother and son Temirgalievs posted photographs with the geolocation of the Moscow Museum (this is where the celebration took place); in the photo one can guess the very hall where the wedding took place. The 24-year-old head of the guarantee fund of the Republic of Tatarstan captioned the touching photo: “This is what love means.” In a conversation with a BUSINESS Online correspondent, he confirmed that he participated in the celebration, but was brief: “Great wedding!”

8. EX-SENATOR FROM TATARSTAN REMAINS IN MOSCOW and “will continue to be friends” with Khusnullin

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Having already officially become an ex-senator from Tatarstan the day before Ildus Akhmetzyanov remains in Moscow. As a source told BUSINESS Online, the now former member of the Federation Council is going to work together with his long-time friend from Chistopol, Deputy Mayor of Moscow on issues of urban planning policy and construction Marat Khusnullin. Akhmetzyanov himself, however, makes clarifications: “Nothing has changed. As planned, I am going into private business and staying in Moscow. I was and will continue to be friends with Khusnullin, but the business will not be entirely connected with him. This is not a construction site. There is a new direction,” the ex-senator intrigued, promising to talk about this in more detail in the second half of October.

Also, according to Akhmetzyanov, he will continue to deal with the affairs of his native Chistopol. “I will supervise the rural business - the Chistopolskaya agricultural firm - at the level of the board of directors,” he noted in an interview with our publication. It is curious that a company with this name was registered at the end of June this year, when rumors about Akhmetzyanov’s departure from the Federation Council appeared. The director of the Chistopolskaya agricultural firm is currently listed as Ivan Shugaev- head of the peasant farm "Aktay" from Aksubaevo.

Let us note that it was in his small homeland that Akhmetzyanov began his entrepreneurial career in the 1990s. So, in 1992, he began to manage the “Trading House” store at Chistay LTD in Chistopol. Four years later he was already working as the commercial director of Chistopol Wholesale and Retail Enterprise "Universaltorg" LLC, to which Khusnullin is believed to have been close. In the 2000s, Akhmetzyanov held the positions of general director of the Management Company "Universaltorg" and chairman of the board of directors of the holding company of the same name. Then he led the Chistopol district for four years, from where he moved to the chair of a member of the Federation Council.

9. IN THE SHOE SHOP “SPARTAKA” - “YUTUBOSHNAYA”

“Spartak Space” occupies half of the fourth floor - a former shoe workshop with an area of ​​1.5 thousand square meters. meters. Two video studios, a large cyclorama and a showroom of a local designer have opened here. Photo: Ksenia Sokolova

In September, the creative association URAM, organized by the Ministry of Youth of the Republic of Tatarstan, held an exhibition of works by young artists Exit is Here in the “YouTube” “Spartak Space”. This is a creative space created this summer by the Alto Vision design studio right in the former workshop of the bankrupt Spartak shoe factory. "Yutuboshnaya" occupies half of the fourth floor - a former shoe shop with an area of ​​1.5 thousand square meters. meters. Two video studios, a large cyclorama and a showroom of a local designer were opened here. Several more photo studios and a free co-working space are preparing to open, but in general the space has already begun to accumulate bloggers, photographers and YouTubers holding various events.

It’s funny that the location of the cultural space was chosen on very shaky ground: the building is in the bankruptcy estate of the Spartak Shoe Factory OJSC as part of a bankruptcy procedure and is about to be put up for auction. As the CEO of Alto Vision told us Maxim Bulatov, the premises were taken on a long-term lease from certain representatives of the Spartak factory (but allegedly not from the bankruptcy manager), renovated on their own (the walls are painted with bright oil paints), and the organizers hope that everything will be fine. “Of course, when a new owner comes after the auction, he will have the right to evict us, but I’m used to believing in good people and I believe that this will not happen,” he explained to BUSINESS Online. Bankruptcy manager of OJSC Shoe Factory Spartak Arthur Zainutdinov, Unfortunately, he also did not clarify the situation, refusing to comment. But, apparently, YouTube is not the only tenant of these spaces: according to the 2GIS service, there are 20 more organizations in the building - from a restaurant and a car wash to a men's hair salon and a flower salon.

They planned to create a creative space in another production fragment of the empire of the banker Musin - the Adonis clothing factory, which is also part of the bankruptcy estate. The World Forum of Tatar Youth was to house a center of modern Tatar culture there; the famous Moscow art factory “Flacon” was also eyeing the building. But the Spartak team outdid them by seizing the loft space without waiting for the fate of the building to be decided. Perhaps creative applicants for “Adonis” should also not wait for the weather by the sea, but slowly master the sewing workshops.

10. REVIEW OF FEDERAL TELEGRAM CHANNELS

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This week the full text of the interview with the head of Rostec was published Sergei Chemezov RBC, which was announced back in August and an excerpt from which (about protests in Moscow) caused a lot of noise. The interview itself also gave rise to many interpretations, the most popular of which is that Chemezov is yet another matchmaker for the head of government. Nezygar was the first to publish this version, as often happens: “Rostec is already openly saying that Chemezov is the new prime minister of Russia.”

“Master of the Pen” writes that Chemezov is perhaps the only person who can replace Dmitry Medvedev. As one of the most important advantages of the head of Rostec, the authors of the channel note his ability to consolidate elites, build consensus between influence groups, stop the feuds between the power and brain blocs, and also partially smooth out the conflict between society and the government. And this is the main task of the transfer period. “Chemezov’s bid for the premiership seems short, lasting about a year to a maximum of one and a half,” believes “Master of the Pen.” This means that the main events of the transfer must fall within this period. The VChK-OGPU channel, in turn, refers to sources who claim that Chemezov will have the role of guarantor during the transfer of power. This is due to the fact that he is one of the few whom Putin trusts to be involved in this issue. It doesn’t matter whether he will have the prime minister’s position during the transfer or not. The same source claims that Chemezov’s categorical opponents as a guarantor are Igor Sechin, Dmitry Medvedev And Victor Zolotov. Kompromat GROUP notes that with the nomination of Chemezov, the hopes of the chairman of the Accounts Chamber are finally crumbling Alexey Kudrin for promotion to the main office of the Russian White House."

The PolitForum telegram channel concludes that Chemezov’s frank and bold statements are not very similar to an application for the prime minister’s chair and are in fact addressed not to Putin, not to society and not to the elites. The real addressee, most likely, is not inside Russia, but in the West. And if we assume that this is so, then Sergei Viktorovich’s speech acquires internal logic and integrity, and in this sense, indeed, there may be preparation for transit - in every sense of the word.

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Against the backdrop of the scandalous elections to the Moscow City Duma and the “Ustinov case,” the Kremlin Without Tower channel released a new batch of rumors about the future of the mayor of Moscow. “Our source in the central office of the FSB reports that recently in the corridors of Lubyanka rumors about the impending change of the Moscow mayor in the coming months have sharply intensified. At the same time they say that care Sergei Sobyanin will be accompanied by a purge of vice mayors Petra Biryukova, Marat Khusnullina and a number of other well-known toxic personalities,” the authors of the telegram channel report.

In this case, elections for the mayor of Moscow will be scheduled in 2020, and the main candidate for mayor will be the first deputy head of the Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko. “The tasks of the new mayor: neutralization of protest, liberalization of power, personnel renewal and complete digitalization of Moscow,” writes Kremlin Beztowernik. At the same time, the authors of the channel themselves point out that gossip can be treated with skepticism, but there is one thing. “Since they are from the corridors of the Lubyanka, it means that among the security forces there is a serious group of influence that would really like to remove Sergei Sobyanin from among the key participants in the Great Transfer. And therefore, with a high degree of probability, we can expect new attacks on the capital’s mayor and his entourage in the near future,” the telegram channel summarizes.

The “Witch Doctor” channel develops the idea of ​​​​its colleagues, talking about long-standing rumors according to which there is an agreement between Kiriyenko and Sobyanin, in which the first holds the position of mayor of Moscow, and the second - the post of chairman of the Russian government. “It’s not for nothing that Kiriyenko previously launched a campaign to discredit Medvedev,” write the authors of “The Witch Doctor.” “But now the situation has changed. And in this design, only Kiriyenko has a chance.”

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This week, spontaneous rallies took place again in Buryatia. A series of protests in Ulan-Ud began on September 9, when activists demanded the release of detained supporters of the shaman Alexandra Gabysheva, who “was going to expel Putin from the Kremlin.” Later, the protesters were joined by communists demanding re-election of the mayor and activists opposing police brutality. And now the protesters again advocated for the cancellation of the mayoral elections in Ulan-Ude, and also demanded the resignation of the head of the republic Alexey Tsydenov. Following this, telegram channels also attacked Tsydenov. “Tsydenov not only completely lacks the qualities of a public politician, but also lacks the intelligence to realize this so as not to leave the office. The head of Buryatia, who did not correspond to his position, came to a rally, where they told him in his eyes “resign,” “leave where you came from,” this is how the Boilernaya channel assesses the actions of the head of the republic.

“Nizhny Novgorod Olen” spoke in the same spirit - according to its authors, the case of Buryatia clearly illustrates the thesis about the crisis of the political competence of new governors, “grown in political incubators and did not go through the crucible of real politics.” “In the much-hyped “school of governors” they taught how to bravely throw themselves in front of a tank and jump from a cliff into an abyss, but they never taught (and in principle could not teach) the real political skills necessary for a governor to effectively govern the region. Tsydenov, as he was taught in “school,” without thinking, boldly jumped into the crowd, but confused the training with reality and “crashed” into the harsh political reality,” the authors of the channel believe and conclude that the majority of “young governors” are unable to effectively manage the political agenda in the regions, especially to resolve conflict and crisis situations. Thus, as a result of the “renovation” of the governor’s corps and non-competitive elections, Russia received several dozen weak and illegitimate governors. That is, an “arc of instability” has been created in the regions, and it was not created by the headquarters Alexei Navalny or the State Department, and the forces are within the country. Everything is ready for the new “Bolotnaya” in 2021.

The Thoughts-NeMysli channel also notes that hotbeds of tension are increasingly emerging in the regions. Protest sentiments are fueled not by political factors, but by economic ones, but the politicization of protest occurs at lightning speed, as a rule, due to not very reasonable actions of local authorities. The hottest spot at the moment is Ulan-Ude, where the authorities’ attempt to prevent a Yakut shaman from entering Moscow provoked a rally in support of the senator from Buryatia Vyacheslav Markhaeva, who lost the fight for the post of mayor of Ulan-Ude.

“Kompromat 2.0” writes that along with the persecution of the political opposition, the Russian authorities began to persecute the occult and mystical opposition. The authors of the channel draw this conclusion based on the fact that on the border of Buryatia and the Irkutsk region, security forces arrested a shaman AlexandraGabysheva, who was going to Moscow. Now he may be accused of organizing an extremist community. The Kompromat CIS channel, meanwhile, reports that a replacement has already been found for the shaman. Now the campaign against Moscow will be led by a 79-year-old man known as Father Frost.

Presidents Rustam Minnikhanov and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: aa.com.tr

A year before the expiration of the second term of office of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov the question of what role his career will continue in is becoming one of the main problems for the regional policy of the federal center. Next year, the President of Tatarstan will turn only 63 years old - this is far from the age at which political heavyweights become political pensioners, but each of the possible options for Minnikhanov's political future has significant disadvantages. Of all the possible alternatives, the prospect of Minnikhanov’s appointment to a high international post, for example, a formal or informal supervisor of Russia’s relations with Turkey, is especially alarming.

Scenario 1: leave everything as is

Formally, the main obstacle to Minnikhanov’s third term at the head of Tatarstan is clause 5 of Art. 91 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan: “The same person cannot be elected to the position of President of the Republic of Tatarstan for more than two consecutive terms.” But Rustam Minnikhanov was elected to this post by popular vote only once - in 2015, and for the first term (in 2010) he was approved by the Parliament of Tatarstan on the proposal of the President of Russia. In any case, until recently, political scientists assessed the prospects for extending Minnikhanov’s powers quite highly.

In a study by Minchenko Consulting “State Council 2.0” (September 2018), dedicated to the political stability of the heads of Russian regions, the President of Tatarstan received a fairly high rating and was at a sufficient distance from the “red” zone of potential candidates for early retirement. In the “Bonuses” section, the authors of the study predictably gave Minnikhanov the highest score in the “Big projects” column, which he always talks about with pleasure (the last time was last week, when in Tatarstan in the presence of Vladimir Putin opened gasoline production at the Tatneft oil refining complex). In the “Fines” section, both conflicts at the federal and regional levels, as well as various criminal cases against officials were noted, but Minchenko Consulting experts assessed their degree of criticality as relatively low. If we turn to other studies of the activities of governors, then in them Rustam Minnikhanov, as a rule, occupies the highest positions. For example, the Center for Information Communications “Rating” put him in fourth place at the end of 2018 - even higher than the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

It seems that the main argument against Minnikhanov’s third term, from the point of view of the federal center, lies in line with the general attitude towards the emergence at the head of regions (especially national autonomies) of people who are not integrated into the local elites, and quite young ones at that. Here, of course, there are exceptions, such as the recent transfer to the post of governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the speaker of the parliament of this region, a 64-year-old Alexandra Ussa, but in general the indicated trend is intensifying. Against this background, Minnikhanov, who actually inherited Tatarstan from his predecessor Mintimera Shaimieva, belongs to a completely different reality.

Tatarstan’s experience of transferring power within one clan or even ethno-clan group has rarely been successful, but today there is absolutely no reason for Tatarstan to continue to remain outside the processes of deeper personnel rotation. Ultimately, there is a clear example of Dagestan, where for many years the situation in which a non-Dagestan would be at the head of this republic looked purely speculative. However, only with the advent of the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma at the head of Dagestan Vladimir Vasiliev(also, by the way, occupying high places in gubernatorial ratings) a real fight against corruption has finally begun in this region, which is now spreading to other republics of the North Caucasus. A similar consideration - there are no more exceptional regions - may become dominant when selecting a candidate for the new leader of Tatarstan.

Scenario 2: throw on the economic front

A special place in the list of Rustam Minnikhanov’s credentials is occupied by the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tatneft, which he took back in June 1999, when he was Prime Minister of Tatarstan. For the practice of the largest Russian companies, such a long stay at the head of the board of directors is unique and reflects the specifics of the merging of government and large business in Tatarstan. Therefore, the most important component of the political bargaining around Minnikhanov’s supposed resignation from the post of President of Tatarstan should be the issue of control over Tatneft. Minnikhanov’s retention of his post in this company may well turn out to be one of the conditions for his replacement with another person at the head of the republic.

The issue of the fate of Tatneft was actively discussed in 2016-2017 in the context of the transition of Bashneft under the control of Rosneft, which was preceded by a protracted history of the privatization of Bashneft with the participation of the clan of the ex-head of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov and returning it to federal ownership. Then there was a lot of talk about the fact that the next most obvious candidate for takeover by Rosneft was Tatneft. Then these conversations gradually died down, although at the end of last year another reason for hypotheses about the future of the company appeared, when it announced a course for long-term restructuring and disposal of non-core assets.

A number of observers interpreted this as an early start to preparations for the “problem 2020.” “The purpose of the program is to complicate the possible purchase of Tatneft through the acquisition of stakes in the enterprise on the market. Now, if someone buys shares from private investors, he will receive only production, and processing and maintenance will remain in the hands of management and the republic,” noted, in particular, the telegram channel “Nudascha.”

Scenario 3: transfer to the federal level

At first glance, the most obvious option for Rustam Minnikhanov’s honorable resignation is to move him to the Federation Council, where he will join the already considerable list of former regional heads who have become senators. But in the Federation Council, Minnikhanov still needs to find a position corresponding to his influence - the role of an ordinary senator is clearly not suitable for him (here you can remember how a few years ago the ex-head of Russian Railways was going to the Senate Vladimir Yakunin, but changed his mind when there was no high chair there for him). In the ranking of the most influential Russians, which was compiled by Forbes magazine last year, the President of Tatarstan took 51st place - above the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. And although any such rating obviously contains a considerable amount of conditionality, it is safe to assume that Minnikhanov himself is unlikely to consider the Federation Council as a suitable place to continue his political career.

The second option for moving Minnikhanov to the federal level is his appearance at the head of one of the ministries. There are plenty of examples of similar movements over the past few years. Former governor of the Krasnodar region Alexander Tkachev in 2015-2018 he headed the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, and the current heads of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation are, respectively, the former heads of Yamal Dmitry Kobylkin and Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev. Such appointments, as a rule, involve recognition of merit in a previous place of work, and if the federal center perceives Minnikhanov as a person who is ready to work actively until at least 2024, then appointing him as minister would be a logical decision.

Another thing is that a minister, even a federal one, is more of an official than a politician, while the president of Tatarstan positions himself primarily as a political figure (which, in fact, found expression even in the persistent desire to preserve the very name of the post of president, and despite federal law). In this regard, another parallel with the events of the recent past suggests itself. In 2016, the option of Ramzan Kadyrov relinquishing his powers in Chechnya with a subsequent transfer to one of the federal positions was quite actively discussed - according to one version, this scenario was not implemented only because Kadyrov could not find a post where his political weight would not overshadow job functionality. In addition, such movements carry the risk of the rapid formation of new metropolitan clans with a regional base, as happened, for example, in the Ministry of Agriculture, where Alexander Tkachev brought many former colleagues.

Scenario 4: send to diplomatic work

Perhaps it is this option for continuing his career that Rustam Minnikhanov himself, who has long been an important figure in Russian-Turkish relations, considers as the most suitable. Good relations between the President of Tatarstan and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who more than once called Minnikhanov his brother, is not news for a long time, and the scope of Kazan’s ties with Ankara, apparently, has no analogues in other regions. In Turkey, Tatarstan has long been perceived as a key segment of the “Turkic world” in Russia, where Turkish initiatives are a priori included in the “green account” - from investor initiatives to the occasionally emerging topic of creating parallel graphics of the Tatar language based on the Turkish alphabet. “I call Tatarstan my second homeland,” said the Turkish Minister of Economy during a visit to Kazan in 2016 Nikhat Zeybekci, adding that Rustam Minnikhanov is also its president.

The Turkish topic was not left aside during Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Kazan, when Rustam Minnikhanov asked the Russian President to convey an invitation to Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Kazan. The reason for this was the completion of the reconstruction of the Shamovskaya Hospital, an architectural monument that now houses a luxury spa hotel. The Turkish company Polimex was involved in this project worth $50 million.

Until now, Erdogan has been to Kazan only once - in 2011, which largely reflects the specifics of relations between Turkey and Tatarstan, which is an obvious junior partner in them. “I remember with great pleasure your historic visit to Tatarstan five years ago,” the President of Tatarstan addressed the Turkish leader during their meeting in Ankara at the end of 2016.

Now the reason for Erdogan’s visit could be the world championship of blue-collar professions WorldSkills, which will be held in the capital of Tatarstan in August. This event is expected to attract 1.5 thousand participants from 67 countries and more than 250 thousand visitors. In addition, a number of events are to take place in Tatarstan as part of the cross-year of Russia and Turkey in culture and tourism, which will be inaugurated in April.

The practice of transferring former regional heads to responsible foreign policy positions in Russia also occurs. The latest such example is the appointment of the ex-head of Dagestan Ramazana Abdulatipova first as the special representative of the president on issues of humanitarian and economic cooperation with the states of the Caspian region, and then as the permanent representative of Russia to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

It is not difficult to imagine Rustam Minnikhanov in the post of Russian ambassador to Turkey (the same Abdulatipov, without any significant formal diplomatic experience, was ambassador to Tajikistan for several years), and even more realistic - in some new post specially created for him, connected with Russia -Turkish relations. The appearance of such a post will be indirect evidence that the existing diplomatic channels of interaction with Turkey are clearly insufficient, given the too diverse nature of these relations. But this post should clearly not be held by such an active lobbyist of Turkish interests in Russia as the president of Tatarstan.

Oleg Polyakov

18:42 — REGNUM A striking event on Tatarstan’s information agenda last week was the return to discussion of the name of the highest position. The “presidency,” which the Tatar elite clings to as the last symbol of a bygone era, has attracted the attention of the prosecutor’s office.

The head of the region attended the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, where he raised the issue of the crisis situation in the dairy industry, asking Dmitry Medvedev limit the import of milk powder into Russia. And against the backdrop of Minnikhanov’s harsh statements, a campaign is unfolding in the republic to consolidate the name of the general director of Tatspirtprom JSC in the information field. Ireka Minnakhmetova. He is tipped to become the new head of the region.

He did not stay at the post of Minister of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan Adele Vafin, whose resignation was predicted a week ago. He was replaced by the head physician of one of the Kazan hospitals, and the rumors about the ex-minister are more incredible than the other.

After the tragedy with the Saratov Airlines plane, during which 71 people died, the Kazan Association of Carriers demanded the resignation of the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. And in the Zainsk City Court, the consideration of the case on another tragedy was completed, where 14 people died during an accident and a bus fire. One of the drivers was sentenced to 4.5 years in a penal colony. In the Tatar branch of Russian Post, a gang of employees was discovered that was robbing recipients of parcels with expensive equipment.

Last week, the republican authorities finally remembered the oldest art school in Kazan, whose existence was under threat. The Ministry of Culture of the Republic has been instructed to develop a program for its reconstruction, which means that the educational institution that survived the Great Patriotic War will undergo state accreditation and will be able to continue teaching students coming from all over the country.

The second bill to return to direct elections of mayors of Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny (instead of appointing them from among the deputies by the legislators themselves) was also rejected by the republican authorities.

And they denied information about the annexation of part of the territory of the neighboring municipality to the capital of the region, noting that we are talking only about plots for a cemetery.

“The Presidency”: an era has passed, but the elite did not notice

Tataria to this day remains the last region of Russia where the chapter has not been renamed. The Tatar elite clings to the name “president” as the last remnant of a bygone era, not noticing that the realities have long changed. At the end of July 2017, deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan even asked the head of state Vladimir Putin keep the name separately for the republic. The official response - after comments from Putin himself and his representative in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich- did not follow, and in August 2017, the agreement on the division of powers between Moscow and Kazan, on which some clauses of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan were based, including the name of the position of the head of the region, ended.

The Republican prosecutor's office was silent.

The fall of 2017 was spent in debate about whether it was necessary to preserve the name or whether it was high time to put things in order in the documents and follow the path of Chechnya. Meanwhile, let us remind you that the chapter of the last Ramzan Kadyrov back in 2010 he said that “ In Russia, only one statesman has the right to be called president,”and it's time to stop"parade of regional presidents».

In December 2017, Naberezhnye Chelny deputy Sergey Yakovlev, known for his investigations into the expenditure of budget funds, appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation with a request to check the legality of the title of the position “President of Tatarstan” and oblige regional deputies to bring the Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan into compliance with federal law, “ eliminating the further use of the title of the head of the region “president”" In February 2018, a response came from the prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Tatarstan, where the application was sent, from which it followed that a certain working group had been created in the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan to amend the constitution of the republic and develop the law “On the Constitutional Commission of the Republic of Tatarstan.” When and by whom it was created is not specified.

At first, some deputies said that they knew nothing about such a group, and a day later the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan gave an official comment. It followed from it that in the republican parliament “ Regular monitoring and analysis of the legislative framework of the republic is carried out, including issues of constitutional regulation, for compliance of republican laws with federal legislation».

“This work is carried out within the framework of the Parliamentary Commission for Monitoring Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice, which is vested with appropriate powers. At this stage of the work of the Commission to improve legal regulation, the adoption of any special laws is not required, - clarified in the commentary of the parliament and adds, as has already been noted several times, the termination of the agreement on the division of powers“does not affect the legality and legal force of the constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan, the preservation of the foundations of the constitutional system of the republic and its legal status as a subject of the Russian Federation.”

From this statement we can conclude that no one plans to change the name of the position in the near future. It is likely that until 2020 - the end of Rustam Minnikhanov’s term.

By the way, last week a number of popular telegram channels in Kazan began publishing information that one of the possible candidates to replace Minnikhanov would be the general director of Tatspirtprom JSC Irek Minnakhmetov.

“A new generation of leaders is growing up in Tatarstan,” “Irek Zaudatovich Minnakhmetov (born 1980) is a statesman, athlete and young entrepreneur, General Director of Tatspirtprom JSC, Chairman of the Sports Paintball Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan. Convinced Tatar nationalist", — Kazan and federal telegram channels wrote, discussing his candidacy for the post of head of the region.

It is known from open sources that, among other things, Irek Minnakhmetov is a pilot of the sports and technical club “Genghis Khan”, a participant in the Russian circuit racing series. In 2003, he graduated from the Kazan State Institute of Finance and Economics, and in 2008, from the Faculty of Law of the Kazan State University. Before Tatspirtprom, he managed to manage the government media holding Tatmedia, and was a deputy in the Kazan City Duma.

Minnikhanov asked for milk

On the sidelines of the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, during a meeting with regional heads, Rustam Minnikhanov turned to Dmitry Medvedev with a request to limit the circulation of milk powder in the country, since the raw material market is suffering from this.

Factories purchase powdered milk, make products from it, and raw milk remains out of use. In Tatarstan this season there was a problem with sales and low purchasing prices, which led to financial difficulties for producers.

“Dmitry Anatolyevich, I would like to say that in winter there was always a shortage of milk, our republic produces a lot of milk, and milk was always exported. This year the following situation happened: there is no export, the price of milk is 5-8 rubles less than last year and, of course, this creates a big problem for the population. Dairy plants bought milk powder, reconstitute milk, and produce products. Therefore, without your intervention, this issue probably will not be resolved; if we contribute to the launch of powdered milk and the production of products from it, this will result in serious losses,” said the head of Tatarstan.

To this request, Dmitry Medvedev replied that he would give “ instructions to figure it all out", because he " it is difficult to argue against the arguments that the leader of Tatarstan brought" and you need " develop your dairy industry».

The Prime Minister, whose words are quoted by the official website of Tatarstan, noted that despite the fact that the authorities cannot limit the signed agreement, it is inappropriate to block the supply of normal milk and open the market for powdered milk just for the sake of observing economic principles.

“If we block the supply of normal milk and open the market for powdered milk just to comply with economic principles, then why do we need such principles? We just need to think about how to get out of this,” — added Dmitry Medvedev.

Let us recall that previously the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Akhmetov stated that it was the “scaleless” import of imported milk powder and other dairy products that sharply reduced the demand for Russian milk.

The decline in purchasing prices in Tatarstan by the end of January 2018 relative to the same period in 2017 was almost 20% - from 27.88 to 22.31 rubles per kg (excluding VAT).

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Inevitable resignation and a hereditary doctor to replace him

The issue of resignation of the Minister of Health of Tatarstan Adela Vafina, who held his post since 2013, was discussed throughout February, but the tragic and mysterious death of his deputy Elena Shishmareva, a defendant in a criminal case, pushed this day forward. On February 14, the now former minister left his post. According to the official version, in connection with the transition to a new job.

In comments to the Business Online publication, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the former Minister of Health of Tatarstan, whom Vafin replaced at one time, Airat Farrakhov said the deputy tragedy left little choice for the minister.

“This was the reason for the statement, the tragedy that occurred last week leaves little choice for the minister. The minister is responsible for everything, and this was a very courageous act on his part. The death of Elena Ivanovna, this whole tragedy is an extremely resonant incident. I believe that is why this decision was made,” — the publication quotes the words of the deputy.

Saying goodbye to Vafin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin noted the latter’s work “to promote a healthy lifestyle”, “events within the framework of the Year of the Fight against Cardiovascular Diseases, the Year of the Fight against Oncological Diseases”, work in terms of informatization of the healthcare sector and the program for the modernization of clinics , which started in 2017.

And although Alexey Pesoshin said in his speech that the ex-minister “ moves to another job, a job related to healthcare“, this did not save Vafin from the speculation of the Kazan media. There were even frankly strange suggestions about a new place of work, for example, the rector of the Kazan Theological Seminary.

On the same day, the chief physician of the Kazan City Clinical Hospital No. 7 was appointed as the new Minister of Health of Tatarstan. Hereditary doctor, as the republican media call him.

“Marat Sadykov is widely known in the republic, not only in professional circles. For a long time he led large medical institutions. In 2000 - 2008 was the chief physician of the Kazan Oncology Dispensary. For the last 10 years, Marat Sadykov served as chief physician of the Kazan City Clinical Hospital No. 7,” - Alexey Pesoshin noted when presenting it, clarifying that the hospital was built from scratch, and today it is in fact an exemplary medical institution.

48-year-old Sadykov, born in Buinsk, comes from a family of doctors and has devoted his entire life to the same field of activity as his parents. In 1993, he graduated with honors from the Kazan State Medical Institute with a degree in pediatrics.

Sadykov’s name was also heard in connection with the scandal during the construction of an emergency medicine center. Then the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Tatarstan announced numerous facts of ineffective use of budget funds, in particular, it was noted that in the hospital under his jurisdiction over 40 pieces of high-tech expensive equipment were idle. Marat Sadykov then explained that the reason for the downtime was that the supplier delivered the equipment ahead of schedule, and the center under construction was not ready for installation, which is why the equipment was stored in the hospital.

Sadykov, as one of the most likely candidates for the post of head of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, was named a couple of days before Vafin’s voluntary resignation. At the same time, a number of experts said that this was one of the best possible candidates.

Sokolov - resign: Kazan carriers wrote to Putin

Kazan media published excerpts from a letter from the association of Kazan carriers, which, after the tragedy with the Saratov Airlines plane, appealed to the head of state Vladimir Putin with a request to resign the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolova.

“During the stay of Sokolov M.Yu. During his tenure as Minister of Transport, a number of high-profile plane crashes occurred, leading to the death of hundreds of people. The latest tragic incident is the crash of an An-148 in the Moscow region,” the Business Online publication quotes the letter from the carriers, specifying that the authors declare the minister to be guilty of the tragedies and call him a “lobbyist for big business.”

The authors of the letter also justified their position by the fact that “ The domestic aviation industry produces modern aircraft, essentially in single copies, and air carriers have to purchase aircraft junk from all over the world».

Let us remind you that on February 11 at 14:27, a few minutes after takeoff, an An-148 plane of Saratov Airlines crashed in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. It was operating a flight from Moscow to Orsk (Orenburg region), with six crew members and 65 passengers on board. Everyone died.

The plane crashed near the village of Argunovo and the village of Stepanovskoye. The criminal investigation into the incident continues.

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Failed: direct mayoral elections

The bill, initiated by the Communist Party faction in the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, aimed at returning direct elections of mayors of Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny, again did not find support from the republican authorities. Most often, in reviews of the initiative, it was said that the arguments set out in the explanatory note are not enough to change the procedure, which has been in effect in one city since 2009, and in another since 2010.

“Today, in fact, our system of power is built in such a way that the heads of municipalities consider their superior republican leadership, and not their voters, to be their boss,” one of the co-authors of the bill noted at a meeting of the relevant committee Artyom Prokofiev.

But the arguments of the authors of the document did not convince their colleagues, and the State Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government at its February 20 session will recommend rejecting it. Let us recall that an attempt to return to citizens the opportunity to “real participate in the management of a city or district through the election of their head” was also made in 2017.

Previously, a similar initiative, but only through the holding of an appropriate referendum, was proposed by an initiative group of 20 representatives of various political parties and public organizations. The State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan rejected the proposal, pointing out that this issue is not within the “powers” ​​of the referendum and the very procedure for appointing the main person in the cities has shown its effectiveness. Not everyone agrees with this.