Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich

Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich

Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov (January 4, 1967, the village of Bilibino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) - Russian statesman. Candidate of Law (dissertation topic - "Government of the Russian Federation in the legislative process").

Biography

Born in the Magadan region, but graduated from school in 1984 in Moscow.

In 1995-96, he was the founder of a number of companies engaged in wholesale trade, real estate and banking activities.

In 1984-1985 he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Ekos Research Institute.

In 1985-1987 he served in the Soviet Army, after which he entered the law faculty of Moscow State University.

In 1993, after graduating from university with a degree in law, Igor Shuvalov transferred to work as an attaché in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Around the same time, he met businessman Alexander Mamut, and from 1993 to 1997 he worked as a senior lawyer, as well as a director, at the law firm ALM-Consulting, one of the founders of which was Mamut.

In 1997, Shuvalov, under the patronage of Mamut, came to work at the State Property Committee, head of the Department of the State Register of Federal Property of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for State Property Management, where the team of Anatoly Chubais was refueling at that time. After the scandalous "writers' case," which in 1998 damaged the reputation of Chubais and his employees, Shuvalov moved forward and became deputy head of the department, which by that time had turned into a ministry.

In February 1998, he joined the board of directors of ORT.

In 1998, after the resignation of the government of Viktor Chernomyrdin, Shuvalov became the head of the Russian Federal Property Fund (RFBR). Since January 9, 1998 - Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation. From May 25, 1998 to September 6, 1998 - Acting Chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund. From September 6, 1998 to May 18, 2000 - Chairman of the Russian Federal Property Fund. According to media reports, Mamut again helped him take this post. However, in August 1998, Shuvalov met with the head of the presidential administration, Alexander Voloshin, after which he refused further cooperation with Mamut.

In the new government of Yevgeny Primakov (1998-1999), Shuvalov retained the post of head of the RFBR and remained with him under Prime Ministers Sergei Stepashin (1999) and Vladimir Putin (1999). At the same time, he held responsible posts in a number of state-controlled commercial structures: Russian State Insurance Company, ORT, All-Union Exhibition Center, Gazprom.

On May 18, 2000, after being appointed to the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov, he became Minister of the Russian Federation - Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation. According to media reports, he owed this appointment to Voloshin. In his new post, Shuvalov gained great influence - he established the clerical work of the apparatus, began to interfere in the work of ministries and eventually turned into the omnipotent unofficial Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov.

Since May 28, 2003 - Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (according to some reports, at the insistence of Kasyanov himself), and in October 2003 Shuvalov became deputy head of the presidential administration.

2004: Gazprom Share Transactions

• In the spring of 2004, according to some reports, he could take the place of Kasyanov, who was dismissed (Mikhail Fradkov became the new prime minister).

• In mid-2004 offshore holding, registered to the wife of I. Shuvalov, acquired Gazprom shares for $17.7 million. In March 2012, the British Financial Times and the American The Wall Street Journal, referring to documents in the editorial office, reported that Shuvalov and his family earned more than $80-100 million from these shares. At the same time, the publications associate the income of the Deputy Prime Minister with his official position and claim that the Deputy Prime Minister made statements that could seriously affect the price of Gazprom shares. Just when the government was preparing a reform to liberalize the gas monopolist's securities trade. As a result of the reform, market quotes of Gazprom shares rose sharply.

According to Western media, Gazprom shares were acquired through the structures of Suleyman Kerimov^[1]

Information about the transactions of Igor Shuvalov's family with Gazprom shares could get into the Western media at the suggestion of the former lawyer of the first deputy prime minister. At one time, he was responsible for the legal side of the transactions of the fund, which managed the property of the official, but after the "Yukos case" he left Russia for the United States.

Information could get into the media from the former lawyer Mr. Shuvalov, who was engaged in the legal side of the transactions of the official's family fund. "Judging by the nature of the published documents, we conclude that these materials were transferred... former employee of our law office Pavel Ivlev for subsequent disclosure in the media, "says Artem Dymsky, managing partner of ALM Feldmans.

Ivlev became one of the trust managers of the Shuvalov family fund after he became a civil servant in the late 1990s and stopped doing business. Then, according to the law, he had to transfer all his shares and bonds to trust, Mr. Dymskoy explained to RBC daily. According to a RBC daily source, at that time Ivlev could operate in the amount of $20 million. He was also responsible for the legal side of the transactions of the fund managing Shuvalov's property.

The main reason for the exclusion of a lawyer from the state of Dymsky calls him "active political activity, which is incompatible with the status of a lawyer." In 2004, Ivlev left Russia (now living in the United States) in connection with the initiation of a criminal case against him (related to Yukos). Together with him "migrated" documents on the affairs of clients, which were kept by a lawyer. "Ivlev acts to the detriment of the interests of the Shuvalov family, deliberately misinterpreting and perverting the facts," the letter says.

"Today I received a response letter from Ivlev, in which he writes, among other things:" I thought well before doing or not doing something, and, believe me, it will be very difficult to prove that I violated any laws or rules of lawyer ethics. " After this question about his involvement in this story, I personally did not have, "says Mr. Dymskoy.

"Apparently, Ivlev decided to go all-in, seeing that nothing was changing in the Yukos case. Moreover, earlier he leaked information to the publication of Rupert Murdoch, who, as you know, is friends with Berezovsky. Ivlev spoke at the Abramovich-Berezovsky trial on the side of the latter, "suggests a source from RBC^[2].

Shuvalov himself, commenting on the situation, said: "As a lawyer, he steadily followed the rule and principle of conflict of interest. Going into civil service, I behaved as if the government was for me, as a lawyer his client. " "This is confirmed by the inspection of the Prosecutor General's Office. Shuvalov disclosed all information about transactions, all taxes were transferred to the budget for them, "the official's secretariat adds.

At that time (2004), the entire market spoke about the imminent growth of Gazprom shares. Moreover, some banks were directly focused on investing in Gazprom, says a source in banking structures. The growth of Gazprom shares was predictable, and many, especially foreign companies, took advantage of this. "That rise of Gazprom shares could be guessed in connection with the plans to liberalize the share sale market. Shuvalov and any of those who made the decision to liberalize stock trading could play on this, "says RusEnergy partner Mikhail Krutikhin.

"This was a period of stable growth in oil prices, followed by eksport­nyye gas prices. Gazprom's capitalization growth in the short term was predictable," Mikhail Korchemkin, executive director of East European Gas Analysis, agreed. However, according to the analyst, Shuvalov could have known about the imminent signing of the law on the export monopoly of Gazprom, which influenced the capitalization of the company. Therefore, investors acted in different risk areas. "In this case, the country's leadership provided" Gazpro­mu "competitive preimushche­stva, and this is already insider information," concludes Mr. Korchemkin.

Former Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Aleksashenko considers Shuvalov's "enrichment scheme" to be unfair and unpretentious: "You borrow from one oligarch, invest in a win-win situation, and... you are already the owner of honestly earned hard work, "he wrote in his blog in LJ. In the absence of a conflict of interest, Mr. Aleksashenko believes with difficulty: "Igor Shuvalov at that time was President Putin's assistant on economic issues. In addition, if there was no conflict of interest, why would he mask these investments by conducting them through Kerimov's company? "

The court can determine the existence of affiliation, conflict of interest and the legality of the dey­stvy, says Vladimir Yurasov, lawyer of the Knyazev & Partners MKA. However, in practice, few of the highest officials were brought to trial - it is extremely difficult to prove the affiliation of an interested party transaction, because the court considers the evidence that is usually available insufficient. "In general, here we can talk about a conflict of interest and insider information, but then we had no legislative restrictions on the conflict of interest," said Ivan Ninenko from Transperen­si International.

NES professor Konstantin Sonin considers the surfaced information about Shuvalov's business as part of the politiche­skoy game on the eve of the formation of a new government. "Shuvalov was a mainstay for Putin - he solved the most difficult issues for him. Therefore, the plan to undermine Shuvalov's reputation can be seen as an attempt to knock the support out of the future president, "adds a source from RBC daily in the government. According to him, "there are doubts that Shuvalov is being hit by their own."

2005: Personal Representative of the President of Russia in the G8

In January 2005, Shuvalov became the "Sherpa" (personal representative of the President of the Russian Federation) in the G8, the next summit of which was held in St. Petersburg in July 2006. In this post, he made a number of high-profile statements, actively contributed to raising the international status of the Russian Federation.

During the preparation of the next presidential message to the Federal Assembly, Putin, according to media reports, rejected the text of the document prepared under the leadership of Shuvalov - because of this, the message scheduled for the end of April 2006 was announced only in May. This incident had no visible consequences for Shuvalov.

2008

First Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Vladimir Putin

In May 2008, after the official inauguration of the new president, Russia Dmitry Medvedev Shuvalov became acting assistant to the president of the Russian Federation, and a few days later he was appointed first deputy prime minister in the government. Vladimir Putin

On September 1, 2008, he headed the organizing committee for preparations for the APEC summit and the State Commission for the Socio-Economic Development of the Far East and Transbaikalia.

In November 2008, the X Congress of United Russia was held, at which Shuvalov was elected deputy for creativity and interaction with political clubs Vyacheslav Volodin, secretary of the presidium of the General Council of the party. In December of that year, Shuvalov headed a commission created by Putin to coordinate the government's actions in the context of the global financial crisis.

Income 4.7 million rubles, spouse income - 364 million rubles

In the declaration for 2008, Shuvalov indicated that he earned 4.761 million rubles, his wife - 364.703 million rubles.

Since March 19, 2009 - National Coordinator of the Russian Federation for the Commonwealth of Independent States.

In the summer of 2009, Shuvalov spoke on behalf of the Russian government when discussing the possibility of Russia joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) as part of a single customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Since January 11, 2010 - Chairman of the Joint Government Commission for Economic Development and Integration.

2010: Income with his wife 1.4 billion rubles for 3 years, 7 cars and other property

Wife - Olga Viktorovna Shuvalova.

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and his wife earned a total of more than 1.405 billion rubles in 2008-2010 - about $48 million, according to the income declarations of Shuvalov and his family published in accordance with the law. At the same time, the bulk of the income - 1.379 billion rubles - was earned by the wife of the official, the income of Igor Shuvalov himself in three years amounted to about 26 million rubles.

Olga Shuvalova, the wife of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, earned 372.908 million rubles in 2010, which is more than the income of all deputy prime ministers and federal ministers combined, but almost half the amount that she declared a year earlier. In 2009, the income of Shuvalov's wife was 641.913 million rubles. The income of Shuvalov himself in 2010 more than doubled - to 14.652 million rubles from 6.529 million rubles in 2009.

In the declaration for 2010, the official indicated that his property - about a quarter of an apartment with an area of ​ ​ 175 square meters, another apartment with an area of ​ ​ 109 square meters is listed in joint ownership with his wife. The First Deputy Prime Minister has two land plots with a total area of ​ ​ about 40 acres for five years. Shuvalov also rented a residential building and a household block with an area of ​ ​ 643 square meters in Russia, a residential building with an area of ​ ​ 1479 square meters in Austria and an apartment of 424 square meters in the UK. The joint ownership of the First Deputy Prime Minister and his wife was seven cars^[3]:

• Jaguar,
• Mercedes-Benz S350,
• Mercedes-Benz S500,
• Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan V221,
• limousine ZIL-41047,
• Ford Hymer Camp и
• VAZ-2101.

2012

Duties from January

Coordinates the work of federal executive bodies, gives them instructions on the following issues:

• development of the main directions of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation;
• conducting a unified financial, credit and monetary policy, managing public debt and financial assets of the Russian Federation;
• state financial planning, development and execution of the state budget, increasing the effectiveness of budget expenditures and improving the budget system, development and implementation of tax policy;
• state investment policy and the development of federal target programs, including the determination of indicators of their effectiveness;
• state regulation of financial markets, insurance and audit activities;
• development of state policy in the field of foreign economic activity and foreign trade;
• trade and economic relations and economic integration of the Russian Federation and the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States;
• state policy in the field of international relations of the Russian Federation;
• state policy in the field of technical regulation;
• participation of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization;
• state regulation of intellectual property;
• state policy in the field of civil defense, protection of the population and territories from emergencies;
• state policy in the field of transport and communications;
• ensuring road safety;
• state support for the development of small business;
• state property management;
• state policy in the field of cadastral accounting of real estate objects, registration of rights to real estate and transactions with it;
• state policy in the field of unity of economic space and freedom of economic activity, antimonopoly policy and competition development;
• state policy in the field of activities of subjects of natural monopolies;
• state tariff policy;
• state migration policy.

Suspicions in connection with the Nvision Group

In 2012, there were attempts to claim that he is a beneficiary in the business of the Russian IT company Nvision Group, one of the largest shareholders in which is allegedly Shuvalov's former deputy for work in the Russian Federal Property Fund - Dmitry Taraba, which, according to him, is not true, since they worked at the RFBR at different times.

2018: Chairman of Vnesheconombank

On May 24, 2018, he was appointed President of Russia to the post of Chairman of the Vnesheconombank Development Bank, which was later transformed into the ВЭБ.РФ State Development Corporation.

2019: Income of RUR 179.7 mln

In 2019, Igor Shuvalov earned 179.7 million rubles. Compared to the previous year, the declared income of the head of "ВЭБ.РФ" increased 2.5 times - from 71 million rubles. This is reported by TASS with reference to documents published on the portal of the state corporation.

It states that Igor Shuvalov and his wife jointly own three apartments with a total area of ​ ​ 298.5 square meters. m and two parking spaces. He also owns a 6/20 stake in an apartment of 170.6 sq. m.

Igor Shuvalov earned 179.7 million rubles in 2019

Shuvalovs are listed as owners of Jaguar XJ8 4.2 Executive, VAZ 2101, ZIL 41047 and GAZ 21 cars. According to the published documents, Shuvalov's two minor children use a residential building and an apartment (with an area of ​ ​ 4174.1 and 107.6 sq. M.), and one of them is a Mercedes GLE Coupe 350 D 4MATIC car. They also have a residential building and an apartment in Austria and Great Britain with an area of ​ ​ 1479.8 and 483 square meters, respectively.

In 2019, Shuvalov ceased to own a non-residential premises with an area of ​ ​ 2014.9 square meters. m, which was declared a year earlier. The state corporation did not publish declarations of its other top managers by August 20, 2020.

Shuvalov's income in the last full year of work in the government was 91.3 million rubles.

According to the Alexei Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation, Igor Shuvalov also has a Gulfstream G650 private plane with tail number LX-MOW and an apartment in a skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Moscow.^[4]

2020: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation

Chairman of the State Corporation for ВЭБ.РФ Development Igor Shuvalov is included in the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation and elected its Chairman. This decision was made at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation on December 29, 2020.

Changes in the leadership of the Skolkovo Foundation occurred in connection with the transfer of the Skolkovo Foundation under the management of ВЭБ.РФ as part of the reform of development institutions, which is carried out in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

"The overall priority of our large team is to consolidate investment opportunities to achieve national development goals. The Skolkovo Foundation has accumulated experience and competencies in the implementation of innovative projects. The results of our joint work should be translated into a new quality of life for people in cities - due to the development of new services, promising technologies, modern digital solutions, "said Igor Shuvalov, Chairman of the ВЭБ.РФ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation.

"The election of Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov as head of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation is a new stage in the development of the project, which is designed to ensure the formation of an innovative agenda in the country. The integration of the main Russian development institutions under the auspices of a group such as VEB is a serious step towards the implementation of Government decisions aimed at the effective implementation of national priorities. I remain on the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation and I am sure that an interesting and fruitful work awaits us, "commented Viktor Vekselberg, member of the Board of Directors of the Skolkovo Foundation.

Family

Son Eugene and two daughters, one of whom is called Maria (for 2021, the ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater).

The youngest son of First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov, Yevgeny, has been serving in the special forces of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) since the fall of 2011. This was stated by the official himself on the air of the radio station "Avtoradio Vladivostok"^[1].

According to I. Shuvalov, his son was going to enter Oxford in Great Britain, but decided to first join the army. According to the official, his son's views on life changed after he visited Russian military units.

"Service in the Pacific Fleet is Eugene's independent choice. Of course, he could have served in Moscow, but he decided to serve in Vladivostok, "I. Shuvalov said.

According to the official, he advises his friends to send their sons to serve in the Far East, which has a very great future. "I am ready to debunk the myth that the Far East is the outskirts of Russia. Russia begins here in the Pacific Ocean, "I. Shuvalov said.

"The son says that the service is heavy, but very interesting and useful," the first deputy prime minister added.

The politician's son wrote in his blog that the perception of everything around him changes a lot when you know that you will soon join the army.

Awards

• Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Russian Federation (May 28, 2003) - for a great personal contribution to solving the problems of socio-economic development of the country.

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