Alexey Ulyukaev is a Russian economist, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia since April 2004. From December 2008 to May 2011, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. From 2000 to 2004, he was First Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. A close associate of Gaidar, he was his adviser in the government in the early 1990s and his deputy at the Institute for Economic Problems in Transition.

Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev was born on March 23, 1956 in Moscow. In 1979, Ulyukaev graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, attended graduate school there, and in 1983 became a candidate of economic sciences.

Even before graduating from Moscow State University, Ulyukaev in 1973-1974 was a laboratory assistant at the Department of Physics at the Moscow Institute of Land Management Engineers. From 1982 to 1988, Ulyukaev worked as an assistant, then an associate professor at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (MISI). Ulyukaev later received a Doctorate in Economics (PhD) from the French University Pierre-Mendes France. Most sources mentioned that Ulyukaev has been a doctor of economic sciences since 1998.

In the mid-1980s, Ulyukaev met Anatoly Chubais and Yegor Gaidar. He was a participant in the economic seminars they led at the Moscow-St. Petersburg school "Snake Hill", which brought together future reformers to discuss economic problems outside the Soviet school of economics. In 1987-1988, Ulyukaev took part in the work of the Perestroika and Democratic Perestroika clubs. Ulyukaev was called the most "advanced" theorist in Gaidar's team. In 1988, Gaidar invited Ulyukaev to work first as a consultant and then as deputy editor of the political economy and economic policy department of the Kommunist magazine. In July 1991, Ulyukaev became deputy director of the International Center for Economic Reform Research (ICER), worked as a political observer for the Moscow News newspaper.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Yegor Gaidar brought Ulyukaev into his government team. From November 1991 to 1992, Ulyukaev was an economic adviser to the government and assistant to Gaidar, and from 1992 to 1993, he was the head of a group of economic advisers. In 1993, Ulyukaev was an assistant to Gaidar, the first deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation. After leaving the government, Gaidar became director of the Institute for Economic Problems in Transition (IET) and appointed Ulyukaev as his deputy.

In 1996-1998, Ulyukaev was a deputy of the Moscow City Duma from the districts of Zyuzino, Kotlovka, Obruchevsky and Cheryomushki, and oversaw the investment policy of the capital. After the expiration of his term of office, Ulyukaev returned to the IET (until November 2008, he remained a leading researcher and member of the academic council. Later, he joined the Russian Government Commission on Economic Reform and headed the development of reform of interbudgetary relations at the Center for Strategic Research, headed by German Gref. Ulyukaev was member of the political council of the Democratic Choice of Russia (DVR) party, headed its Moscow branch from 1995 to 1997. In 1999, he ran for the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Union of Right Forces party in the Moscow single-mandate electoral district No. 204, but lost to Sergei Shokhin .

In May 2000, under the auspices of Chubais, Ulyukaev was again invited to the government. He was appointed First Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin and held this post from 2000 to April 2004. At the Ministry of Finance, Ulyukaev was responsible for financing security forces and monetary policy. In 2002, he served on the board of directors of the state corporation Agency for Restructuring of Credit Institutions (ARCO). In addition, Ulyukaev was appointed a member of the National Banking Council from the Government of the Russian Federation and a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorism Commission.

In April 2004, Ulyukaev was appointed first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and in May of the same year joined its board of directors. At the Central Bank, Ulyukaev headed the Monetary Policy Committee and regularly gave comments to the press on current economic issues. In particular, in 2006, Ulyukaev announced the Central Bank’s readiness to make the ruble convertible, and in October 2008 he announced that he saw no reason for the devaluation of the ruble and expected the Russian economy to reach its pre-crisis level in 2010.

In November 2002, Ulyukaev joined the board of directors of Vneshtorgbank (VTB). In 2007, Ulyukaev's parents became the owners of a stake in VTB.

On December 4, 2008, at a meeting of the board of directors of CJSC MICEX (Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange), elected on the same day, Ulyukaev was elected its chairman. He held this post until May 2011, when another deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Sergei Shvetsov, was elected chairman of the board of directors instead.

At the end of the 2000s, Ulyukaev served as head of the Department of Finance and Credit at the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University for several years. He is the author of many scientific works on economics. Together with Gaidar, Ulyukaev was a co-founder of the magazine “Open Politics” and the newspaper “Democratic Choice”, and was on the editorial board of the magazines “Budget”, “Economic Policy” and “National Banking Journal”. In addition, in 2002, the Vagrius publishing house published a collection of his poems, Fire and Light.

In 2006, Ulyukaev was awarded the Order of Honor. In 2007, he was included in the list of 100 leading politicians in Russia according to the Nezavisimaya Gazeta rating.

Ulyukaev is married and has three children. In the fall of 2006, it became known about a scandal involving an official: while flying from Sochi to Moscow on an Aeroflot plane, he had a fight with the captain of the aircraft because his wife did not get a seat in business class. The flight was delayed, but in the end Ulyukaev and his wife flew on Gref’s personal plane.

The press mentioned Ulyukaev’s hobbies: hiking, rowing and swimming. Ulyukaev speaks English and French.

Ulyukaev wrote a poem about celebrating the New Year in the colony Former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison for taking a bribe, wrote two new poems, the Moscow city news agency reports. The ex-minister's first poem is dedicated to the New Year in prison. “It means that the New Year has come, if children are given tangerines, In prison - vinaigrette,” he writes. IN... Ulyukaev, in his poems from the colony, mentioned life “before and after the term” The ex-minister’s work is dedicated to a thunderstorm that splits the “porcelain of heaven” and opens “the sky wide open.” According to Ulyukaev’s lawyer, he continues to work on his book. Former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery, wrote a new poem, the Moscow agency reports. “Thunderstorm according to Tyutchev, ... Bailiffs announced Ulyukaev's debt for non-payment of transport tax The former head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, convicted of bribery, owes the state 115.8 thousand rubles. for non-payment of transport tax, said the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). The Moscow agency reports this. The department noted that they filed a lawsuit against the former minister for the collection of fees, and on May 22, the ex-official was... The FSIN denied information about Ulyukaev’s divorce Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery, denied information about his divorce. “Moscow Speaks” writes about this with reference to the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Maksimenko, who talked about this topic with the ex-minister. Ulyukaev's lawyer Larisa Kashtanova also told the Moscow agency that she knows nothing about... The lawyer reported on Ulyukaev’s literary activities in the colony Former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, who is serving a sentence in colony No. 1 in the Tver region, said that he does not complain about the conditions of detention. His lawyer Victoria Burkovskaya told TASS about this. “He has no complaints about the conditions of detention. As far as I know, there are no violations against him, and the administration also does not allow violations of his rights,” she said... A portrait of Ulyukaev will be hung in the new office of the Ministry of Economic Development A portrait of the former head of the department, Alexei Ulyukaev, convicted of bribery, will be placed in the picture gallery of the leaders of the Ministry of Economic Development. Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin told RIA Novosti about this, explaining that this will be done after the Ministry of Economic Development moves to a new office. “We had a gallery in the old building with everyone...

Society, 14 Feb 2019, 13:00

The court lifted the seizure of Ulyukaev’s property after paying 130 million rubles. fine The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow lifted the seizure of the property of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in a bribery case. Court press secretary Valentina Norbakh reported this to RBC. “The petition to lift the seizure of the property was granted, the fine was paid,” Norbach said. According to her, the list of property objects... Human rights activists spoke about the conditions of Ulyukaev’s detention in the colony Former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev is serving his sentence in correctional colony No. 1 of the Tver region without privileges, Igor Elgard, chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of the region, told RBC. “He is kept in normal conditions, in a detachment for 37 people: a bed, a bedside table. Everything is like everyone else. He has a positive attitude, he has no complaints... The FSIN denied reports of preferential conditions in the colony for Ulyukaev Information about the former head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, serving his sentence on preferential terms does not correspond to reality. The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia reported this to RBC. “The convict is being held in a general regime correctional colony under general conditions, lives in one of the detachments, and is employed,” the FSIN statement says. Previously Telegram channels... An employee of the Ministry of Economic Development who spoke against Ulyukaev became a deputy minister Medvedev appointed Alexey Ulyukaev’s former subordinate, ex-head of the Ministry of Economic Development department Oksana Tarasenko, deputy minister. In the trial in the case of her former boss, she acted as a witness for the prosecution. Oksana Tarasenko became Deputy Minister of Economic Development. The corresponding order was signed the day before by Prime Minister Dmitry... Ulyukaev paid 130 million rubles. fine Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison, paid the full fine of 130 million rubles. The ex-minister’s lawyer, Victoria Burkovskaya, told RBC about this. “The funds were transferred from Ulyukaev’s savings bank account to the bailiffs’ deposit account,” she said, adding that the money would soon be returned to... Ulyukaev spoke about his work in the colony, yoga and longing for his family The former head of the Ministry of Economic Development refused to answer journalists' questions about the state of the Russian economy, citing a lack of information. Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison for accepting a bribe of $2 million from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, spoke about his life in correctional colony No. 1 Tver region. Letter from ex... The court lifted the arrest from Ulyukaev’s accounts to collect a fine from him The court lifted the seizure of the property of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, so that bailiffs could collect a fine of 130 million rubles from him. in a bribery case. TASS reports this. The court asked the FSSP to lift the seizure of the former minister’s accounts. In court, a representative of the FSSP stated that the minister still... The rule on gifts to officials worth up to 3 thousand rubles. proposed to abolish The document, which proposes to replace the norm for the maximum value of a gift to officials with a separate list of acceptable gifts, was approved by the government commission on legislation. The government commission on legislative activity approved a draft law that establishes a list of acceptable gifts for civil servants. The message was posted on...

Politics, 24 Sep 2018, 11:58

Feoktistov received back $2 million from the Ulyukaev case Retired FSB General Oleg Feoktistov will receive $2 million back in the case of former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev. The decision was made in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow back in June, its legality was confirmed today in the Moscow City Court. Retired FSB general and former Rosneft vice-president for security Oleg Feoktistov will be returned $2 million, which was transferred to him for...

Society, 11 Sep 2018, 12:43

Ulyukaev was discharged from the hospital and returned to the colony Former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev was discharged from a prison hospital. Chairman of the Tver Public Monitoring Commission (POC) Igor Elgardt told RBC about this. “Ulyukaev was discharged from the prison hospital, he returned to the colony,” Elgardt said. “There were no complaints from him.” Ulyukaev was hospitalized in...

Society, 04 Sep 2018, 20:24

Bailiffs received documents to recover 130 million rubles. from Ulyukaev The Office of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) received a writ of execution to collect a fine of 130 million rubles. from the former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, convicted of bribery. Interfax reports this with reference to the press bureau of the Moscow department of the FSSP. “Executive document on recovery from Ulyukaev A.V. a fine of 130...

Society, 02 Sep 2018, 14:39

The PMC spoke about the duration of Ulyukaev’s hospitalization in the prison hospital Convicted former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev will remain in the prison hospital in Torzhok for another week, where he was hospitalized at the end of August. The head of the Tver branch of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) Igor Elgardt reported this to TASS. “Ulyukaev feels well and is receiving the necessary procedures,” Elgardt added. ... Ulyukaev was hospitalized in a colony Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev was hospitalized in the prison hospital in the city of Torzhok, Igor Elgardt, head of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of the Tver Region, told TASS. “This is a planned hospitalization, not an emergency. As far as I know, his life is not in danger,” said the head of the Tver Public Monitoring Committee. In the device... The bailiffs were sent documents to recover 130 million rubles from Ulyukaev. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow (ZRS) sent a writ of execution to the Federal Bailiff Service to collect a fine of more than 130 million rubles from the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, court spokeswoman Emilia Khil told RBC. “ZRS sent for execution to the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia for the city of Moscow a writ of execution for... The Moscow City Court rejected Ulyukaev's cassation appeal The Moscow City Court rejected the cassation appeal of the defense of ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, the court's press service told RBC. “Any significant violations of criminal procedure and criminal laws that influenced the outcome of the case, and which, by virtue of Art. 401.15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation would be grounds for cancellation or change in the cassation procedure... Ulyukaev’s defense demanded that a fine of 130 million rubles be written off. for a bribe Lawyers for the former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, convicted in December 2017 for a large bribe, demanded that a fine of 130 million rubles be written off from the client’s seized accounts. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, Emilia Khil. According to her, the court will not be able to fulfill the demands of the defense of the former minister... The FSIN explained the work of Ulyukaev, Belykh and Reimer as librarians in the colonies The deputy head of the department noted the intelligence, experience and potential of former officials convicted of bribery and fraud, as well as their age and state of health. Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Valery Maksimenko, in an interview with RT TV, named the reasons why former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, the ex- ... Ulyukaev’s defense appealed the return of $2 million to Feoktistov The defense of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev filed a complaint against the return of $2 million in cash to retired FSB general Oleg Feoktistov, which was transferred to the former minister as a bribe. The RIA Novosti agency reports this with reference to the press secretary of the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, Emilia Khil. According to the defense, during the trial... The BBC learned about Sechin's testimony at the closed trial of Ulyukaev The former Minister of Economic Development, demanding a bribe from the head of Rosneft, called it a bonus, the television and radio corporation reports. As follows from the testimony of Igor Sechin at a closed meeting of the Moscow City Court in the case of Alexei Ulyukaev, details of which are provided by the BBC Russian Service, the head of Rosneft "was surprised when the minister demanded money from him for... The court allowed to write off 130 million rubles. from Ulyukaev’s accounts in payment of a fine The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow decided to partially lift the arrest from the accounts of the former head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, to pay off a fine in the amount of 130.4 million rubles, an RBC correspondent reports. “To turn over the funds in Ulyukaev’s account to pay the fine imposed on him by the court verdict,” the judge announced her decision. About withdrawal... The court decided to return Feoktistov $2 million from the Ulyukaev bribe case The court decided to return $2 million to FSB General Feoktistov, which was transferred to the former Minister of Economic Development Ulyukaev. The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court decided to return $2 million, which was transferred as a bribe to the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, an RBC correspondent reports. "Return... The court closed the trial on the fate of the $2 million transferred to Ulyukaev The trial to return $2 million, which the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin gave as a bribe to the former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, was closed at the request of the FSB, an RBC correspondent reports. The court read the petition of the special services. Retired FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, who was present at the meeting and is the applicant for the hearing... Court for the return of $2 million transferred to Ulyukaev. Online broadcast A meeting was held in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow on the issue of lifting the seizure of the property of ex-minister Alexei Ulyukaev, sentenced to 8 years in prison. In addition, the court decided the fate of $2 million that the former official received as a bribe. At the request of the FSB, it was decided to hold the meeting behind closed doors. Dmitry Serkov Yulia Sapronova The court confirmed Feoktistov’s request to return the money for the bribe to Ulyukaev The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow confirmed the presence of a petition from FSB General Oleg Feoktistov, who wants $2 million returned to him, which were transferred during an investigative experiment to the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev. TASS reported this in court. “The application was registered from O. Feoktistov,” said the court press secretary... The PMC reported that Ulyukaev was sent to a “model colony” Alexey Ulyukaev will serve his sentence in colony No. 1 on the outskirts of Tver. In the correctional institution, created in 1937, there are no thieves in law, and prisoners can play basketball. Former head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev was sent to a “model colony” in the Tver region. Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Committee Eva Merkacheva told RBC about this. By... The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow will hold a hearing on June 29 to decide the fate of $2 million, which the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, handed over to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, as a bribe. Court press secretary Emilia Khil told RBC about this. The court hearing will be held “on issues of clarification of doubts and ambiguities, ... Ulyukaev filed a cassation appeal against the verdict Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery, again appealed the verdict of the Zamoskvoretsky court. Previously, the Moscow City Court considered an appeal against the decision of the authority. Former Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev filed a cassation appeal against the decision of the previous... Ex-minister Alexey Ulyukaev was sent to a colony Former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, convicted of bribery, was transferred to a maximum security colony. There he will spend the eight-year sentence assigned to him. Former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev, sentenced to eight years in prison for a bribe, has been transferred to a colony to serve his sentence, TASS reports with reference... An unexpected witness: why Sechin came to the trial of Ulyukaev The head of Rosneft unexpectedly came to the appeal court in the case of Alexey Ulyukaev and helped the state prosecution defend the verdict of the ex-minister. Experts are confident that Igor Sechin did this, taking into account criticism due to his previous failures to appear in court. Formal mitigation. The Moscow City Court on Thursday, April 12, considered an appeal against the sentence of the former Minister of Economic Development... The Moscow City Court changed the sentence for Ulyukaev The Moscow City Court changed the sentence of ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, excluding from the sentence the ban on holding positions related to the performance of a number of functions in state bodies and municipal institutions The Moscow City Court changed the sentence of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, excluding from the sentence an indication of the deprivation of the right to hold... Ulyukaev called his business built on the principle of "one man said" The ex-minister, previously sentenced to eight years in prison, declared his complete innocence at the Moscow City Court. According to Ulyukaev, his sentence was "a triumph of the principle of the presumption of guilt." The former head of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Alexei Ulyukaev, who was sentenced to eight years in prison, said that his earlier sentence would discredit the entire judiciary...

Ulyukaev Alexey Valentinovich(born March 23, 1956, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian statesman and politician, Doctor of Economics, ex-Minister of Economic Development of Russia (2013-2016). Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class. Defendant in a high-profile criminal case on taking a bribe in the amount of $ 2 million from the head of the Rosneft company. On December 15, 2017, he was sentenced to 8 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 130 million rubles.

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov (1979), postgraduate student of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University (1982). Doctor of Economic Sciences. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pierre-Mendes France (Grenoble, France). Speaks English and French.

Scientific and teaching activities:

In 1982-1988 - assistant, associate professor of the Department of Political Economy of the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute.
In 1994-1996 and 1998-2000 - Deputy Director of the Institute for Economic Problems of the Transition Period of Yegor Gaidar.
In 2000-2006, he was a professor at the Department of General Economics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
In 2007-2010 - Head of the Department of Finance and Credit, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov (s/c for master’s students “Modern monetary policy and development of the banking system”).

Activities in government structures:

In 1991-1992 - economic adviser to the Russian government. Member of Yegor Gaidar's "team". In 1992-1993, he was the head of a group of advisers to the Chairman of the Russian Government. In 1993-1994 - assistant to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yegor Gaidar. In 2000-2004 - First Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin. From April 2004 to June 2013 - First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Sergei Ignatiev. Since June 24, 2013, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In January 2015, he was nominated by the Russian government to become a member of the supervisory board of VTB Bank. He was elected on June 25, 2015.

On November 15, 2016, he was detained on suspicion of receiving two million dollars for a positive assessment issued by the Ministry of Economic Development, which allowed Rosneft PJSC to carry out a transaction to acquire a state stake in PJSOC Bashneft in the amount of 50 percent. By decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was relieved of his position due to loss of confidence. Since his arrest he has been under house arrest. Alexey Ulyukaev considers himself a victim of a provocation organized “on the basis of a false denunciation” by the head of Rosneft and the former head of the Rosneft security service, a general of the FSB of the Russian Federation. On December 15, 2017, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Alexey Ulyukaev to 8 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 130.4 million rubles.

Married for the second time to, born in 1983, a native of the Crimean region, has two sons and a daughter. Khryapina works as a research fellow in the field of “Real Sector” at the Institute of Economic Policy named after E.T. Gaidar, owns five plots of land and two houses in Crimea. In the period from 2006 to 2009, she was the director of the offshore company Ronnieville Ltd (British Virgin Islands), replacing Ulyukaev's son, Dmitry, in this post.

Alexey Ulyukaev's hobby: writes poetry.

Alexey Ulyukaev is one of the once important political figures in modern Russia. Alexey Ulyukaev was an ally of Yegor Gaidar and an adviser to the Yeltsin government. In modern Russia, Ulyukaev became the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and an actual first-class state adviser to the Russian Federation.

In 2016, Alexey Ulyukaev found himself at the center of a bribery scandal and became the first federal minister in modern Russia to be arrested. After the official accusation of Ulyukaev, the president stripped the politician of his ministerial position.

Biography

The future representative of the executive branch of the Russian Federation was born in the capital on March 23, 1956. His father, Valentin Khusainovich, the son of a Tatar janitor, devoted his entire life to scientific work and teaching at the State University of Land Management. He is listed as the author of about 70 published works, including three textbooks and five teaching aids for higher education. The future economist's mother's name was Raisa Vasilievna Ulyukaeva.

4 years after the birth of their first child, a second child appeared in their family - Sergei, Alexei’s brother, who later became a successful entrepreneur, owner of several companies and one of the founders of the famous Moscow bowling center “Bi-Ba-Bo”.

Alexey was an excellent student at school, graduating in 1973, after which he chose economics. Having not entered the economics department of Moscow State University the first time, Alexey Valentinovich got a job as a laboratory assistant in the physics department at the institute where his father worked.

The next year, Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev entered the university.

Alexey Ulyukaev studied well. In addition, he began to write poetry. Alexey published his first selection of poems in the magazine “Student Meridian”.

After graduating from university, Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev entered graduate school. Then he defended his Ph.D. thesis. Alexey Ulyukaev speaks English and French.

Even before graduating from Moscow State University, Ulyukaev in 1973-1974 was a laboratory assistant at the Department of Physics at the Moscow Institute of Land Management Engineers. From 1982 to 1988, Ulyukaev worked as an assistant, then an associate professor at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (MISI). Ulyukaev later received a Doctorate in Economics (PhD) from the French University Pierre-Mendes France.

Most sources mentioned that Ulyukaev has been a doctor of economic sciences since 1998.

In the mid-1980s, he met Anatoly Chubais and Yegor Gaidar, took part in their meetings to discuss economic problems, and participated in the work of the Perestroika and Democratic Perestroika clubs. He was a participant in the economic seminars they led at the Moscow-St. Petersburg school "Snake Hill", which brought together future reformers to discuss economic problems outside the Soviet school of economics.

After becoming a close associate of Yegor Gaidar, Ulyukayev was given a position as an adviser to the government in the early 1990s and as a deputy at the Institute for Economic Problems in Transition. In 1996-1998, Ulyukaev was a deputy of the Moscow City Duma from the districts of Zyuzino, Kotlovka, Obruchevsky and Cheryomushki, and oversaw the investment policy of the capital.

From 2000 to 2004, he was First Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. From December 2008 to May 2011, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. From 2004 to 2013, he served as first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In June 2015, under the patronage of the government, he became a member of the supervisory board of VTB Bank, and then the chairman of the board. Rambler reports this.

Member of the Councils under the President of the Russian Federation for economic modernization and innovative development of Russia; on housing policy and increasing housing affordability. He is a member of the presidiums of the Economic Council and the Anti-Corruption Council under the President of the Russian Federation.

Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (2004). Acting State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class (2001). Awarded the Order of Honor (2006), “For Services to the Fatherland”, IV degree (2010). Marked with gratitude (twice; 1997, 2002) and a Certificate of Honor (2011) from the President of the Russian Federation. He also has a letter of gratitude (2006) and a Certificate of Honor (twice; 2001, 2011) from the Government of the Russian Federation. Author of many scientific works and articles on economic and political issues.

Since October 4, 2013 - Governor from the Russian Federation at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Deputy Governor from the Russian Federation at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

Since September 2014, he has been a member of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.

Alexey Valentinovich is constantly engaged in scientific and teaching activities. He is on the editorial board of the journals Budget, Economic Policy, and National Banking Journal. Author of more than 50 scientific papers and several monographs: “Reforming the Russian economy: from theory to practice” (1995), Reforming the Russian Economy (1996), “On the eve of the crisis” (1999), “Economy of the transition period 1999-2001” (2003) , “Problems of state budget policy” (2004), “Modern monetary policy” (2008), etc.

Alexey Ulyukaev is a member of the board of directors of the Russian Economic School, chairman of the board of directors of JSC SME Corporation, member of the supervisory board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), member of the supervisory board of Vnesheconombank.

Ulyukaev has significant teaching experience.

Like all creative personalities, Ulyukaev is prone to shocking behavior. He does not stand on ceremony with his subordinates; he does not go into his pocket for a bad word. But it was not only his subordinates who felt the wrath of Alexei Valentinovich. In the fall of 2006, Ulyukaev, without mincing words, began to scold the commander of an airliner preparing to fly from Moscow to Sochi, only because his wife did not get a seat in business class. As a result, the flight was delayed, and the offended Alexey Valentinovich and his wife flew out on the personal plane of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref.

On the eve of his appointment as head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Ulyukaev spoke out on a number of pressing issues in the Russian economy. Thus, he noted that loan rates in June 2013 corresponded to “historical ones.” The reasons for stagnation, according to Alexey Valentinovich, are a decrease in external demand and the exhaustion of opportunities. At current capacity utilization and employment levels, recovery is not possible.

His hobbies were mentioned in the media: hiking, rowing and swimming.

KOMPROMAT

On Tuesday night, Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev was detained. The official report on the detention of the minister was published by the Investigative Committee at 02:33 Moscow time. Ulyukaev is charged with extorting a bribe of two million dollars from the Rosneft company. According to the Investigative Committee, Ulyukaev received the money on November 14. He was caught red-handed while handing over a bribe, Investigative Committee representative Svetlana Petrenko clarified to Interfax. According to an unnamed Interfax source, the minister received the money under the control of the security forces. The FSB provided operational support. According to the Investigative Committee, $2 million is money for a positive assessment issued by the ministry, which allowed Rosneft to acquire the state stake in Bashneft.

Moreover, Ulyukaev extorted these funds from the company through threats, Petrenko said. According to her, the FSB has been tapping the minister’s phone since the summer and threats have been made in conversations with representatives of the oil company. “During his arrest, Ulyukaev tried to call his patrons, but in vain,” Petrenko added. A case was initiated against the minister under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receipt of a bribe on an especially large scale). This article provides for imprisonment for up to 15 years, as well as large fines (up to a hundred times the amount of the bribe). In addition, the convicted person may be deprived of the right to engage in certain activities for up to 15 years. The Investigative Committee has no complaints against Rosneft itself: the transaction to acquire a stake in Bashneft is not the subject of investigation, Petrenko said.

An official representative of Rosneft, during a night conversation with RBC, did not comment on the actions of the insurance company and only emphasized that the shares of Bashneft were acquired on the basis of Russian legislation on the best commercial offer. At the same time, the publication’s interlocutor clarified that Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin is at work. In the spring of 2016, the media published information from the so-called Panama Papers (documents of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which was involved in the registration and support of offshore companies).

According to this information, the son of Alexei Ulyukaev Dmitry (born 1983) in 2004-2006. was the director of the offshore company Ronnieville Ltd, registered in the British Virgin Islands (his father was at that time deputy chairman of the Central Bank). In 2006, he was replaced at the head of the offshore by Yulia Khryapina (according to media reports, this is the name of Alexey Ulyukaev’s current wife).

In 2009, the company was liquidated. After the Panama Papers scandal broke, the minister told reporters that he had nothing to do with the offshore company. Also, according to SPARK-Interfax, the son of the minister, Dmitry Ulyukaev, has been a co-owner of the construction company Yurusstroy since 2003, together with Yaroslav Yurchak. In 2010, Ulyukaev Jr. was the owner of the limited liability company Amadeus Film, which specialized in the production of films and television programs. Currently, Dmitry Ulyukaev owns half of the shares of the White Mirror film company (together with Sofiko Kiknavelidze).

Personal life

Alexey Valentinovich was married twice - to economist Tamara Usik, and in 1983 his son Dima was born.

In his second marriage, Ulyukaev has two children, born in 2005 and 2010; wife Yulia Khryapina (born in 1983) worked as a researcher at the Gaidar Institute, and then was the director of an offshore company, which was headed by Ulyukaev’s son Dmitry before her. Alexey Valentinovich assured that he had nothing to do with this company.

Alexey Ulyukaev now

The latest news from the life of Alexey Ulyukaev is associated with new information on the bribery case, punitive measures imposed and the investigation into the details of the crime, which reveal criminal connections and schemes in which, according to the press, other politicians and businessmen are drawn.

In January 2017, the court extended Alexey Ulyukaev’s house arrest until April of the same year. The court seized the property of the ex-minister. In total, 15 real estate properties and funds worth at least 564 million rubles were seized. Information also appeared that the trial was scheduled for May 15, 2017.

In May 2017, Ulyukaev’s case was continued; the former politician was finally charged. The official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Petrenko, spoke to the press and confirmed that in the latest version, Alexey Ulyukaev was charged with committing a crime under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Receipt of a bribe by a person holding a public office of the Russian Federation on an especially large scale” ).

Until this moment, those involved in the case refused to comment on the information obtained by the press about the completion of investigative actions in the criminal case against the ex-minister. But the trial did not start on the scheduled day. On July 13, 2017, the Basmanny Court again extended the house arrest of Alexey Ulyukaev. The arrest lasted until August 15. The delay in the consideration of the case was caused by the fact that representatives of the politician’s defense submitted three voluminous petitions to the court. Only after a detailed consideration of the petitions did the case go to court. As a result, the trial began on August 8.

Alexei Ulyukaev's defense voiced a request to return the politician's case to the prosecutor's office, the lawyers noted that, in their opinion, the indictment contradicts the charges against Alexei Ulyukaev. On August 16, the Zamoskvoretsky Court denied this request to the defense of the ex-minister and did not agree with the position of the defenders on the issue of the legitimacy of the charges.

On September 1, 2017, the second court hearing took place. Andrei Baranov, Director of the Rosneft Investor Relations Department, and Oksana Tarasenko, Director of the Corporate Governance Department of the Ministry of Economic Development, spoke at the trial.

On September 5, the hearing in the case continued in the Zamoskvoretsky court. The prosecutor read out transcripts of audio recordings of conversations between the defendant, former Minister Ulyukaev, and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin: audio recordings of a telephone conversation and an audio recording made during a meeting at the Rosneft office on Sofiyskaya Embankment in Moscow.

Property and income

According to 2014 data, Alexey Ulyukaev owns 112 thousand square meters of real estate, namely 15 plots of land (111 thousand sq. m.), 3 residential buildings (943 sq. m.), 3 apartments (331 sq. m.), and also three cars and one trailer. Income in 2013 was 85.7 million rubles, in 2014 – 51.5. A plot of 1.4 thousand square meters was declared in the name of his second wife. m, 2 apartments (61 and 46 sq.m), as well as five land plots in Crimea with a total area of ​​1.8 thousand sq.m. m, two mansions (162 and 250 sq. m).

Alexey Ulyukaev’s income for 2015 amounted to almost 60 million rubles. His wife - over 15 million rubles. The Ulyukaev family owns: 17 land plots, 3 residential buildings, 3 apartments and 3 cars. Permanently lives in the residential complex "Golden Keys - 2" at the address: Minskaya street, 1g.

Awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree (June 17, 2010) - for a great contribution to the development of the domestic banking system and many years of conscientious work.
• Order of Honor (August 1, 2006) - for services in the field of economics and financial activities
• Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (February 22, 2004) - for services in the field of economics and financial activities.
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (September 6, 2002) - for services in the field of economics and financial activities
• Honorary diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (April 14, 2001) - for merits in financial activities and active participation in solving economic problems.
• Gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation (March 23, 2006) - for services in the field of economics and financial activities
• Medal "For contribution to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union" 1st degree (May 13, 2015, Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union)

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Alexey Ulyukaev’s work history is full of interesting facts:

• In an interview with Pozner, the economic figure admitted that he values ​​sex appeal and attractiveness in the fair half, and would wish more kindness and decency in men. He regards prosperity as an important condition for freedom. On a desert island, he would have retired with the book “Robinson Crusoe”, the film “My Friend Ivan Lapshin”, and his interlocutor – V. Posner.
• The former Ministry of Economic Development spent his free time playing active sports, including rowing, swimming and hiking. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development is engaged in the development of scientific works devoted to economic issues - his works allow us to evaluate new collections, monographs and nearly 50 works.
• In his spare time, the economist writes poetry. There are 2 collections of poetry on sale: “Fire and Light” (2002) and “Alien Coast” (2012), published by the Vagrius publishing house. The verse “Go, my son, go away,” published in the publication “Znamya” in 2011, was recognized by critics as anti-Russian.
• Ulyukaev is the initiator of a simplified dismissal procedure and an increase in the retirement age to 63-65 years.
• In the winter of 2016, during a meeting with Austrian Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner, the head of the department suggested that foreign entrepreneurs privatize Russian assets.
• The head of the department supported reforms aimed at reducing state control over the economy. In October 2016, the Ministry of Economic Development predicted stagnation in the Russian Federation for the next 20 years, and a decrease in GDP growth rates relative to international ones.

Childhood, education

Alexey Ulyukaev is a native Muscovite, born on March 23, 1956 in the family of Valentin Khusainovich, the son of a Tatar janitor. His whole life is connected with scientific work and teaching within the walls of the State University of Land Management. He owns 70 printed publications, including textbooks and 5 teaching aids for higher education. Alexei's mother's name was Raisa Vasilievna. 4 years after the birth of her first child, she gave her husband a second child, Sergei, who successfully demonstrated himself in entrepreneurial activity. He owned several companies and was the founder of the popular capital bowling center “Bi-Ba-Bo”.

During his school years, Alexey did an excellent job with his studies, having received a certificate in 1973, he decided to enter the State University. N.V. Lomonosov (MSU), Faculty of Economics. The first attempt ended in failure. The following year he successfully passed the test. In the intervals between school and university, the future economist worked as a laboratory assistant at the physics department at the university where his father worked as a professor. He studied well, wrote poetry during his student years, and his first collection was published by the magazine “Student Meridian.”

Work and science

Having completed the training of highly qualified personnel with a PhD thesis, the future representative of the executive branch of the Russian Federation worked for 6 years (from 1982) at a civil engineering university in the department of political economy. At this time, he met E. Gaidar, who introduced him to A. Chubais. By the mid-80s, he participated in the “Snake Hill” economic seminars created by Chubais and Gaidar. The main topic of the seminars was ways to solve economic issues through innovative solutions that were not provided for by the framework of the Soviet school.

In 1987-88, Alexey was on the list of participants in the economic clubs “Perestroika” and “Democratic Perestroika”. Their leadership, including E. Gaidar, characterized Ulyukaev as one of the best theorists in the economic field.

In 1991, Alexey worked as deputy director of the International Center, which was engaged in the study of economic reforms, and overnight worked for the Moscow News publication as a political observer.

From 1994 to 2000 he worked as director of Gaidar’s Institute for Economics in Transition.

For Ulyukaev, the year 98 was remembered for his successful defense of his dissertation at the University of PierreMendesFrance in the French town of Grenoble, where he was awarded a doctorate in economics.

Since 2000, he worked for 6 years as a teacher at the Department of General Economics at MIPT.

From 2007 to 2010, he was responsible for the mission of leading the Department of Financial and Credit Instruments of the Faculty of Economics.

Moscow State University. Career growth in politics

In 1991, Alexey joined the government team of E. Gaidar.

For a year he worked as an economic adviser to the government, where he was E. Gaidar’s right hand.

From '92 to '93, he held a leadership position in a group of economic advisers. In 1993 he became assistant to the 1st Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Gaidar helped him develop and implement reforms, later called “shock therapy.”

After E. Timurovich resigned, Alexey became the head of the management staff of the Institute of Economics in Transition, at the same IET. His activities were directly related to the political council of the Democratic Choice of the Russian Federation party - in 95-97. he headed its metropolitan branch.

In 96-98 he sat in the deputy chair of the capital's regional Duma from Zyuzino, Kotlovka, Cheryomushka and Obruchevsky district, and specialized in the investment policy of Moscow. After his term of office expired, he continued his career at the IET and until 2008 was included in its academic council.

In 1999, after two years of experience as a deputy in Moscow, he decided to run for the State Duma through the list of the Union of Right Forces (according to the general federal composition) and nominate his candidacy for the Chertanovsky single-mandate constituency. But his attempts were unsuccessful: the Union of Right Forces did not gain enough votes for Alexey, who joined the party’s expanded list, to enter the Duma. Regarding the municipal district, Ulyukaev yielded to S. Shokhin, nominated from the “Fatherland - All Russia” faction, behind whom Yu. Luzhkov “stood.”

In 2000, Alexey received an invitation from A. Chubais to become Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia (A. Kudrin) in the governmental sphere of M. Kasyanov. The economist joined the lists of the federal commission of the Russian government at the German Gref Center for Strategic Development, monitoring reforms in the field of interbudgetary relations.

In 2004, M. Fradkov became the head of the government, Ulyukaev was transferred to the post of 1st Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. By May of the same year, his name was listed on the board of directors of the Central Bank. The economist's task was to lead the Committee on Monetary and Political Relations and work with the media as a spokesman for the organization. He regularly commented on current issues in the economic sphere, since the chairman of the Central Bank, S. Ignatiev, did not like to engage in public appeals. In 2013, having become a potential candidate for chairman of the board of the Central Bank, he will give way to E. Nabiullina according to V. Putin’s preference.

In the winter of 2008, as a result of a meeting of the board of directors of the MICEX Stock Exchange, Ulyukaev was elected its chairman. After 3 years, his place was given to S. Shvetsov.

On June 24, 2013, the politician headed the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, continuing the activities of former minister A. Belousov.

January 2015 was marked by membership of the supervisory board at the financial organization VTB. After 2 years, by order of Prime Minister D. Medvedev, Alexey was included in the new board of directors of SMEs in the Russian Federation, and later he received an offer to become its head.

Capital valuation

The income of a civil servant is declared annually, and allows him to be classified as one of the wealthiest politicians in the Russian Federation. For 2015, his income is estimated at 43 million rubles, and his wife’s at 8 million. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has 15 land plots with an area of ​​110,674 sq.m., 3 residential premises - close to 1000 sq.m., and 3 apartments for 330 sq.m. The official has 3 cars (LandRoverRangeRover, LexusRX and VAZ21214) and a SAZ 82994 trailer.

Private life

The minister is married twice. First wife, T.I. Usik (born 1951), worked as an economist. The second wife, Yu. S. Khryapova (b. 83), is a native of the Crimean Peninsula, works as a researcher at the Institute of Political Economy named after. E.T. Gaidar. Her possessions include a plot of 1400 sq.m., 2 apartments (61 and 46 sq.m.), and 5 plots of land in Crimea measuring 1800 sq.m., 2 houses (162 and 250 sq.m.).

From his first marriage, the politician had 2 sons, his second wife gave him a daughter. Dmitry (b. 83) realized his connections and abilities in cinema. His name appears in the credits of 6 films where he worked as a cameraman.

Scandal 2006

In 2006, there was a scandal at the airport after it was discovered that there were no seats for him and his wife in business class. The incident led to a delay in the aircraft's departure, but the indignant official used German Gref's own plane.

Compromising evidence against the economist

According to two knowledgeable sources of the Reuters agency, it became known about the idea of ​​the former Ministry of Economic Development to reduce the state share in Rosneft below 50%. According to Reuters, shortly before Alexey’s arrest, he raised the issue with his colleagues about privatizing more than the planned 19.5% of Rosneft, which would increase the level of budget revenues. Thus, with further privatization of Rosneft, the state share would be reduced to 50%. But the minister himself noted that over the next 3 years this idea is unrealizable.

At the same time, Reuters reports that the connection between Ulyukaev’s arrest and his position on Rosneft has no evidence. Experts in the oil sector note the possibility of a weakening of the position of the company’s current management after the reduction of the state share in Rosneft.

Recall:

A. Ulyukaev was detained on November 14, 2016 and subsequently placed under house arrest. There is no information about the circumstances of his detention at the Rosneft office; the politician himself considers the incident a provocation. His defense lawyer, T. Gridnev, reported that his client’s car was blocked by FSB workers when leaving the territory of the Rosneft office.

After the arrest, the economist was fired from the Ministry of Economic Development due to the loss of confidence of the Head of State. According to the investigation, the ex-minister received $2 million for a positive assessment of the contract for the acquisition of Bashneft by Rosneft - this is regarded as a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). According to the representative of the Investigative Committee S. Petrenko, the politician was caught red-handed. He engaged in extortion and threatened representatives of Rosneft. Previously, demands for a bribe through the head of a large financial organization were recorded.

On November 28, 2016, the Moscow City Court awarded house arrest and rejected the defense’s request for the right to walk twice a day and the opportunity to communicate with journalists.

Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 6, under which a case was opened against the minister, provides for imprisonment of up to 15 years and a large fine (up to a hundred times the amount of the bribe). A convicted person may be deprived of the right to engage in a certain type of activity for up to 15 years.

The Investigative Committee has no complaints against Rosneft: the agreement to purchase a stake in Bashneft is not the subject of an investigation, Petrenko said. Official representatives of Rosneft, during communication with RBC, did not comment on the actions of the insurance company and only emphasized that the purchase of Bashneft shares was made on the basis of Russian legislation on the best commercial offers. Rosneft Chief Executive Officer I. Sechin is at his post.

In the spring of 2016, data from the Panama Files (based on documentation from the Panamanian law firm MossackFonseca, which registers and maintains offshore companies) appeared in the media. From the information received, it became known that Ulyukaev’s son Dmitry (born 1983) in 2004-2006. headed the offshore company Ronnieville Ltd, registered in the Virgin Islands in Great Britain (his father by that time was deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation).

In 2006, the leading position of the offshore company was transferred to Yulia Khryapina (the media note that this name belongs to the current wife of A. Ulyukaev). In 2009, the company was liquidated. At the height of the Panama Papers scandal, the minister announced that he had no connection with the offshore company.

From SPARK-Interfax data, the son of the ex-minister Dmitry, together with Y. Yurchak, owned the Yurusstroy construction company since 2003. In 2010, he was the official owner of Amadeus Film LLC, specializing in the development of film projects. At the time of the investigation, D. Ulyukaev has a 50% stake in the film company “White Mirror” (together with S. Kiknavelidze).

Attention! 34-year-old Deputy Minister of Finance M. Oreshkin was appointed Ulyukaev's successor.

Analysts' opinions

There is information in the media that the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation was arrested due to the removal of his “protection” after Hilary Clinton in the US presidential race. This was reported by economic figure Mikhail Khazin. Politician Gennady Gudkov connects the situation with the struggle of clans.

“Privatization doesn’t matter at all. A lot of materials have been collected on the head of the department over 25 years. The problem is the lack of protection, lost with Hillary Clinton’s loss in the US elections,” Khazin said. In his opinion, Alexey was part of the Gaidar-Chubais team, “promoted” in Russia by the Bill Clinton administration in 1990. Ulyukaev is a representative of the global financial elite and represents its interests.

“The isolationist and conservative Donald Trump is in power in the United States. He talked with Putin, and, apparently, there was some kind of agreement,” Khazin emphasized. The agreement between the leaders of the powers will entail the loss of influence in the Russian Federation by the team of world financiers (Kudrin, Dvorkovich, Shuvalov, Nabiullin). The absence of patrons will block the flow of investment into the Russian Federation and will allow the law to be applied to them.

Statements from other political scientists and economists

“The arrest of Ulyukaev will lead to tectonic shifts in the entire system of state management of the economy and finance,” says Doctor of Economic Sciences N. Krichevsky. In his words, the ex-minister will “hand over everyone.” This will lead to the clarification of the details of the entire economic life of the state - the “murder” of financial structures, control of the flow of “hot money”, privatization and falsification of facts in the interests of companies.

The Central Bank expressed bewilderment regarding the detention of the economist. The minister is one of the people who can be trusted, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation S. Shvetsov expressed his point of view.

Speaker of the State Duma V. Volodin said that “everyone is equal before the law.”

According to Pavel Zaitsev, Ulyukaev could have been framed. “It is not clear who gave the bribe, for what and how the funds were transferred. Usually, when caught red-handed, they present large sums of money, with video footage of the transfer of funds, but no money was presented,” the lawyer noted.

According to economist G. Yavlinsky, extorting a bribe from Rosneft can be compared to demanding a bribe from the Head of State. Perhaps this situation arose against the backdrop of a forecast of 20 years of stagnation, says the leader of the Yabloko party.

US political scientist Ted Karasik compares the arrest of the economist with the Soviet system. “I have a feeling that a purge is underway, where Ulyukaev is accused of corruption. This is characteristic of the classical Andropov approach,” he commented.

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