Kogan Minister of Ecology and Nature Management. Kogan Alexander Borisovich - Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region. But it's an expensive pleasure.

Kurakin began his career in St. Petersburg. He graduated Faculty of Law Petersburg State University, was engaged in legal consulting and real estate transactions. He was one of the founders of the Severnaya Korona law firm, worked for the Nevsky Syndicate company. Kurakin joined the civil service in 1998, his work was related to the management of state property. First, he worked in the legal department of the city property management committee of the administration of St. Petersburg, then from 2002 to 2008 - director of the St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise "City Department of Inventory and Real Estate Valuation", and then again in the city property management committee as its chairman. From May to November 2012, Kurakin, as Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region, oversaw issues of land and property relations, ecology and nature management. And in November 2012, he was appointed director of the department of property relations of the Ministry of Defense, replacing the infamous Yevgenia Vasilyeva in this post. In April 2017, Kurakin was appointed Vice President of Rostelecom and held this position until recently.

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The new Minister of Ecology and Nature Management will take office in a difficult period for the region: during last year Numerous “anti-garbage” rallies gathered throughout the Moscow region - in Volokolamsk, Klin, Kolomna, Troitsk, Ruza, Balashikha, Silver Ponds, etc. Residents are protesting not only against existing landfills, but also against the construction of new ones. Several landfills should close, but next to some of the remaining ones, it is planned to open new ones, the capacity of which may be even greater. Residents are dissatisfied with the current situation and are trying to defend their areas from the construction of new landfills and incinerators.

For several years, 24 landfills have been closed in the region, the remaining 15 receive most of the garbage. According to the regional Ministry of Ecology, their capacity will be enough for two years. Last year, the Kuchino training ground near Balashikha was closed on the personal instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. During the direct line, residents of the Kuchino microdistrict complained to Putin about the constant fires at the landfill and the inaction of the authorities. However, the actions of the Moscow Region authorities to close old landfills give rise to new problems, since all the garbage had to be taken to the remaining 15 landfills. It is the increased flow of garbage trucks and the stench due to the colossal influx of garbage that residents of the Moscow region complain about.

The location of landfills in the Moscow region is regulated by the territorial scheme for waste management. This document spells out where the landfills, waste sorting and waste incineration plants should be. According to this scheme, by the end of 2018, half of the residents of the region should be equipped with containers for separate waste collection. The separate collection system involves the installation of two types of containers - for dry (plastic, glass, paper and metal) and "wet" waste (food).

Alexander Kogan was born on February 26, 1969 in Orsk, Orenburg region. Parents, according to the rector of the Orthodox Gymnasium of the Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt Archpriest George, - pupils of the orphanage.

After graduating from school, he studied at the vocational school No. 46 of the city of Orenburg, specializing in "installer of radio-electronic equipment and devices."

In 1987-1989 he served in the USSR Armed Forces in tank troops.

Alexander Kogan graduated from the Orenburg Polytechnic Institute. Studied at the Faculty of Industrial Electronics as an engineer. He also studied at the Russian Academy public service under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.

In 1992, he became one of the founders of the ComInCom company and was its CEO and Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 2003.

We bought equipment that, in principle, we wrote off from the factory: TVs, two-cassette tape recorders, brought them to perfection and then engaged in their maintenance, - said Alexander Kogan in an interview.

In 1998, he was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Orenburg Region of the II convocation, and from 2000 to 2003 he was also a deputy of the Orenburg City Council. In 2002 he was re-elected to the Zaksob.

For the first two or three years, formation took place. They treated me in this way, they say, the guy came, worked and, as he came, he will leave, ”said Alexander Kogan, being a State Duma deputy. - I would like to remind you about the 1990s, when regional legislation did not correspond to federal legislation, and municipalities could generally live on their own. Everyone played tricks the best they could.

In 2003, Kogan won the elections to the State Duma in the Orenburg district with 26% of the vote. He lost Elena Afanasyeva(LDPR, now a senator from the Orenburg region) with 5%, Vladimir Frolov (now the head of the regional branch of the SR) with 10.6%. Second place was taken Viktor Pyatnitsky(18%), third - Yuri Nikiforenko(KPRF, 14%), who died in 2004 from heart failure.

We had such a story in Orenburg between Alexander Borisovich Kogan and Viktor Vasilyevich Pyatnitsky in 2003. "Finance battle" was clearly higher than in the other two districts - political strategist Tatyana Denisova.

In the 2011 elections, Alexander Kogan was nominated from " United Russia"together with Yuri Berg, Viktor Zavarzin, Yuri Mishcheryakov, Viktor Nefyodov, Elena Nikolaeva, Olga Saldayeva and Nazim Efendiev. In the State Duma, he was deputy chairman of the budget and taxes committee and chairman of the subcommittee on customs regulation.

In 2008, he entered the list of the General Council of United Russia and in February 2016.

The declaration of income and property in 2010 states that Kogan earned about 2 million rubles, his wife - 17.8 million rubles. A land plot of 901 sq. meter (share ownership 0.8), apartment 120.9 sq. meters (hiring for the term of office of a deputy). A land plot for the placement of a trade and administrative complex is registered for the spouse - 3472 sq. meters (share ownership 0.55). A residential building of 238 sq. meters and an apartment of 120.9 sq. meters. A Porsche Cayenne was registered to Alexander Kogan, Hyundai Accent and Mercedes-Benz to his wife.

From January to May 2012, he worked as an adviser to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In June of the same year, he was appointed head of the State Housing Inspectorate of the Moscow Region, where he worked for a little over a year. After that, he continued to serve in the government of the Moscow Region, but as a minister for shared housing construction, dilapidated and dilapidated housing. He stayed in this position for a little over 1.5 years.

At the same time, dissatisfied with the activities of the ministry appeared. In particular, communities have been created in social networks demanding the resignation of Alexander Kogan, and on the website Democrat.ru published a message about the collection of signatures on the same occasion. In 2013, the ministry was liquidated.

In April 2015, Kogan was appointed Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region.

I have nominated Alexander Borisovich Kogan for the post of minister, - the governor of the Moscow region Andrey Vorobyov reported even before his appointment. - Approvals, which are required by law, take place in the Ministry of Ecology. Anzor Blyuevich, who successfully coped with this task, moves to another place of work.

Alexander Kogan and I have been working for a long time, he has always focused on breakthrough topics, - Andrey Vorobyov said after Kogan was appointed Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region.

Alexander Kogan himself noted that a lot of work has already been done in the ministry entrusted to him to account for the subsoil of the Moscow region. According to the new minister, the department needs to develop a garbage collection scheme throughout the region by January 1, "starting from a container and ending with a specific landfill where this garbage will be processed." Separately, Kogan emphasized the importance of maintaining favorable environmental conditions for comfortable living residents of the Moscow region.

Alexander Kogan is the head of the United Russia project for the development of low-rise housing construction Svoy Dom.

In 1996, he became the "Person of the Year of the city of Orenburg" by decision of the Orenburg City Council. In 1997, the Ministry of Public Education of the Russian Federation awarded him the title of "Excellence in Education in Russia". In 2002 - the title of "Honorary Patron of Orenburg". He has the insignia "Parliament of Russia", gratitude of the President, Chairman of the State Duma.

Alexander Kogan holds a PhD in Economics.

He enjoys football and hockey. He is a master of sports in freestyle wrestling.

According to open sources, in 2012, Alexander's wife, Marina Ivanovna Kogan (03/14/1972), works at KomInKom. Daughters Ekaterina (November 18, 1990) and Maria (August 18, 2000) were born in Orenburg.

Mother - Kogan Albina Pavlovna. Born in 1940 in the village of Byankino, Nerchinsk district of the Chita region.

On the official website of Alexander Kogan and on the page in the government of the Moscow region, no family information is indicated.

On September 20, the Moscow Regional Duma approved the leadership of the new government of the region. The main change is that instead of Alexander KOGAN, the Ministry of Ecology was headed by Dmitry KURAKIN, a native of the Ministry of Defense.

Three lieutenant governors instead of the old two

Two days earlier, the Regional Duma approved the governor's proposals Andrey VOROBYOV changes in structure. The position of the first vice-governor appeared in the regional government.

Now Vorobyov has three vice-governors at once, one of whom will be the head of the governor's administration. Previously, there were two lieutenant governors.

The new position of the first vice-governor was taken by Ildar GABDRAKHMANOV, formerly a "regular" lieutenant governor. Retained her position as Vice Governor Natalia VIRTUEZOVA.

The other two lieutenant governors are Dmitry PESTOV(former Deputy Prime Minister) and Mikhail KUZNETSOV, who will also be the head of the administration of Andrei Vorobyov.

The leadership of the new government of the Moscow region

Olga ZABRALOVA became the first deputy chairman of the government-minister of education. Previously, the regional Ministry of Education in the rank of minister supervised Marina ZAKHAROVA.

Posts of Deputy Prime Ministers retained Maxim FOMIN and Alexander CHUPRAKOV. Remained Deputy Prime Minister Denis BUCAEV, but lost the prefix "Minister of Investment and Innovation". New Deputy Prime Minister former head Ministry of Transport Igor TRESKOV.

"Toxic" Kogan was replaced by a native of the Ministry of Defense

A native of Novosibirsk, Dmitry Kurakin was Deputy Prime Minister from May to November 2012, when the Moscow Region headed Sergey SHOIGU. After Kurakin served as director of the department of property relations in the Ministry of Defense until May 2017. Since May 2017, he has been Vice President of Rostelecom.

Now Kurakin has become deputy chairman of the government - the minister of ecology and nature management. His candidacy, among others, was submitted to the Moscow Regional Duma by Andrey Vorobyov.

Dmitry KURAKIN, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources

Whether the outgoing Alexander Kogan will continue to work in the leadership of the Moscow Region, representatives of the regional government do not specify.

Kogan has headed Mineko since April 1, 2015. The activities of the department under his leadership were regularly criticized. The Ministry of Ecology ignored environmental problems: landfills, "sand poachers", destruction of rivers and lakes.

The situation worsened especially in 2017. Calls for Kogan's resignation were heard at rallies in various districts of the Moscow region. The Yadrovo training ground in Volokolamsk thundered throughout the country, governor Vorobyov was thrown with snowballs.

Political scientists called Alexander Kogan "toxic" for the head of the region and assumed that he would be dismissed even before the September 9 elections in order to raise the rating of the incumbent governor and "calm down" the masses a little.

Alexander Kogan - former Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region

But the resignation did not happen. Kogan worked as part of the old government to the end. However, it is hardly worth talking about the completion of his work in the “Vorobiev team”, since the governor often appoints high-ranking officials who have been left without posts as his advisers.

Vivid examples are the former Minister of Health Nina SUSLONOVA, not fulfilled in the Odintsovo Central District Hospital; former minister of the building complex Marina OGLOBLINA, whose son became a defendant; German ELYANYUSHKIN, during his work as deputy chairman of the government, the Ministry of Construction issued many permits for the construction of large residential complexes in the Moscow region, most of which grossly violated regional urban design standards.

It is possible that Alexander Kogan will soon join the number of Andrey Yurievich's advisers.

The problem of garbage dumps in the Moscow region first entered the federal agenda a little less than a year ago. Then the residents of Balashikha, during a direct line with President Putin, complained about the disgusting smell from the Kuchino training ground, located near the city. The President ordered the landfill to be closed immediately. It is clear that in the “manual control” mode, it is impossible to decide the fate of each dump from the Kremlin. Yes, and it is not necessary. This area is under the jurisdiction of the regional authorities. But the Minister of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region Alexander Kogan So far, it has only succeeded in exacerbating the problem. However, we will not rush to accuse the official of unsuitability. Quite possibly, this is the result of meaningful actions.

In just the last few years, Moscow region 24 out of 39 official landfills were closed. Four more are scheduled to close this year. Thus, the load on the remaining has increased significantly. According to official data, landfills near Moscow receive 11.7 million tons of garbage per year. At the same time, Moscow generates 7.9 million tons. The growth in the flow of garbage has led to the fact that landfills operate beyond their design capacity. Waste does not have time to pour soil and treat with filtrate. The problem of outdated technologies is superimposed on a fresh force majeure - landfills were designed back in Soviet times, when no one had even heard of any active degassing, and there were significantly fewer residents and, accordingly, garbage.

True, in addition to the Soviet legacy, the Moscow Region authorities also have one more modern document at their disposal - the Territorial Scheme for Waste Management in the Moscow Region. For the development of this strategy, which is valid until 2030, 80 million rubles were paid from the regional budget. She, among others, was claimed by Alexander Kogan. But by a strange coincidence, the document does not take into account at all about 6 million tons of annual garbage flow from the capital. How this could happen is a mystery. By the way, there is no reasonable explanation for such an intensive closure of existing landfills either. Many of the legal landfills at the time of closure were far from exhausting their design capacity. And to close them en masse in the absence of a duplicating infrastructure is also at least strange.

But about the reason for the "strangeness" - below. In the meantime, as a result of a man-made emergency, some areas of the Moscow region turned into ecological disaster zones. In March, residents of Volokolamsk were subjected to a “chemical attack” from the Yadrovo test site. Within a few days, several dozen people, including 76 children, turned to the city's medical institutions for help. They complained of dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, nosebleeds, an incomprehensible rash, some fainted and lost consciousness. Local authorities resisted for the sake of order and admitted that there had been a release of landfill gas. Citizens gathered near the building of the city hospital for a spontaneous rally. They were visited by the governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov, who was greeted with exclamations of “Shame!” and "Killer!". And the then mayor Yevgeny Gavrilov had his jacket torn and bruised sides. He was soon forced to resign.

The situation in Kolomna, which is adjacent to the Volovichi training ground, is developing no less dramatically. After the closure of Kuchino, the flow of Moscow garbage here at first increased not even at times, but by an order of magnitude. Why there was literally nothing to breathe in the city and its environs. Residents went for a "walk" along the pedestrian crossing at the entrance to the landfill. And they continue to “walk” to this day, not missing garbage trucks with Moscow numbers. From time to time they are chased by the police, some are taken to the departments and start administrative cases. But people again take to the road, because they understand that the conservation of the problem is disastrous for them in the literal sense of the word. Actions against landfills are also taking place in other districts of the region. Residents of the Voskresensky district blocked the road to the waste incineration plant under construction;

When it became clear that the problem of MSW storage in the Moscow region could not be solved with spells and dances with tambourines, various proposals appeared in the public space to save the region. From civilized ones - the introduction of separate waste collection with the construction of waste processing plants - to exotic ones: to take out waste by railway to boundless Siberia. The Moscow authorities turned to their colleagues from Tver with a proposal to build new landfills in the sparsely populated areas of the region. But they were refused. True, even earlier, the capital's garbage disposal companies made a similar request to the authorities of the Moscow region. But they didn't get any.

Actually suitable lands on the territory of the region. Moreover, they are reserved for this purpose, because they are located far from settlements. And the first proposals from investors on the allocation of land were received by the regional government back in 2016. But then Minister Kogan refused - under the pretext of "preventing the growth of social tension" around future landfills. Much later, when the situation with waste in the region became critical, a decree appeared, opening up opportunities for the creation of new landfills. But, according to experts and market participants, the path from scratch to obtaining a license takes at least three and a half years. How Moscow and the region will pass the garbage quest at this time is not known.

On the other hand, it is approximately clear what dividends Minister Alexander Kogan will be able to extract directly in the medium term. The increase in the degree of the garbage problem naturally contributed to the emergence of illegal dumps in the Moscow region. Unlucky was the Dmitrovsky district (Iksha, Nikolskoye), Ruzsky (Chastsy), Noginsky (Elektrougli, SNT Veteran), Solnechnogorsky (Sokolovo, Alekseevo, Moshnitsy), Odintsovsky (Pronskoye, Nikolskoye) and other districts of the region. Some of the "spontaneous" dumps were visited by several hundred cars a day. And there were "repositories" for more than six months. According to local observers, Alexander Kogan was seen more than once in places of "spontaneous" waste storage. And after his visits, the movement of garbage trucks only increased. It is not difficult to guess that the minister does not convert his protectorate to illegal dumps into waste. And thanks to his own completely “sabotage” tactics, he will be able to calmly grow rich further. Because even when one spontaneous dump is closed by the efforts of local activists, a new one appears nearby through the efforts of the Minister of Ecology of the Moscow Region.

Now the project of construction of four waste incineration plants in the region is being actively discussed. The plants will start operating in the best case in five years - Minister Kogan can confidently take this time into his asset. But even after reaching the design capacity, the enterprises will not be able to cope with the growing flow of waste from the capital. At least 4 million tons of MSW will remain ownerless. That is, at the mercy of an enterprising official.

And the prospect opened up before the minister to warm his hands on the reclamation of the Kuchino landfill. So far, modestly - the project worth 50 million rubles went to the Spetsgeoekologiya company, not a stranger to Kogan. But the actual reclamation is estimated at 4 billion rubles. There is a high probability that this fat order will not bypass the minister.

However, it is not a fact that Alexander Kogan will be satisfied with the listed bonuses. Because he was also noticed in his interest in legal landfills. It is known that even during the operation of the now closed Kulakovsky training ground and the operating Timokhovo and Yadrovo, unofficial representatives of the official tried to obtain controlling stakes for symbolic money. Threatening otherwise to fall asleep with checks and fines. What, in fact, happened after the refusal of the owners of such proposals. However, there are still operating landfills in the region. And there are no guarantees that tomorrow the people of the environmental minister will not come there. Because Alexander Kogan's scheme, although simple, is effective: in conditions of a man-made collapse, require landfill owners to accept more garbage and at the same time punish violations with a ruble. All around, the minister is in the black: either the owners will give up the business, or they will close the landfill. Or break and pay. Or they won't violate it, and then the "spontaneous" landfills named after Alexander Kogan will receive new tons of waste. In general, either the environmental minister will be stopped by law enforcement agencies, or this “push-pull” will jump on.