The biography of any person is always something remarkable. She is also interesting in Shingarkin Maxim Andreevich. This is a scandalous Russian environmentalist, State Duma deputy, public figure. Maxim Andreevich is an expert in the field of radiation and industrial safety, the founder of the Citizen Foundation. Coordinated the Greenpeace Russia project.
Shingarkin Family
Shingarkin Maxim Andreevich was born on September 1, 1968 in the Samara region, in the city of Novokuibyshevsk. There is no information about parents. About personal life it is only known that Shingarkin M. A. is a married man. He and his wife are raising four children. The rest of the deputy's personal life is shrouded in mystery.
Army service
After graduating from school, Maxim Andreevich entered the higher Tula Artillery School. He graduated in 1990. After college, Shingarkin received a distribution to the city of Sergiev Posad. There was a military unit for the nuclear-technical support of the Russian army. Maxim Andreevich served in it for 15 years, from 1985 to 2000,and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
After military service
After his dismissal from the service, Shingarkin decided to engage in social and political activities to protect the environment and the environment. In this field, he excelled greatly. Despite the fact that Maxim Shingarkin has no education in the field of environmental protection and ecology, this did not prevent him from becoming the coordinator of Greenpeace Russia in 2000. He held this position until 2002
Citizen Foundation
In 2003, Shingarkin Maxim Andreevich, whose biography is described in this article, founded the Citizen Foundation. The organization's tasks included supporting regional civil initiatives. At the same time, the foundation exercised public control over ecology and nature. The organization formed socio-ecological questionnaires. She also informed the population about the activities of mining companies and industrial enterprises. The Fund organized public discussions and formed the final opinion of the population (construction of factories, projects of Gazprom, Nord Stream, etc.). Maxim Andreevich headed the public regional environmental fund "Citizen" until 2011
Community activities
In the 90s. State Duma Deputy Maxim Shingarkin spoke in defense of citizens who live in the territories of the Chelyabinsk region contaminated with radiation. Maxim Andreevich insisted that the inhabitants of the village of Muslyumovo should be relocated to a clean zone. The area was contaminatedactivity of PO Mayak.
In 2005, the facts came to light that the enterprise had poured liquid radioactive waste into the Techa River. Thanks to the efforts of Maxim Shingarkin, the Russian government allocated money for the resettlement of residents of the village of Muslyumova. However, the program proved to be ineffective and people's rights were repeatedly violated.
Maxim Andreevich reported this to President Dmitry Medvedev. He handed over to the head of state copies of the accumulated complaints from the settlers. Was assigned to the control group. Many facts of misappropriation of budgetary funds allocated for resettlement by officials were revealed.
Maxim Shingarkin, deputy, contributed to the imposition of fines for environmental pollution. In 2012, he began to lead a working group to finalize the bill on cruelty to animals. Maxim Andreevich prepared proposals on how to protect Russian citizens from attacks by stray dogs.
Shingarkin is the initiator and at the same time the organizer of the fight against nuclear terrorism. In 2015, he improved his qualifications at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. In the period from 2006 to 2008, Maxim Shingarkin published a photo report on the eco-catastrophe in Western Siberia. This was followed by a government inspection that revealed oil spills at oil fields.
As a result, the company had to implement environmental protection measures, such as the reclamation of polluted areas. The Citizen Foundation, created by Maxim Andreevich Shingarkin, monitors UCC Uralchem. As a result, the enterpriserefused to build a new plant that was supposed to produce liquid fertilizers.
Political activities
In December 2011, Shingarkin's political activities began. He became a State Duma deputy from the LDPR party. From 2005 to 2011 he was a member of the Expert Council on Human Rights. From 2006 to 2010, Maxim Andreevich was an adviser to the chairman of the Committee on Education and Science. From 2009 to 2010, he worked in the presidential commission for technical development of the Russian Federation and equipment modernization.
As a deputy, Maxim Shingarkin participated in changes to the law on industrial waste. The politician became the author of many legislative acts on environmental protection and economic incentives for the introduction of new technologies. Many projects have become the basis for a radical reform in legislation.
After an unpleasant incident at Sheremetyevo Airport, Shingarkin came to grips with finalizing the regulatory framework for transport infrastructure. In the period from 2001 to 2003, Maxim Andreevich became the initiator and organizer of the survey of residents on the work of the Krasnoyarsk Chemical Plant.
Shingarkin and deputy S. Mitrokhin entered the construction site where nuclear waste was stored. According to the results of the inspection, the erected structures were dismantled. The construction of RT-2 was suspended.
In 2013, Shingarkin was nominated by the LDPR party for the election of the Moscow governor. VladimirZhirinovsky substantiated the faction's candidacy by the fact that there are many problems associated with environmental pollution in the Russian capital and region. Shingarkin, according to the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is a first-class specialist in nature management and resources. However, according to the results, he could only take 4th place.
Interesting excerpts from Shingarkin's biography
Like all well-known political and public figures, Shingarkin is under the "sight" of the press. In the summer of 2012, the media reported the fact that Maxim Andreevich, together with his wife and children, refused to undergo mandatory screening at Sheremetyevo Airport.
The deputy assured that the actions of the company's employees were illegal. The incident received wide publicity. The court confirmed that airport employees do not have the right to search the personal belongings of citizens.
According to the declaration of income, which was submitted to the relevant authorities in 2011 and 2012, State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Maxim Shingarkin is considered the poorest politician. He owns only a small plot of land, a car and one apartment.
According to the politician, his military career was closely connected with nuclear weapons and the secrecy that surrounds this area. Maxim Andreyevich Shingarkin decided to leave the army in order to strengthen the country's security by other methods.
