Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich, Russian journalist: short biography

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:48

Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich is a famous Russian businessman, politician and journalist. Editor-in-chief, CEO and owner of Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Former member of the State Duma. This article will present his brief biography.

Study

Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich was born in 1954 in the city of Morozovsk, Rostov region. In 1978 he graduated from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Department of Economics) with honors. He served in the Navy for the next two years. Upon his return, he entered graduate school, where he studied for about three years. After that, the young man stayed to work at the university. At first, Konstantin was an ordinary assistant, and then an assistant professor. A few years later (in 1996) Remchukov will become the head of the Department of Macroeconomic Planning and Regulation. From 1986 to 1987, Konstantin trained in the USA (University of Pennsylvania). In 2000, the hero of this article received a professorship at the UDN and worked there for six years.

Business

Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich became interested in this area during his teaching career. In 1996he joined the management team of the SE Bank investment fund. From 1997 to 1999, he was senior vice president of the Novocom analytical center. According to several publications, this company was engaged in professional party building, political technologies and image-making.

Also since 1997, Remchukov became a consultant and adviser to Oleg Deripaska, head of the Siberian Aluminum group of companies. Konstantin Vadimovich quickly made a career. He soon became senior vice president and then chairman of the board. In 2000, he headed the Supreme Scientific and Advisory Council of the IPG "Sibal" (later renamed "Basic Element"). In 2003, the hero of this article left this post.

Politics

In October 1999, Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich joined the political council of the Union of Right Forces. A month later he was elected to the State Duma from the Union of Right Forces. Remchukov also became deputy chairman of the committee on environmental management and natural resources. After the end of the deputy term, Konstantin Vadimovich moved to the Ministry of Economic Development and became Gref's assistant. Despite this, he criticized German Oskarovich's policy of Russia's accession to the WTO.

In November 2001, Remchukov was elected chairman of the Public Council on Russia's accession to the WTO. The hero of this article believed that this should not be done hastily, without considering all the possible risks. In addition, the Russian Federation must also significantly improve the competitiveness of its ownindustry and be ready to export high value-added products. In 2004, Konstantin Vadimovich published a book on this topic “Russia and the WTO. Fiction and truth. In it, he conducted a systematic analysis of economic, legal and political issues arising in connection with the entry of the Russian Federation into this organization.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Remchukov bought this edition from Boris Berezovsky in the summer of 2005. Since civil servants cannot carry out entrepreneurial activities, Konstantin Vadimovich made a purchase for his wife. He promised the media that Nezavisimaya Gazeta (NG) would become the same cost-effective and high-quality publication as the Washington Post. He actively engaged in its development after he ceased to be a deputy.

In February 2007, Konstantin Vadimovich Remchukov, whose books (“Russia and the WTO”, “Economic Policy of a Visible Hand”, “With a Thought on Russia”) can be found in any relevant store, became the general director and chief editor of Nezavisimaya Gazeta. The former politician considered the combination of the two areas to be quite organic and the only possible option, especially at the stage of product transformation.

New position

Since the beginning of 2007, Konstantin Vadimovich has been periodically mentioned in the press as a member of the board of directors of the Russian Venture Company (RVC). This structure was created at the suggestion of the government of the Russian Federation to stimulate the country's venture investment by purchasing shares of various funds. Remchukov also featuredas one of the leaders of RVC in a number of media reports related to an interview with Oleg Shvartsman (co-owner of Finansgroup). The latter spoke about the idea of "velvet privatization" in Russia. This scandalous interview led to a break in relations between Shvartsman (in partnership with Tamir Fishman) and RVC. As a result, Finansgroup lost 980 million rubles.

Charity

Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich (nationality - Russian) is often mentioned in the press as a philanthropist. In 2001, the hero of this article was elected chairman of the executive committee to the Board of Trustees of the Bolshoi Theater. And in 2009, information appeared on the website of this institution that Konstantin Vadimovich was included there as an individual. By the way, Oleg Deripaska is also a member of this Board of Trustees.

Family

Remchukov Konstantin Vadimovich, whose biography is presented above, is married and has three sons. The most famous of them is thirty-year-old Maxim, who held high positions in several well-known companies (JSC Russian Aluminum and LLC Siberian Aluminum). In 2005, Remchukov Jr. became the head of the Kuban football club. By the way, at that time Deripaska was its co-owner (later the billionaire donated his block of shares to the regional administration). In 2008, Maxim was mentioned in the media as a top manager of Basic Element.

Interesting facts

• Most of all, Konstantin Vadimovich loves to communicate with his children.
• Mainan event in Remchukov's life is a meeting with his own wife.
• In everyday life and work, the knowledge gained at the university was very useful to him: to respect, love and show interest in other religions, countries, cultures and people.
• Slogans: “The cost of the service rendered does not exceed ten cents”, “No one promised an easy life to anyone.”
• Favorite books: Finnegans Wake (Joyce), Time and Place (Trifonov), Pyramid (Leonov).
• At the institute, Remchukov remembered several teachers who had a huge store of knowledge and an accessible methodology for their presentation. These were G. I. Scheideman (English); F. Gretsky, V. Lober (country studies); V. A. Malinin, V. F. Stanis, K. A. Bagryanovsky (History of Philosophy).