Biography
Since September, 2011 - the Minister of Health of the Tver region. Before Elena Zhidkova worked as the deputy chief of regional Department of health care on provision of medicines.
Criminal case
In January, 2014 according to the petition of investigating bodies of Zhidkov it was suspended from the minister's position. It occurred after in its relation criminal case on signs of the crime provided by Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of office) was brought.
According to the investigation, at execution of two government contracts of November 22, 2012 and on February 11, 2013 from the budget of the Tver region on the checking account of the commercial organization money in the amount about 20 million rubles was illegally transferred.