Oleg Mikheev: biography of one of the most scandalous politicians in Russia

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:54

Mikheev Oleg Leonidovich is one of those Russian politicians who now and then attract the attention of journalists. At the same time, he received most of his popularity solely because of the judicial scandals that constantly haunt him. And yet it is worth paying tribute to this man, because, despite all the persecution, he was at the center of the country's political life for quite a long time.

A little about the life of a politician

So, why is deputy Oleg Mikheev remarkable? The biography of this man begins with the fact that he was born in the glorious city of Volgograd in November 1967. Here he graduated from high school, after which he got a job at a factory.

In 1985, Mikheev entered the Moscow State Technical University. Bauman. Here he tried to master the speci alty "materials and technological processes", in order to then establish his own business. Studying at the university at first had to be combined with military service, and then with work at a factory in Volgograd.

After completionstudies, in 1992, the entrepreneur opens his own plumbing store. Over the years, his assets have multiplied, and a small store has turned into a network of construction markets. Later, Oleg Leonidovich founded the Diamant group, which became his largest brainchild. This construction company eventually turned into a large regional holding.

In 1999, Oleg Mikheev received a law degree from Volgograd State University. By the way, in the future the politician will receive several more higher educations, while one of them he will master in 2002 at the Institute of Management, located in the UK. In 2004, Mikheev buys Volgoprombank, but sells it three years later. This was due to the fact that in 2007 a criminal case was opened against Oleg Mikheev, and most investors withdrew their investments due to distrust of the bank.

It is known about the politician's personal life that he is married and has three children.

Political career

For the first time, Oleg Mikheev tried to conquer the political Olympus back in 1999. Then he tried to win elections to the city council of Volgograd, but ultimately was defeated. In 2003, Mikheev again wants to get into the regional Duma, but again, fortune let him down.

Only in February 2007, the council of the Just Russia party decided to take the entrepreneur into their ranks. Intoxicated with victory, Oleg Mikheev immediately ran for the mayor of Volgograd. However, he is accused of bribing voters and exceeding the electoral fund, as a result -politicians are removed from the election race.

Moreover, in June 2007 the council of A Just Russia decided to expel Mikheev from his party. But already in August of this year, he was again taken back to A Just Russia, recognizing the previous decision as illegal.

In the future, Oleg Mikheev will constantly put forward his candidacy from this party, thanks to which he will become a deputy of the State Duma of the V and VI convocations.

The biggest scandals

In mid-summer 2007, Mikheev was accused of tax evasion. For the period of the investigation, the entrepreneur was placed in a pre-trial detention center, where he stayed for about 3 weeks.

In 2013, a criminal case was again opened against the deputy, this time the reason was fraud on an especially large scale and pressure on the court. According to the investigative committee, Oleg Mikheev was involved in real estate fraud, which could bring him a profit of 2 billion rubles. Because of this incident, in February 2013, the State Duma removed parliamentary immunity from Mikheev.

In addition to political scandals, Oleg Leonidovich likes to shock the public in everyday life: his appearance in a Nazi uniform at the wedding of his fellow party member became the theme for one of the programs on REN TV.

In December 2015, the Volgograd Arbitration Court declared the former deputy bankrupt. At the same time, the judge ordered the start of the procedure for the sale of Mikheev's property in order to cover the current debts of the politician.