"Wow-effect" of Alexander Brechalov: what the governor of the "new wave" in Udmurtia showed. The head of Udmurtia Brechalov as a vivid example of the degradation of regional power in Russia

Yesterday FSB officers detained the head of Udmurtia, Alexander Solovyov, today the official has already been taken to the capital in the TFR. A criminal case against the official was initiated on the basis of bribery.

As the investigators established, Alexander Solovyov received 140 million rubles for immediate payment from the state budget for work related to the construction of bridges across the Kama and Bui rivers in the Republic. According to media reports, the most likely successors to Mr. Solovyov may be the main federal inspector by region Dmitry Musin or the head of the Public Chamber Russian Federation, and the head of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, co-chairman of the ONF Alexander Brechalov. FSB officers sent Alexander Solovyov to the capital on a morning flight so that the official could be interrogated and heard the accusation in the Investigative Committee. According to witnesses, Alexander Soloviev was the last passenger on the plane and he was brought there when all the passengers were seated. Eyewitnesses report that a car of FSB officers drove up to the plane and escorted Alexander Solovyov on board in handcuffs with a bag on his head. The official flew to Moscow with the escort of FSB officers, as soon as the security officers arrived in Moscow, the official was first dropped from the plane and only then the rest of the passengers got out. On this moment the interrogation of Alexander Solovyov is underway after the end he will be charged with taking a bribe official holding a public office of the Russian Federation, on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). As we managed to find out, today the investigators will appeal to the Basmanny Court of Moscow with a motion to arrest Alexander Solovyov and send him to a pre-trial detention center. Employees law enforcement found out that in the period from 2014 to 2016, Alexander Soloviev received from representatives of various organizations that carried out the construction work of bridges and crossings over the Kama River and the Bui River about 139 million rubles. For all this, Alexander Soloviev had to provide immediate payments for the work performed from the federal and regional budgets, which were issued for the geological study of the subsoil area. Note that the authorities of Udmurtia have not yet commented on the detention of Alexander Solovyov. The Prime Minister of Udmurtia Viktor Savelyev is currently holding an urgent meeting with the heads of the authorities local government... This was announced by the press secretary of the head of the Republic, at the moment, there is no official information from the representatives of the region. It is important to note that Alexander Solovyov is already the fourth governor who has become a defendant in the criminal case. As a reminder, the governor was arrested in the spring of 2015 Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin, who was also accused of abuse of office, in the same year the head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer was arrested, in the summer of 2016 the governor was arrested Kirov region Nikita Bely, who is accused of corruption crimes. We will remind that the governor Alexander Soloviev became the head of Udmurtia in 2014 after the President of the Republic Alexander Volkov expired another term of office. Up to this point, the official worked as the speaker of the Republican State Council. Before Alexander Soloviev came into politics, his fate was connected with Udmurtavtodor. We also note that in the elections Alexander Soloviev won 84, 84% of the votes, and in the elections State Duma in 2016 the party United Russia in the region gained 50.5%.

Experts - on the political and socio-economic legacy of the deceased head of Udmurtia, Alexander Volkov

Last Saturday, at the age of 66, Alexander Volkov, former president of Udmurtia, deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on science, education and culture, died. This happened in Germany, where he was undergoing treatment. By and large, with the departure of Alexander Alexandrovich, the great post-Soviet era ends for Udmurtia. For more than two decades, he was in leading roles in the republic: since 1993 he served as chairman of the Council of Ministers, in 1995 he was elected chairman of the State Council, from 2000 to 2014 he was president of Udmurtia.

« Real time”Asked Izhevsk and metropolitan experts what they remembered the ex-head of the region.

Political strategist, head of the "Political Expert Group" (Moscow)

I once had the opportunity to work with Volkov for about a year, when he was not yet the president of Udmurtia. This personality was ambiguous. His will to power was clearly expressed. He was ruthlessly cleaning up competitors. As a leader, he has both merit and a set of claims.

He paid great attention to the regions of the republic, the agricultural sector was one of the priorities. When he began to restore in Udmurtia Agriculture, then he considered it not as a narrowly understood "sphere of production", but as rural image life, as a single socio-economic complex, which in the future will form an environment and a standard of living, alternative to urban. But Izhevsk froze under him and practically did not develop. Although this city in the late 90s was very passionate.

Volkov could not conquer the real people's love... He left the post of head with a very low rating. But it is not accepted to speak badly about the deceased. A whole epoch in the life of Udmurtia is associated with Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov. There was everything in this life. But as the first president of the republic, he deserves respect. Much of what he was later criticized for was connected not so much with him as with the peculiarities of the time.

For 14 years at the helm of the republic, he left not only a memory of himself, but also - "State Circus of Udmurtia", Zoological Park of Udmurtia, Perinatal Center, Republican Clinical Oncology Center, the restored St. Michael's Cathedral, the reconstructed embankment of the Izhevsk pond, the National Theater, the Drama Theater, the Puppet Theater and much more. The bad will be erased from the memory, the good will remain.

• Senator from the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation on agrarian and food policy and environmental management

  His fellow senators spoke extremely well of Volkov. According to the generally accepted opinion, this man has always defended the interests of the republic in the Senate, sincerely worried about his region.

  His death is a loss for both the Russian legislature and Udmurtia. In this regard, I express my sincere condolences to my family and people from his entourage, who respected and loved Alexander Alexandrovich.

• Public figure(Izhevsk)

  Volkov was remembered primarily as a builder. Under him, many different objects were built - a circus, a zoo, an embankment, and stadiums in regional centers. True, many say that the latter are not very much in demand.

  As for the negative results, the privatization of large enterprises should first of all be attributed to them. In our country, unlike in Tatarstan, it went so that the beneficiary was not the republic and not the local business in a share with state participation, but third-party structures. Udmurtneft was privatized at one time through SIDANCO, then it was in the structure of Rosneft, and now it was generally privatized by the Chinese corporation Sinopec. The chairman of the board of directors of Udmurtneft is Chinese. The Kalashnikov plant is part of the Rostec structure, the mechanical plant is a private enterprise, the owner is not local. Etc. And many blame Volkova that he (again, unlike Tatarstan) did not have enough lobbying resources, and privatization passed by the region.

  So the image of Volkov in the republic is negative. If we compare him, for example, with Solovyov, who was recently arrested, then the rating of the second president was much higher. As we said, Volkov should sit, not Soloviev. Because this whole system was built by Alexander Alexandrovich. And Soloviev himself is a native of the Volkov team.

• Political scientist (Izhevsk)

  About the deceased - either good or nothing. The good news is that he was the strongest political fighter and strong-willed man... But: man has gone into another world, and his era, alas, has not gone away. Therefore, "nothing" has a context that I cannot but articulate.

  Long 20 years - the years of his political leadership - certainly left their mark on Udmurtia. And this trace is by no means the best: the republic, which had a unique economic potential, has largely lost it. In the region, where the share of the military-industrial complex in the economy was once 70%, there is not a single defense enterprise of regional subordination left. Likewise, Udmurtia lost its oil industry and control over many industrial enterprises... The republic has lost many prominent political figures and managers, is mired in colossal debts ...

  All this was, in my opinion, sacrificed to irrepressible political ambitions. The 20th anniversary was marked by an endless series of conflicts. He was in conflict with municipalities (which was the reason for the intervention Constitutional Court), ousted a number of unique managers from the political field of Udmurtia (Nikolai Ganza, Yuri Shestakov, Anatoly Saltykov), subjectively interfered in the development of universities, etc., and so on. The style is unchanged - all-round support for the pleasing and removing the unwanted from the game.

  The extension of political longevity by a successful castling in the Federation Council elevated Volkov to a kind of educational Olympus. He's a doctor economic sciences(the dissertation, by the way, was devoted to the grandiose prospects of the Izhevsk Automobile Plant during its real crisis), was one of the arbiters of the fate of our education ...

• Professor of the National Research University " graduate School Economics ", Vice President of the Center for Political Technologies, Doctor political science(Moscow)

  Volkov for Udmurtia - whole political era, he headed the region until 2000, when the republic was parliamentary, and after 2000, when the administrative model changed to a presidential one. This is one of the typical examples of long-lived regional chapters, whose name is associated with the problems of the region of the nineties and its successes in the 2000s.

  However, both the problems of Udmurtia and its achievements are connected, rather, with the all-Russian tendencies. In the 90s, the republic, like most Russian regions, fell into a negative trend, and given the development of the military-industrial complex, this hit the region very hard. However, despite all the problems, Volkov still managed to save the region from economic collapse and keep it from sharp social protests.

  If we talk about the positive trends of the 2000s and partly the 10s, they were dictated by both trends in the Russian market and foreign policy factors - I am talking about the growing oil prices, on which the republic is also heavily dependent, and about the restoration of the defense industry. ...

  But all the dividends of this period, the republic simply "ate" - since the rule of Volkov in this period from a stable one more and more turned into a stagnant one. He and his people were unable to direct the improvement of the financial situation to create a bright perspective for the region, to diversify the economy, to attract investments, to implement any notable projects.

  In many ways, Volkov's "merit" is that the republic began to be treated as a kind of bearish corner, where nothing is happening either in the economy or in social development... But this is by no means a poor region, due to its potential it could well take its place among the leading regions.

  But what is especially important, in this relatively prosperous period, there was no renewal or rejuvenation of the local political elite.

  However, even after Volkov's departure, it was not possible to create a stable management model in the republic - everyone knows how the short reign of his successor, Alexander Solovyov, also a native of the Volkov elite, ended. The republic, in fact, introduced external management... However, how effective a manager will be Alexander Brechalov is still a big question.

Tatiana Kolchina, Rustem Shakirov, Alexander Shakirov

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Power

Alexander Volkov ended up in the bodies of representative power back in 1986. Then he became chairman of the executive committee of the Glazov city council of people's deputies. By the way, in Udmurtia, a native of the Bryansk region ended up in distribution: he was sent to the city of Glazov to build a mechanical plant. At the factory, he worked as a foreman.

In 1995, Volkov was elected chairman of the State Council of the Udmurt Republic. Five years later, a referendum is being held in the region, in which more than 68% of voters vote for the introduction of the post of president of the republic. Alexander Volkov was the first to take this position. In October 2000, he gained 37.8% of the vote (among eight candidates). In 2004 Volkov will be re-elected - 54.26% of voters will vote for him. Then the head of Udmurtia already represented United Russia.

In 2009, on the proposal of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Volkov's powers were extended. On February 19, 2014, Alexander Volkov is relieved of his duties by Vladimir Putin, his place is taken by Alexander Soloviev, who was the chairman of the republican State Council.

Business

After that, Volkov goes to the Federation Council. The press explained these changes as convenient for commercial interests. former president republics.

Alexander Volkov was associated with the oil industry (one third of the entire Udmurt economy). In 1995, he quarreled with the president of Udmurtneft JSC Valentin Kudinov. In those days, the budget of the republic was half formed from tax revenues Udmurtneft. After the conflict, Volkov's team, together with the Bashkir authorities, created a “friendly” oil company “Belkamneft”, the shares of which were divided between “Bashneft” (which had been developing fields in the south of Udmurtia for a quarter of a century) and the government of Udmurtia. By creating this company, Volkov tried to weaken the position of Udmurtneft, but Belkamneft was not in his hands for long: at first it came under the control of AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov, and in 2003 it became part of Russneft Mikhail Gutseriev.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Brechalov (Photo: Alexey Danichev / RIA Novosti)

Reasons for detention

April 4, the head of Udmurtia, Alexander Soloviev, to Moscow. According to the investigation, he is suspected of receiving bribes of 139 million rubles, which he took over two years from the builders of a bridge across the Kama and Bui rivers near the town of Kambarka. The media reported that Alexander Korepanov, head of the Udmurtavtodor State Unitary Enterprise, was also detained along with Solovyov, but his secretary denied this information to RBC.

It was planned to announce the arrest of Solovyov on Monday, April 3, an interlocutor close to the leadership of one of the security forces told RBC. However, the plans of the security officials were canceled out by the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg that day, the source said.

"There is no political motive in the case, this is a fight against corruption," an interlocutor close to the leadership of United Russia assured RBC. The source recalled the recent publications in the regional press about the facts of corruption and problems with roads in the republic. Solovyov's membership in the party "was suspended automatically according to the charter after the initiation of a criminal case," said United Russia.

At a meeting with the Prime Minister of Udmurtia Viktor Savelyev, the detention of the head of the region was not discussed, the press secretary of the head of the Udmurt Republic Elena Kapitonenko told RBC. “Nothing [about the detention] was said, usual questions that were on the agenda, ”she said.

Scandal with Putin

Soloviev served as the head of Udmurtia since 2014, in this post he replaced Alexander Volkov, who headed the republic for almost 20 years. Until 2014, Soloviev represented the republic in the Federation Council, and before that he headed the regional parliament for six years.

According to the political scientist Mironov, during the governorship, a clan formed around Solovyov, which was also involved in road construction. The namesake of the governor, the republican deputy minister for construction Alexander Soloviev, was also involved in this area, according to the expert - close friend daughter of the head of Udmurtia.

“They had a megaproject - a bridge over the Kama. Solovyov personally asked Putin for money for it. They called the amount of 30 billion rubles. (federal and regional budgets together). Putin had to come [in September 2016] to open the bridge. But the bridge was not ready. Violations were found. There was a scandal. Soon Deputy Minister Soloviev (namesake and friend of the family) was arrested. There were arrests in the road department and offices close to it. Putin personally ordered to work on it, ”Mironov told RBC.

According to Evgeny Minchenko, “it was no secret to anyone” that the head of the republic was in charge of law enforcement agencies. “For the last month and a half, secret work has been carried out to find a successor for him. There is a combination of factors: the absence of a serious roof in the Politburo 2.0, the situational appointment of Solovyov. The presence of complaints from law enforcement agencies is surprising, given how intimidated the governor's corps is now. They say that the investigators were surprised at how sloppy he behaved, ”Minchenko said to RBC.

Alexander Soloviev (Photo: Vladimir Trefilov / RIA Novosti)

Solovyov was a "middle peasant governor", not the most successful example of the replacement of old-timers in the regions, political analyst Mikhail Vinogradov told RBC. “The clouds began to thicken from December to January, and he was considered an obvious candidate for an early replacement. But we thought that they would wait until summer so that elections this year could not be held. It seems that they decided to combine this topic with corruption, ”the expert says.

Bridge problems

The general contractor for the construction of the bridge across the Kama, to the opening of which the head of state was supposed to come, was the Tyumen company Mostostroy-12. Its owner, Alexander Zabarsky, is affiliated with other companies involved in the Soloviev bribe case - Regional Investment Company (RIK), Udmurtstalmost, Resurs-Invest, Dom-Invest and Stroy-Invest ... This is reported by the "Day.org" edition.

Interfax reported that the Arbitration Court of Udmurtia has appointed a meeting for May 11, at which it will consider the claim of the Republic's Ministry of Transport against the Mostostroy-12 company. The company is accused of “improper performance of obligations under the state contract,” and the plaintiffs estimated the penalty at 75.5 million rubles.

Appointed for April 18 judicial sitting v Tyumen region, which will consider the claim of Sberbank of Russia for the solidarity collection from Mostostroy-12 and its affiliated JV Fonika, Tyumenstalmost named after Tyumensky Komsomol and ArcticStroyMost of debt in the amount of 627.6 million rubles.

Work on the construction of a bridge across the Kama was suspended in mid-December, when Mostostroy-12 faced financial problems associated with, in which it held 1.5 billion rubles. In December, VTB, which is the lender of RIK LLC, gained control over it and changed the general contractor. In March, RBC sources about the impending bankruptcy of Mostostroy-12.

In the November Kremlin ranking of governors from the Development Center regional policy the head of the republic received a "two". The compilers indicated that the ONF calls the roads of Udmurtia the worst in federal district, the republican authorities were unable to prepare for the heating season, and according to Roszdravnadzor, the region has serious problems in the field of medicine.

The authors of the study also wrote about the growing conflict with the federal authorities. It was noted that the budget of the republic is poorly balanced, heavily credited (the deficit at the beginning of the year was almost 2 billion rubles). According to the Ministry of Finance of Udmurtia, the republic's national debt amounted to 47.7 billion rubles, and the municipal debt increased by 34%.

“The personnel reserve is poorly developed. Nepotism, continuity, corruption components ... The overall score is 39 out of 100 points (DD, or 2). Conclusions: the conflict with the federal authorities is growing: the plenipotentiary mission in the Volga Federal District and some ministries and departments, in particular, because of the negligent attitude towards housing and communal services. If the heating season is disrupted this year, the question of the resignation of the head of the region may become relevant, ”the experts concluded.

Everything in Russia is rapidly degrading. But this is especially evident in the example of the new governors. Let's take the head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov. Under him, the size of the state debt of Udmurtia for the first time exceeded 50 billion rubles, and Brechalov is engaged in running, festivals and sends brave reports on the work done to Moscow

Everything in Russia is rapidly degrading. But this is especially evident in the example of the new governors. Here we take the head of Udmurtia Alexander Brechalov.

How did you become factory directors before? The person had to go through the entire career thorny path: work as a foreman, foreman, shift supervisor, shop manager. And only then, having successfully passed through all the technological and administrative cycles of the enterprise, he could become a director.

How does one become a director now? Someone goes bankrupt or, with the help of "siloviks", squeezes the enterprise. This someone appoints their boyfriend, who has a commercial law degree or a strange humanitarian, as director. The main thing here is the loyalty of the appointee and the possibility of the new owner of the plant will completely rely on him.

How did you become governors before? A person was not only born in the region (republic), but also went through a difficult and bright life path... He was, say, an orphan. He studied at a vocational school, got a job, entered extramural construction faculty. He became the head of a huge construction site, for many years he was a deputy of the regional parliament or even the mayor big city... Won many direct and fair elections. Then he put forward his candidacy for the election of the governor and won. Because he knows people, and people believe him. In this situation, electoral fraud was not needed. Because there was a real alternative and the elections were not "adjusted" to a predetermined result.

How do they become governors now? Vladimir Putin on the recommendation of an unknown person, it is not clear who appoints the acting head of the region. Often this person has nothing to do with the region (republic), which he was sent to lead. This is followed by a purely formal procedure for the alleged election, when there is a "main" candidate, and the rest play the role of spoilers and only slightly shade his greatness. And hop! Ready new governor(head of the republic).

The same thing happened with our beloved Alexander Brechalov. In April 2017, President Putin decided that Brechalov would become Acting Head Udmurt Republic... And he became. And then he easily won a comic election, or rather, a staging for Brechalov.

As a result, the size of the state debt of Udmurtia exceeded 50 billion rubles for the first time.

This is a huge figure. Udmurtia is a small and poor republic. Its entire population is only one and a half million people. Actually, for 50 billion rubles, the entire republic can be sold with giblets and all the same, the proceeds will not cover the debt.

Was the previous head of the Udmurt Republic a good man? Unlikely. But he was a real governor. Was born in the republic. Udmurt by nationality. He passed a fantastic career path from a factory worker to the president of Udmurtia (the post was later abolished at the suggestion of Ramzan Kadyrov).

In April 2017, the head of Udmurtia Alexandra Solovyova arrested and taken to Moscow. A couple of weeks before the arrest, the Udmurt governor was about to leave his post without assistance. on their own. « TVNZ”Said that he even looked for a house in Sochi in order to spend a peaceful old age there.

On August 9, 2017, the former head of Udmurtia, Alexander Soloviev, was transferred under House arrest for health. What has the real governor done? Nothing. Rather, he was like all the heads of the regions and pleased "dear people"

The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Soloviev, said: "The fight against off-road is the main task." To solve it, he pulled his entire family - daughters, their husbands, friends - to this matter. For example, eldest daughter of the head of the republic in 2016 won 45 tenders for road works. But what's wrong with that? All Russian governors do this.

Another partner of Solovyov in the fight against off-road was, which is logical, the former deputy minister of transport of the republic, the full namesake of the head - Alexander Soloviev. It was he who oversaw the "construction of the century" - the construction of bridges across the Kama and Bui rivers.

- 14 billion rubles were allocated for the construction of bridges. And at first everything went very cheerfully. But then the money ran out, the workers began to strike. And a billion rubles have disappeared somewhere, '' said the host of a local television news studio.

On our own note, the loss of one billion rubles during the construction of two bridges is such a trifle that not a single Investigative Committee will even scratch itself without a command.

But there was a team. In October 2016, the deputy minister of transport, the full namesake of the governor, Alexander Solovyov, was arrested. And in April 2017 - the very leader of the Udmurt Republic for suspicion of receiving a bribe of 140 million from the builders of bridges across the Kama and Bui.

Local pike vests believe that Alexander Soloviev was hoping for high patrons in Moscow, who, if something happens, will be able to protect him. The head of Udmurtia told everyone that Vladimir Putin would personally receive these bridges. But some kind of system glitch crept into the circuit. When Putin arrived in Izhevsk (September 2016), he only visited the Kalashnikov concern and talked to young people. The presidential administration did not allow him to open the bridges. It is clear that in relation former head the republic has already issued a verdict. It is not clear why it was decided to replace him with Brechalov, a social activist and entertainer.

In April 2017, by the decision of Vladimir Putin, Brechalov became the acting head of Udmurtia after the security forces arrested the head of the republic, Alexander Solovyov, on suspicion of taking bribes in the amount of 140 million rubles. Prior to that, Brechalov was vice president public organization"Support of Russia", was engaged in tea drinking, banquets and other booze.

Under the new head of the republic, Brechalov, the size of the state debt of Udmurtia exceeded 50 billion rubles for the first time

The size of the state debt of Udmurtia for the first time exceeded 50 billion rubles. According to the Ministry of Finance of the republic, it amounted to 52 billion 473.5 million rubles. It was for this amount that the republic received a budget loan, which ultimately led to an increase in the share of borrowings from the federal treasury to 42.4 percent of the total public debt. Loans taken from banks account for 38.3 percent, government bonds - 19.3 percent. The cost of servicing the state debt of the Udmurt Republic is 198.3 million rubles a month. What is he doing new chapter the Brechalov region, when the republic's national debt exceeded 50 billion rubles and Udmurtia essentially turned out to be a bankrupt region?

Brechalov said that Udmurtia will become a territory of sports and ran 10 kilometers at the "Race of Good Deeds". And further. Summaries from the official website of the head of the Udmurt Republic:

In Udmurtia, secondary institutions are being reorganized vocational education in which health workers are trained. Medical schools and a technical school located in the cities of Votkinsk, Sarapul, Mozhga and Glazov will become branches of the Hero College Soviet Union F. Pushina.

That is, the name medical schools a branch of the Hero College will somehow help reduce the national debt of the republic, which has exceeded 50 billion rubles?

And here's some more great news:

"The revenue side of the budget of Udmurtia for 2018 will increase by 3.5 billion rubles, and the expenditure side - by 4.4 billion rubles." Speaking in Russian, the state debt of the Udmurt Republic increased by another billion rubles.

Also fine:

"Alexander Brechalov discussed with the professional community the prospects for the system of arts and crafts."

On February 12, a republican meeting was held with the participation of the heads of all Houses and Crafts Centers of the Udmurt Republic. Alexander Brechalov advised everyone to cross-stitch and sculpt from plasticine.

The next day, Alexander Brechalov conducted a live broadcast on the radio "My Udmurtia":

“Alexander Brechalov conducted a live broadcast on the radio“ My Udmurtia ”.

And another important thing for raising the economy of the republic. Brechalov held the republican championship in hand-to-hand combat... The battles of the best Udmurt fighters were dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Internationalist Warriors. Even Alexander Brechalov told the population of the republic that: "Dairy farming in Udmurtia will receive comprehensive support." Naturally, no one knew how this would manifest itself. Because there is no, and will not be, any comprehensive support.

In order to improve economic affairs, Udmurtia celebrated the "World Dumplings Day". The head of the republic, Alexander Brechalov, visited the Pelmeni Festival, which is taking place in Udmurtia for the fourth time. Residents of the city of Izhevsk and guests of the capital were given the opportunity to taste not only Udmurt "dumplings", but also National dishes peoples of the world.

The head of Udmurtia, Alexander Brechalov, announced the start of the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of the composer Gennady Mikhailovich Korepanov-Kamsky.

Alexander Brechalov reduced the income of the population of the republic by 587 rubles for each citizen.

The size of the subsistence minimum in the Udmurt republic on average per capita was equal to 9 thousand 40 rubles. Under Alexander Brechalov, it decreased by 587 rubles and amounted to 93.5 percent in relation to the previous period.

But the people of the Udmurt Republic did not lose heart, but on the contrary. In Udmurtia, the Year of the Volunteer and Volunteer was announced. Such an unusually important matter for the entire 1.5 million population of the republic started at the republican forum "Do Good". The entire population of the republic in a single impulse said: “We do not need wages! We will be volunteers and volunteers. "

Even on the official website of the head of the republic Brechalov, we can find out that “Aviators of Udmurtia noted professional holiday". Is it bad? On the contrary, it's just fine.

What is the name of everything that Alexander Brechalov does as governor? That's right - imitation. An imitation of hectic activity, in which excellent reports on the work done are sent to Moscow, and in fact the republic is bent over from the problems traditional for the Russian hinterland - the lack of points of economic growth and prospects for the inhabitants of the region.

And one more result of Brechalov's activities:

According to the results, the number of residents of Udmurtia decreased by 1,483 people, according to the Udmurt statistics department. Under Governor Alexander Soloviev, the total population growth was 488 people. At the beginning of the year, the population of Udmurtia is 1.5 million people. Now it is less than one and a half thousand.

Why was it necessary to change the governor, who loved to build roads and bridges, for the public figure Brechalov, who holds the festival of dumplings and celebrates the birthday of the composer Gennady Mikhailovich Korepanov-Kamsky? And no one can explain this.

We should be interested in another question: will the former social activist Brechalov be able to achieve the growth of the republic's economy, reduction of debt bondage, population growth, and investment inflow? No, it cannot. He has neither the experience, nor the desire, nor the knowledge of people, nor the necessary connections for this. There will be no development of production, construction of new factories, bridges and roads. There will be a slow and sad degradation of all spheres of life in the republic. All that a public figure of Brechalov's level can do is to imitate activities. If they ask about the result, they seem to be doing something. But there is no result.

Why then did Brechalov become the head of Udmurtia? Just.

"Everything is just like that, except for money" (c) Brother 2.

This is due to the general degradation, which we talked about in the preface to the article.

Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Republic of Udmurtia, Alexander Solovyov, "due to the loss of confidence." For the post of acting Alexander Brechalov was appointed head of the republic.

About the detention of Solovyov by employees The Investigative Committee became known on Monday, April 3. Yesterday, April 4, the governor was charged with committing two crimes under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking bribes on an especially large scale). According to the investigation, during 2014-16, the head of the republic received bribes in the form of money (139 million rubles) and a share in a commercial organization, which is estimated at 2.7 million, from two companies that are building bridges across the Kama and Bui rivers. assistance in obtaining an extraordinary payment for the work performed and obtaining licenses. By decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, Solovyov was assigned a preventive measure in the form of arrest for a period of 2 months. Solovyov himself declares his innocence. He asked the court to keep him under house arrest, but this request was denied.

Yesterday, on April 4, two decisions of the president followed. First, it became known that Solovyov was discharged from the post of governor "in connection with the loss of confidence in the President of the Russian Federation," and later the head of state was published on the appointment of the Secretary of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and co-chairman of the ONF, Alexander Brechalov, as acting head of Udmurtia. Note that for the first time, data on the approach of both of these events appeared on April 1 on the Davydov.Index Telegram channel.

Commenting on his appointment to Izvestia, Brechalov said: "For me, the proposal of the head of state to lead the Republic of Udmurtia is a challenge and a great honor. Thanks to the president for this trust."

Speaking about his possible nomination for the post of head of the republic, he noted that "it's too early to talk about elections", but in principle, such a scenario is not excluded. According to State Duma Deputy Andrei Isaev (United Russia), representing Udmurtia, it was the need to have time to nominate Brechalov that caused such a "sudden" appointment: as a rule, between the dismissal of the governor and the appointment of the acting president. enough time has passed, and this time two decrees were issued practically one after the other. Isaev explained this by the fact that "elections will be held on September 10 - it was unwise to delay the appointment".

Opinions about what will happen to the new acting. Heads of Udmurtia posts, divided. More precisely, with regard to the place in the Public Chamber, everything is clear: the term of office of its current convocation is already running out, and in new composition Brechalov was not invited. So, the remaining time of the RF OP will work without a secretary. But with the ONF there is no such clarity. On the one hand, according to the press service of the ONF, quoted by Izvestia, the movement's charter does not contain restrictions on the co-chairmen of the central headquarters, because of which Brechalov would have to leave his post. Accordingly, he can theoretically remain co-chair. On the other hand, the position of acting. The governor is quite serious and requires a lot of commitment, and it is not a fact that he will be able to effectively combine the performance of duties in two areas at once. Brechalov himself understands this and does not exclude his resignation from the leadership of the ONF: "I admit that rotation should take place after some time. As the interim head of the republic, I must first of all deal with my direct duties, and not public work." But he is in no hurry to name anyone his successor: "It would be wrong for me to name any specific candidates now." The chairman of the federal executive committee of the ONF, Alexei Anisimov, spoke in approximately the same spirit, saying that the rotation would be and a new co-chairman would be elected, but did not name a specific date when this could happen.

As for the election of the new head of Udmurtia, most likely they will still take place this year. At the moment they have not been officially appointed (in all regions where the heads will be elected, the corresponding decisions are expected in the early June area), but, according to the Chairman of the State Council of Udmurtia, Vladimir Nevostruyev, "deadline not missed" and there is still time to organize and hold elections on a single voting day on September 10. He recalled that elections to the State Council will also be held on this day: "This is superimposed on the elections of the head of the republic. The deadlines have not yet been missed - I think that this year, on a single voting day, it will be possible to elect the head of the republic."

Observers note that if elections for the head of Udmurtia are scheduled for September 10, the region will face a difficult campaign. According to a Kommersant source in United Russia, these elections may turn out to be "not easier than in Komi", due to low public confidence in the authorities. The head of the Communist Party faction in the State Council of Udmurtia, Vladimir Chepkasov, thinks almost the same. In his opinion, the republic is expected "interesting choices" : "Now the appointment of any local figure associated with the incumbent elites would not lead to changes. new person, fresh blood, since the hopes that the residents had at the arrival of Solovyov did not come true. "

It should be noted that in addition to the personnel and "elective" aspects, this story can be viewed in another plane. A representative of the ONF has been appointed acting head of the republic. Of course, this has already happened twice (remember the appointment to the posts of acting governors Andrei Bocharov in the Volgograd region and Alexander Bogomaz in the Bryansk region), but the case with Udmurtia is unique in its own way. this time one of the top leaders of the "front" became the appointee. In fact, this can be regarded as a kind of "curtsey" to the movement, a serious expression of confidence on the part of the president, and this looks especially important on the eve of presidential elections 2018 year.

Appointment of Alexander Brechalov to the post of acting the head of Udmurtia is commented by a political scientist, head of the "Political Expert Group" Konstantin Kalachev: "This appointment can be called political, because Brechalov is undoubtedly a politician. Moreover, a politician who made a career on the fight against shortcomings the existing system management, but within the same system. Now he has a great opportunity to show in practice how everything should work.<...>In general, the elite of Udmurtia needed a shake-up, and now it will receive it. The republic needs a driver of development. Apparently, there are such assumptions that Brechalov, with his excellent relations with everyone, will be able to become such a driver.<...>Brechalov can turn Udmurtia into a model region, where he will try to build a management system as efficiently as possible. "

The rector of the Institute for the Development of Education, a member of the Public Chamber of the Udmurt Republic, a member of the regional headquarters of the All-Russia People's Front, Vladimir Baymetov, calls Solovyov's resignation both an expected and unexpected event: “When Alexander Solovyov was appointed acting head of the region in February 2014, the population took it positively. Everyone expected not only economic changes, but also changes in personnel policy.<...>Unfortunately, during these two years he could not satisfy the expectation of changes, so the people were in the mood for change.<...>In this sense, the fact that Solovyov will not be the head of the region is an expected event, only the dates were discussed, and there were active rumors that he had already written a letter of resignation of his own free will with an open date, but I will emphasize once again: such a development of events - with the presentation of charges , detention and removal to Moscow - few expected.
The appointment of Alexander Brechalov took place in line with the tendencies for the appointment of interim governors in other regions, the only difference is that Brechalov has no relation to Udmurtia. Of course, if he had a desire, he could familiarize himself with the regional agenda, but again from the point of view " The Popular Front"," Supports of Russia "and the Public Chamber. In this sense, it strong point. Weak side, as it seems to me, this is its kind of isolation from the industrial component. After all, Udmurtia is an industrial region.<...>It is not yet clear how much he will be able to rely on the local elites and build relationships with them - this is the first question. The second question is to what extent it will satisfy the mood of the masses. Everything will depend only on him.<...>I think we need to wait, literally within the next two weeks the motion vector will be visible. "

Deputy of the State Council of Udmurtia Alexei Vakhrushev positively assesses the appointment of Brechalov: "The change of power in the republic is an expected event.<...>Everything went to the fact that sooner or later the leadership of Alexander Solovyov would end.
With the new acting governor Brechalov, we first of all associate our hopes that the promises made by the previous head of the republic will be fulfilled.<...>I think that with his arrival, the Udmurt Republic will have prospects for a good future. I am sure that Brechalov has enough experience and knowledge that will help him find mutual language with local elites and representatives of national associations.<...>He has a lot of work to do, but together the deputy corps and the government of the republic Brechalov will cope with all the tasks set, I have no doubt about that. "

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