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The story of the removal of the permanent mayor of the capital Yuri Luzhkov in September 2010 has a lot of versions. The most important question that interests the media so far is why was it removed? “Zhurdom” conducted its own investigation and came to the conclusion: the main reason for the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov was the conflict between two influential wives - his wife Elena Baturina with Svetlana Medvedeva, the first lady of the country at that time. We have decided to publicize this material now that the resignation of the Medvedev government is a foregone conclusion, searches are underway in Skolkovo and the interrogation of the oligarch Vekselberg, who is closest to Medvedev, is underway. Luzhkov, who played the first violin in retirement.
How it was
On August 26, 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the government to suspend the construction of the Moscow-Petersburg highway through the Khimki forest in connection with public protests. On September 1, in the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, a certain political scientist under the pseudonym Yuri Kovelitsyn published an article entitled "Competition around Moscow." The publication claimed that some forces "are diligently courting Medvedev, inciting him to both his political father and all of his main supports - including Luzhkov." A system of balances has allegedly been created around the president, which inexorably leads him to a clash with both Vladimir Putin and Yuri Luzhkov.
Yuri Luzhkov himself was an obvious interest in publishing in a publication controlled by the mayor. Moreover, after simple investigations by the PR specialists of the Kremlin and the White House, it was established for certain that the publication of the material of the "political scientist" in the newspaper was personally handled by Yury Luzhkov's press secretary Sergei Tsoi. After this publication, the degree of tension between the Kremlin and the Moscow mayor's office became prohibitively high. Luzhkov was accused of "competition around Moscow" in backstage conversations: she was the first public attempt to drive a wedge between the president and the prime minister.
On September 6, 2010, at 1 am in the Internet version of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, an article entitled “Khimki Test” was published, signed by Yuri Luzhkov himself. The clearing of the Khimki forest was presented in it as an inevitable evil, and Medvedev's decision to suspend construction was an obvious mistake of a weak ruler. The stages of destruction of forests on 80 hectares, together with the accompanying flora and fauna, were consistently described. The relocation of the route, which environmentalists and the left wing of the opposition insisted on, was not supported. In a fairly straightforward form, the author talked about the savings from expanding the existing route.
As early as September 7, the media reported: “The investigating authorities are looking for, but so far they cannot find one of the deputy mayors of Moscow, Alexander Ryabinin, against whom a criminal case has been initiated under the article“ bribery ”.
On September 10, a few hours before the start of his troubles, Luzhkov, in an interview with the Interfax news agency, rejected claims against him about an attempt to create a rift between the president and the prime minister and suggested that "this is all because of the publication on the Khimki forest." However, it didn't help. At that time, both the mayor and his press secretary Tsoi already realized that they were openly set up and betrayed. After all, the request to publish the material "Khimki Test" was broadcast by Tsoi from the chief PR manager of the presidential administration, Natalya Timakova, provoking the irrepressible fury of technical president Medvedev. And the text in the format that caused the greatest anger was made by Valery Koretsky, a longtime adviser and speechwriter of Luzhkov, who, in fact, betrayed the mayor and took part in an intrigue against the mayor. On the same day, with the approval of President Medvedev, his press secretary Timakova launched a media attack on the Moscow mayor.
On September 10, 11 and 12, the federal television channels NTV, Russia 24 and Russia 1 aired stories criticizing Elena Baturina and Yuri Luzhkov. The first in the exposure campaign was the NTV film "The Case in the Cap" (in the program "Emergency"). The business activity of Elena Baturina and the Inteko group she heads in the city, which was headed by her husband, became a cross-cutting theme of all the exposing programs. TV journalists also spoke about traffic jams in Moscow and the demolition of historic buildings. NTV drew attention to the criminal cases of corruption opened against employees of the Moscow government, as well as to the scandal with the eviction of old residents of the Yuzhnoye Butovo district, as well as to Luzhkov's vacation during the August smog in Moscow.
On September 13, Luzhkov and Baturina, as president of ZAO Inteko, announced their intention to file a lawsuit to protect honor, dignity and business reputation in connection with the spread of false information in critical television coverage. On September 14, at the political council of the Moscow branch of the United Russia party, Luzhkov said that initially "he did not want to write this article, but he was asked for this service by the presidential administration." He called what was happening "harassment", and the position voiced in the article - only his own opinion. The mayor flatly refused to leave and promised to fight libel. At the same political council the Moscow branch of United Russia expressed solidarity with his position.
On September 15, an "unnamed source" in the Presidential Administration commented on Luzhkov's words in the sense that only the president is free to decide whether to stay in office or not. And on September 17, according to Luzhkov, he learned from the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Naryshkin, about the decision to remove him from office. The mayor was given options for voluntary or compulsory withdrawal. The reason was not explained, a week was allotted for reflection.
After that, all Yuri Luzhkov's demarches no longer mattered. His merits and real (or imaginary) merits were no longer mentioned, but the press diligently exaggerated the shortcomings in Luzhkov's work. His departure was a foregone conclusion. On the morning of September 28, leaving for work, the Moscow mayor learned that he had been removed from office by the president with the harsh wording "due to a loss of confidence."
Quarreled ... over school
Political scientist Boris Kagarlitskiy believes that “what happened in Moscow is a consequence of larger and deeper processes. In particular, the struggle of power groups for access to Moscow resources. "
According to political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky, Elena Baturina's structures, relying on her all-pervading influence in the capital, entered into irreconcilable antagonism with a wide circle of oligarchs circling around Moscow in anticipation of Luzhkov's blunder - "from Abramovich to Rotenberg." And there was something to fight for. Belkovsky announced only one figure: the shadow business in Moscow had a turnover of about $ 4 billion a year. This sharply distinguished the capital from all other regions and attracted predators.
In fact, the immediate reason that led to the mayor's resignation was not at all the struggle of the oligarchs for the Moscow shadow business. Luzhkov's displacement was due to a quarrel between his wives and President Medvedev.
In May 2010, Svetlana Medvedeva turned to Elena Baturina with a request to sell an elite school on Nikolina Gora - the most popular private school on the Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway in Moscow. Another name for this educational institution is the First Moscow Non-State Gymnasium. The gymnasium was founded in 2002 and is the brainchild of Elena Baturina. The children of the Luzhkovs (from Luzhkov's second marriage to Baturina) studied here: Elena (born in 1992) and Olga (born in 1994). The territory of the Gymnasium on Rublevka is about 7 hectares, it is equipped with canteens, cafes, swimming pools, gyms. Tuition fees in 2004 were € 2,100 per month. The entry fee is € 30,000. This is a record amount among all private schools in the country. The institution is famous not only for its prices, but also for its closeness. The administration does not give any comments by phone. Parents are offered to pass an interview, since the institution has very strict face control. In the second half of the 2000s, the Gymnasium even introduced an access control system based on biometrics (pass by fingerprints and retina).
The elite school was originally created for the needs of the Luzhkov and Baturina couple: at the time of the founding of the Gymnasium, Luzhkov's eldest daughter Elena was just 7 years old. It is not surprising that the official founder of the gymnasium is Elena Baturina's Inteko group.
Dmitry Anatolyevich's wife asked Elena Baturina to sell her this best gymnasium in Russia. However, Baturina replied: she is ready to simply give Medvedeva this educational institution with a broad gesture. Svetlana Vladimirovna demanded to name the price, and Baturina asked for more than $ 50 million for the First Gymnasium. Svetlana Medvedeva was offended by this overpriced offer, and the ladies parted as mortal enemies. Offended in her best feelings, Medvedev turned to her husband and his press secretary Natalya Timakova for help. From that moment on, the countdown began for the mayor of Moscow Luzhkov.
Ilya Barabanov, former deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine New Times, commented on this version with some bewilderment. In his opinion, Elena Baturina, in addition to the Medovye Luzhki gymnasium, had enough other, more expensive projects. They could also become a bone of contention with people, at least not inferior to Dmitry Anatolyevich's wife in influence.
Boris Nemtsov was more specific in his comment: Yuri Luzhkov was removed not least for his "disrespect to the then Zits-President Dmitry Medvedev."
Yuri Luzhkov and his former press secretary Sergei Tsoi, through their secretaries, refused to comment to Zhurdom on the version of a quarrel with Medvedeva over the First Gymnasium on Nikolina Gora. The administration of the gymnasium itself also decided not to break traditions and did not explain anything to our editorial staff.
Fatal article
Despite attempts by Yuri Luzhkov to find excuses in retrospect for the article dated 06.09.2010 in Rossiyskaya Gazeta signed by him, the mayor himself no longer denies that the Khimki Test was not written by him. As Ilya Barabanov noted, the mayor himself pointed out the fact that he wrote the article on the advice of the Presidential Administration. Moreover, the advice did not come from Medvedev's people, but either from Vladislav Surkov, or from Igor Sechin. At the same time, one should not forget that in tandem the conventional "Putin" side was not playing the game against Luzhkov.
However, the principled position taken by Yuri Mikhailovich was perverted and used against him. And this despite the fact that, as Stanislav Belkovsky notes, "Luzhkov was convinced to the very end that Medvedev did not have the strength to remove him from his post." Mainly because of the good relations between the Moscow mayor and Vladimir Putin.
As we have already mentioned, the real author of that article was a longtime adviser to the Moscow mayor - Valery Koretsky, who always remained in the shadows. He also had a hand in writing an article for Moskovsky Komsomolets. Although in the September 1 publication under Yuri Kovelitsyn one can easily guess the Moscow mayor himself, his authorship here is as nominal as in the case of the Khimki Test.
Koretsky was born in 1959. Graduated with honors from the history faculty of Donetsk State University, then - graduate school at Moscow State University. In the early 1990s, he worked as the head of the Public scientific center humanitarian problems at Moscow State University. Collaborated with the Security Council, analytical divisions of the presidential administration, with the old Supreme Council. In 1993-99. Valery Koretsky was the director of the Independent Institute of Socio-Historical Problems, which he created on the basis of the history department of Moscow State University. In this position, he regularly monitored the socio-political situation in Russia. His reports were used in the work of the Boris Yeltsin administration.
In 1999 Koretsky became director of the Research Institute of Social Systems at Moscow State University. He still holds this position, not forgetting about teaching. Moreover, according to some students, he is a "disgrace of the faculty" and one of the most corrupt teachers. It is symbolic that it was Koretsky who became one of the coordinators of the working group of the State Council of the Russian Federation on administrative reform, created in September 2000. As you know, reforms in this direction were carried out under the direct supervision of Dmitry Medvedev, and this makes the version of the portal "Zhurdom" about the betrayal of Luzhkov by Koretsky in 2010 even more believable.
In November 2002, in an interview with Vek, Koretsky openly admitted that the developments of his group are applicable in Dmitry Medvedev's reform activities. At the same time, the coordinator argued that the resistance to the working group of the State Council came from the Property Ministry. He implicitly hinted at Medvedev's defense, appealing to it.
Koretsky, as the director of Moscow Information Technologies, served the needs of Mayor Luzhkov, often supplying him with analytics. It is well known what importance Yuri Luzhkov attached to the trust of Muscovites. He referred to him during his attempts to remove him from power in 1996. He attached decisive importance to the trust of Muscovites in September 2010 as well. And since Valery Koretsky was the eyes and ears of Luzhkov in the matter of public opinion, it was he who was entrusted with writing an explanatory article about the Khimki forest. The request from the Presidential Administration, mentioned by the former mayor, was most likely broadcast by Koretsky as well.
When the article signed by the mayor was ready by September 6, Yuri Luzhkov, out of old habit, trusted his adviser and speechwriter, signing its final version without literally looking at it. Considering the specifics of the presentation and the position defended in the Khimki Test, a negative response from Medvedev was provided. Koretsky also coordinated the placement of the article with the Administration - and since Luzhkov's visa was already on the text - press secretary Sergei Tsoi, as an oriental and executive man, did not once again bother the chief with his doubts about the advisability of this publication. And he just posted an article in Rossiyskaya Gazeta. And this public opposition to Medvedev was the last straw that led to the mayor's resignation.
Ilya Barabanov recalls how many rumors there were around this publication. It was even rumored that the notorious Anatoly Wasserman had a hand in the creation of the Khimki Test. Stanislav Belkovsky spoke about the role of the article in overthrowing Luzhkov bluntly: "It played a crucial role in making Medvedev go wild."
Direct performers
The publication of the article was prepared not only by Valery Koretsky, and not only at the suggestion of Dmitry Medvedev. The president only gave the command to prepare Luzhkov's departure. And his allies from the administration were directly involved in the project itself.
At the same time, as noted by political analyst Sergei Ryzhenkov, Medvedev himself, most likely, implicitly counted on the approval of Vladimir Putin. “After all, people do not necessarily openly say to each other:“ Listen, I will do this and that. What is your opinion on this? " The actor of political action always expects a reaction. So Medvedev, sending Luzhkov into resignation, most likely was firmly convinced that Putin would treat this with understanding. "
The team to "clean up Moscow from Luzhkov" included the president's press secretary Natalya Timakova; her husband, member of the board of the Institute of Contemporary Development Alexander Budberg; oligarchs Viktor Vekselberg and Alexander Mamut; Valentin Yumashev, former member of the Yeltsin "Family" and chief of staff of Boris Yeltsin's administration; oligarch Roman Abramovich and, finally, ex-head of the presidential administration, Alexander Voloshin.
Former journalist Natalya Timakova started at Moskovsky Komsomolets, where she got on the recommendation of Alexander Budberg, who later married her. At that time, Budberg was successfully working for Chubais. Later, the couple worked just as successfully for Voloshin. In gratitude for the services rendered, Voloshin recommended Timakov to Medvedev. Now Timakova plays an important role in the apparatus of Prime Minister Medvedev, accompanying him up the career ladder. Dmitry Anatolyevich's confidence in his press secretary is unlimited. Timakova responds to him with exceptional devotion. And, as we can see, it often uses old connections. For example, in Moskovsky Komsomolets - to open fire on political opponents of Medvedev.
Medvedev's team trained Alexander Voloshin as the successor to Yuri Luzhkov. Indeed, he is mentioned in the list of candidates for the mayoral appointment.
Voloshin, as the former chief of staff of Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, has a good relationship with Dmitry Medvedev. At one time Medvedev even worked as Voloshin's deputy. Voloshin himself relied on previously earned capital of influence: he was an adviser to Vladimir Putin during his election campaign and pushed his candidacy at the behest of the "power triangle" of Dyachenko, Yumashev and himself.
The Yukos affair led to a power crisis in 2003. On October 29, 2003, by decree of Russian President Putin, Voloshin was relieved of his post as head of the presidential administration, and Dmitry Medvedev was appointed to his place. Until some time, Voloshin had every reason to dislike Medvedev. However, there is no evidence of a possible conflict between them at that time.
With the coming of Dmitry Medvedev to power, the period of temporary oblivion of Alexander Voloshin has come to an end. In July 2010, Medvedev signed an order on the working group for the creation of the International Financial Center (MFC), appointing Voloshin as its head. In August 2010 Voloshin became a member of the board of directors of Yandex, and in September of the same year he was elected chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Uralkali.
As soon as the question of Luzhkov's resignation was resolved, Voloshin was the first one that Medvedev's team remembered. However, the appointment of Alexander Stalyevich to the post of mayor of Moscow was blocked by Vladimir Putin.
The ease with which the fate of the permanent Moscow mayor was decided because of a woman's resentment, can cast doubt on the professional qualities of Dmitry Medvedev. It is natural that today he and his government are on the verge of resignation with subsequent accusations in the media of the incipient economic recession and other troubles of the country.
Anton Volnov
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not insist on interrogating the wife of Yuri Luzhkov ... will coerce the wife of ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, entrepreneur Elena Baturin to testify. This was reported in the Investigation Department ... Tatyana Gerasimova radio station "Echo of Moscow". She recalled that E. ... a deal to buy Inteko Group from the wife of the ex-mayor of Moscow Elena Baturina, according to the press service of the credit institution. The deal was approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service ... and Petrochemicals in the capital. However, clouds over the development business of E. Baturina (who had reached their peak in 18 years of her husband's mayor) began to thicken ...Elena Nikolaevna Baturina. Born on March 8, 1963 in Moscow. Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, philanthropist. President of Inteco Management. One of the richest women in Russia. The wife of Yuri Luzhkov.
Father - Nikolai Baturin, was a foreman at the Frezer plant.
Mother worked at the machine, also at the Fraser plant.
The elder brother is a businessman. In 2007, he sued his sister's company for $ 120 million for wrongful dismissal, but lost the case, they signed a settlement agreement. Since then, Baturina has not kept in touch with her brother. In July 2013, Viktor Baturin was convicted of a bills of exchange fraud committed as part of his attempts to get additional money from his sister, in addition to that provided for by the settlement agreement, and non-residential premises. The court sentenced him to 7 years in prison.
In 1980, Elena graduated from high school, then worked for a year and a half at the Fraser plant as a design technician in the technology department.
In 1986 she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Management named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze.
She worked at the Institute for Economic Problems of Complex Development of Moscow.
With the beginning of perestroika and the cooperative movement, she became the head of the secretariat of the All-Russian Union of United Cooperatives. From this organization she was delegated to the Moscow City Executive Committee commission for cooperative activities, where she held the position of chief specialist.
Since 1989, she began to engage in entrepreneurial activity, creating a cooperative with her brother Viktor Baturin.
In 1991 Elena made a cameo in the crime film "Genius" starring.
Elena Baturina in the film "Genius"
June 5, 1991 Krasnopresnensky District Executive Committee of Moscow registered the Charter belonging to Baturina LLP "Inteko"specializing in the manufacture of various types of plastic products. Subsequently, according to their individual types, the share of the products of this company accounted for up to a quarter russian market... In the 1990s, the Inteko company, expanding its capacity, went into the construction business in the capital and other regions of the country. During the 2008-2009 crisis, Inteko entered the list of 300 strategic enterprises of the Russian Federation that can count on government support.
Since 1994, Inteko has been involved in petrochemistry - plastics processing and the production of plastic products. In 1998 the company won the open competition a large tender for the supply of 80 thousand plastic seats for the Luzhniki stadium. Until 2000, the main business was the production of plastics and plastic products.
In the mid-1990s, Inteko entered the construction business, developing the following areas: development of modern finishing materials and technologies for facade work, cement production, panel and monolithic housing construction, architectural design and real estate business.
In 2001, CJSC Inteko acquired from a private person a controlling stake in one of the leading house-building factories in Moscow, OJSC House Building Plant No. 3. In June 2005, OJSC House Building Plant No. 3 was sold.
In the early 2000s, Baturina acquired the highly profitable blue chips of the largest Russian corporations Gazprom and Sberbank. This far-sighted step allowed the entrepreneur in the crisis year of 2009 to sell these shares at a significant profit, and due to this, early return to the banks of the loans taken earlier for business development and to keep her business afloat.
At the end of 2008, along with Gazprom, Russian Railways and other large companies, Inteko was included in the list of 295 backbone enterprises.
In 2009, ZAO Inteko acquired 60% of the shares of ZAO Moscow Engineering Company, which specializes in engineering construction. In the same 2009, the company began cooperation with the outstanding Spanish architect Ricardo Bofil in the framework of a program to create fundamentally new prefabricated house building systems in Russia for the purpose of integrated development of territories for the purpose of mass housing construction.
In 2010, CJSC Inteko began construction of the second educational building of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In 2010, Elena Baturina turned out to be one of the largest taxpayers in Russia, having paid taxes for 2009 to the state budget in the amount of 4 billion rubles.
At the end of 2010, Baturina sold her Russian Land Bank (RZB) to foreign investors.
The most significant completed projects of Inteko in Moscow during the period of ownership of the company by Elena Baturina are: residential quarter "Shuvalovsky" (270 thousand square meters), residential quarter "Grand Park" (400 thousand square meters), residential area "Volzhsky" (400 thousand square meters), the multifunctional complex "Fusion Park" with a museum of unique cars from private collections "Autoville" (100 thousand square meters), the Fundamental Library (60 thousand square meters), as well as the educational building of the humanities faculties (100 thousand square meters) of the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, invested and built by Inteko.
Inteko sponsored the Russian Open Golf Championship, one of the stages of the European PGA Tour, and also supported the representatives of the Russian youth team during their participation in foreign competitions. In addition, Elena Baturina supported charitable golf tournaments for the Russian President's Cup in Russia, as well as the Rottary Golf World Championship in Kitzbühel (Austria).
In early September 2011, it was announced that the investment business Inteko was sold. Since 2011, Inteko has been part of the SAFMAR Group, owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family.
Having sold Inteko, in 2011 Elena Baturina moved her business abroad... The head of the company Inteco Management.
After the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov from the post of mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina settled outside the Russian Federation and began to actively invest in the hotel business. The first object of the future hotel chain is the five-star Grand Tirolia hotel in Kitzbühel, Austria, which was completed in 2009. Investments in construction amounted, according to various estimates, to € 35-40 million. The hotel is located in the center of the Eichenheim golf club, together they make up the Grand Tirolia Golf & Ski Resort. Since 2009, the hotel complex has received the honorary status of the first "Laureus House" in Austria, and is now the site of the annual ceremony of presenting the prestigious international Laureus World Sports Awards, called the Oscars in sports journalism.
In 2010, the New Peterhof hotel complex was opened in St. Petersburg. The hotel received a number of architectural awards: "Grand Prix" of the architectural competition "Architecton-2010" in the category "Buildings", "Golden Diploma" of the Green Awards competition in the category "Hotel Real Estate" and "Golden Diploma" of the International Architecture Festival "Architecture 2010 "in the" Buildings "nomination.
One of Elena Baturina's business areas in the USA is investing in investment development funds engaged in the construction of residential and commercial real estate in the UK and the USA. Baturina's representative office in the United States opened at the end of 2015. It provides support and control over the investments made in the country.
In November 2016, the transaction on the acquisition of a land plot in Limassol, Cyprus by the structures of Baturina was completed. The site is located directly on the coast and is intended for the construction of a complex of luxury residential real estate.
In 2015, Elena Baturina acquired a majority stake in the German company Hightex GmbH, which specializes in membrane construction. In April 2017, Hightex announced the launch of two international projects - in Qatar and the USA. In Qatar, Hightex will build the roof and façades of the Al Bayt stadium with membranes. The stadium, with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, will be one of the venues for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In the USA, Hightex is implementing a project for the installation of membrane elements at the construction of the "Canopy of Peace" ("Tent of Peace") 50 meters high.
Elena Baturina's condition
In 2010 by the magazine Forbes Baturina was recognized as the third richest woman in the world with a fortune of $ 2.9 billion. In 2011, she moved to 77th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia with a fortune of $ 1.2 billion, while remaining the richest entrepreneur in the country. In 2012 - 86th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia with a fortune of $ 1.1 billion.
In 2013, she took 98th place with a fortune of $ 1.1 billion. In 2013, the Sunday Times newspaper included Elena Baturina in the Sunday Times Rich List - a list of the richest people in Great Britain. The Russian entrepreneur got 122nd place in the general list and 12th place in the list of the wealthiest women. Since then, Elena Baturina has been on the list every year and is the leader among women in the country who made their own fortune.
At the end of 2015, Elena Baturina's fortune was $ 1 billion.
In 2017, her fortune amounted to $ 1 billion - 1940 place in the world ranking, 90 - in Russia.
Baturina's fortune was estimated at $ 1.2 billion.
Social activities of Elena Baturina
Since 2006, she has held the post of deputy head of the interdepartmental group for the national project “Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Citizens of Russia”. Elena Baturina was the only representative of the construction business in this group. In connection with the work on the national project, a special unit was created in Inteko, whose employees traveled to the regions of Russia, inspecting the state of the construction industry enterprises on the spot, determining the need for building materials, collecting demographic and sociological data. As a result, the concept of the Federal Target Program "Development of the Construction Industry and the Building Materials Industry" was developed, on the basis of which the Government of the Russian Federation developed "Strategy for the development of the building materials industry for the period up to 2020".
In 2010, the president of the company, Elena Baturina, became one of the first representatives of large business who independently provided assistance to victims of fires - in particular, Inteko built a preschool institution in the Tula region free of charge.
In 2015, Baturina became one of the international ambassadors public program WE-Women for EXPO, organized jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Intalia. We-Women for EXPO is an international public project within the framework of the World Exhibition, created to find solutions to the most pressing issues raised at EXPO-2015. The project brings together outstanding women around the world: laureates Nobel Prize, politicians, cultural workers, scientists and sportsmen, philanthropists and entrepreneurs. The status of international ambassador was awarded to Elena Baturina for her contribution to the promotion of an innovative approach to solving social issues.
In 1999-2005 Elena Baturina served as President of the Russian Equestrian Federation. During this time, the beginning of the organization of international dressage and triathlon competitions for youths and juniors was laid, teams of riders of the corresponding age categories were formed, qualified to participate in the European Championships. Many competitions were held in Moscow, including the Moscow Mayor's Cup, which was one of the stages of the Cup. After a ten-year break, the Russian Championship, the Russian Cup and the Russian Championship among youths and juniors in triathlon were held.
Supports culture and art. The first "Russian seasons" Elena Baturina organized in Kitzbühel, Austria in 2008 - it was a celebration of Russian Christmas with the participation of Russian classical music performers and groups of Russian folk song and dance. The next stages of the "Russian Seasons" for several years were held not only in Austria, but also in a number of other European countries.
Sponsored the International Music Festival "Jazza Nova" in Kitzbühel. Over the years, it was headlined by the legends of world music Stevie Wonder and Carlos Santana, the participants were Liquid Soul and Brazzaville, Turetskoho Choir, Sergei Zhilin. Attendance at the festival was free; invitations were distributed through public funds.
Elena Baturina is the founder of the charitable Foundation for the Support of Education (FPO) "NOOSPHERE", whose activities are aimed at developing religious tolerance and tolerance in society and provides for the creation of a system of educational courses, information and leisure centers, grant and scholarship programs. The NOOSPHERE Foundation is the initiator and one of the organizers of the Tolerance Team educational festival. Currently, the Noosphere Foundation is implementing an educational astronomical project in London with the support of the London Mayor's Foundation.
Elena Baturina initiated a charity project "Revival of the Russian tradition of collective help in building a house" ("Home by the whole world")... This project was intended to unite the efforts of commercial organizations, individuals and authorities in various regions of Russia to solve the housing problems of people in dire need of better housing conditions. Within the framework of the project “Home by the whole world”, Inteko donated apartments to families in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and St. Petersburg.
Has established humanitarian fund BE OPEN - a creative think tank / "think tank" whose mission is to promote ideas and personalities. It is a cultural and humanitarian initiative that aims to harness the energy of the global creative elite - the best minds from the arts, education, design, business - and channel it towards positively transforming society. The development and realization of the creative potential of young people is carried out with the help of an expanded system of interrelated events: conferences, competitions, exhibitions, master classes, events in the field of culture and art.
Elena Baturina's height: 172 centimeters.
Personal life of Elena Baturina:
Married. Spouse - (born September 21, 1936), Soviet and Russian statesman and politician, for 18 years in 1992-2010 served as mayor of Moscow.
Luzhkov and Baturina met when both worked in the Moscow City Executive Committee, Elena - in the commission for cooperative activities. They got married in 1991. Then Elena Baturina was 28 years old, and Luzhkov - 55. Baturina said: “When we worked together, we didn't even think about it, it all happened a little later. Luzhkov is a real man in the best sense of the word. And we are very lucky - we love each other. We are a completely traditional family. "
In marriage, they had two daughters - Elena (born 1992) and Olga (born 1994).
Before the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov, his daughters studied at Moscow State University. Later they moved to London, where they studied politics and economics at University College London.
Baturina explained her move to London with a desire to be close to her daughters: “It’s so happened that I now have to live in England, my children study there and I will certainly always be attached to the place where they are. They will want tomorrow live in Japan, I will go to Japan with them. Because these are my children - and they are more important to me than any business. "
Daughter Elena is engaged in business in Slovakia, she founded Alener company in Bratislava, whose main field of activity is the development of cosmetics and perfumery.
Daughter Olga in 2010 entered the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, then studied for two years at University College London. Then she graduated with a bachelor's degree from New York University, then studied for a master's degree in hospitality and food sciences. At the end of 2015, Olga opened the Herbarium bar next to the Grand Tirolia Hotel in Kitzbuhel, owned by Elena Baturina.
In January 2016, Baturina and Luzhkov got married after 25 years of marriage. The wedding took place in the home church of the Nativity of the Virgin, located on the site of the country house of Yuri Luzhkov, it was conducted by the rector of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archbishop Feognost - the former mayor of Moscow maintains friendly relations with him. The ceremony was attended by the couple's children and relatives, as well as close friends.
Elena Baturina is fond of horses. Baturina became interested in equestrian sports after Svyatoslav Fedorov gave her a horse for her birthday. In her personal stable, Baturina keeps disabled horses and provides them with a dignified existence.
According to Baturina, how a person mounts a horse, how he negotiates with her - this is how he builds relationships with people: “It is imperative to put a person on a horse in order to see how he will behave in a team: will he become a leader or not, he will be a dictator or a compromise. In general, it is easier for men with horses. They have a strong hand, and it is not difficult to stop an animal. Luzhkov can handle any horse. "
Also loves downhill skiing. He prefers skiing in Tyrol, Austria. This passion was the reason that the first object of the Baturina hotel chain, the Grand Tirolia Hotel, was built in Tyrol.
In addition, Elena Baturina is fond of golf, which she plays with her husband and collects photographs from the countries she visits.
Collects Russian porcelain. Elena Baturina owns one of the largest private collections of Russian imperial porcelain. She gives preference to porcelain from the times of Nicholas the First.
In April 2011, Elena Baturina donated about 40 works of art to the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in Moscow - part of her collection of rare porcelain. The exposition was timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812.
Filmography of Elena Baturina:
08.03.2013
Entrepreneur, wife of the former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov Elena Nikolaevna Baturina was born on March 8, 1963 in Moscow.
In 1986 she graduated from the evening department of the Moscow Institute of Management named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze (now State University management) specializing in "engineer-economist on management organization".
She worked at the Fraser plant.
In 1982-1988 she worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Economic Problems of Integrated Development of the National Economy.
From 1987 to 1989 - employee of the Moscow City Executive Committee's Commission on Cooperatives, in 1989-1990 - Executive Secretary of the Union of Cooperatives of Russia.
In the early 1990s, together with her brother Viktor Baturin, she founded the Inteko company, which became involved in the production of polymer products (production of plastic products, in particular disposable tableware and chairs installed in stadiums).
In 1991 Elena Baturina became the director of Inteko LLP, since 1994 - the president of Inteko JSC.
Later, Inteko's plastic products business was supplemented with its own raw materials production based on the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ), which was under the control of the Moscow government.
In 1995, she founded the research and production company CJSC Intekostroy, which develops and implements modern types of finishing materials and technologies for facade work.
In the fall of 1999, Baturina ran for the State Duma from Kalmykia, but lost the elections.
In 2001, CJSC Inteko acquired a controlling stake in one of the leading house-building factories in Moscow - OJSC House-Building Plant No. 3 (DSK-3) and became one of the largest Moscow developers.
In 2003, Inteko announced plans to issue its own bonded loan. At the same time it became known for the first time that Baturina owns 99 percent of the company's shares, and one percent of the shares belonged to her brother.
In 2005, Inteko sold all its cement plants, and after a while also DSK-3. After the sale of the plant, Inteko left the panel housing market.
In 2006, Inteko President Elena Baturina was appointed Deputy Head of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Priority National Project "Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Russian Citizens" and a member of the Commission for the Development of the Affordable Housing Market under the Presidential Council for the implementation of priority national projects and demographic policy.
In 2011, Baturina sold most of its assets in Russia.
The entrepreneur lives in London and continues to develop her business internationally. His main focus is investment in real estate through the Queen's Gate and Rosamund funds, as well as the hotel business.
In April 2012 Elena Baturina founded the Be Open charitable foundation. The Foundation is engaged in humanitarian projects and organizes exhibitions, conferences and master classes with "leaders of the creative industry". According to the project's official website, the foundation has established its own award for humanitarian projects "aimed at finding original solutions and technologies for the future."
Elena Baturina is the richest woman in Russia; in 2010, she entered the top three richest women in the world according to Forbes magazine. Then her fortune was estimated at $ 2.9 billion.
In 2012, the former owner of Inteko, in an interview with the British The Times, estimated her fortune at $ 1.1-1.2 billion.
Baturina is a winner of the 2003 Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology.
Elena Baturina is married to ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, they got married in 1991. The family has two daughters: Alena (born in 1992) and Olga (born in 1994).
Elena Baturina plays tennis, golf, but her main hobby is horses. She was president of the Russian Equestrian Federation from 1999 to 2005, and organized the Mayor's Cup.
Together with her husband, every year she took part in the rally in retro cars "1000 miles" in Italy.
Baturina Elena Nikolaevna is one of the richest and most influential women in the world, a billionaire and former owner of the empire of the capital's business environment Inteko, who is its co-founder today, as well as the wife of the ex-mayor of the capital. Today she owns an international hotel chain business.
Childhood and youth
A bright and strong personality, a woman with an iron character, a sharp mind and a strong will, Elena Baturina is far from the heiress of wealthy parents. Her success story is based on leadership qualities, hard work and entrepreneurial talent. She comes from an ordinary Moscow family, where mom and dad were workers at the Frezer plant. Father is a workshop foreman, and my mother has worked all her life at the plant's machine tool.
VedomostiThe future business woman was born during the celebration of the international women's day, her date of birth is March 8, 1963. Elena Baturina does not indicate her nationality anywhere. Her biography is closely connected with her family, she attracts relatives to the business, assuring that she trusts them infinitely.
Elena was a sickly child, classmates recalled that as a child she had problems with her lungs, hence the hatred of smoking and love of sports at the time of the conscious - she plays tennis and horseback riding, controls a rifle, is fond of skiing.
Elena is the second child in the family, an entrepreneur became her older brother. They both graduated from the same school, and in terms of getting higher education Elena did not deviate from her brother's path - she was enrolled in the evening department of the Institute of Management named after. Simultaneously with her studies in 1980, Elena went to work at the plant where her parents worked.
Career and business
The start of a businesswoman's career began in her youth, as a design technician. By the time Elena decided to change her job, in 1982, she was already working as a senior design engineer in the chief technologist's department. When Elena became a researcher at the Institute for Economic Problems of Complex Development of Moscow, she was able to transform scientific activity in the chairmanship of the Union of United Cooperatives, and then became a leading specialist there.
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Entrepreneur Elena Baturina
In the Austrian capital Vienna, Elena Baturina has a real estate company "Sappho GMBH", where the family couple acquired another mansion in the prestigious Döbling district. Elena Baturina retained Russian citizenship, which gives her the right to retire.
In 2016 Baturina became the owner of a number of office buildings in Brooklyn (New York). Together with her husband, they run a concern for breeding thoroughbred horses, and also participate in charity work. Since 2012, the BE OPEN charitable foundation has been operating under the leadership of Baturina. This is a youth project that allows young talents to realize their ideas and talents in architecture, fine arts, literature, science and design. The fund is organized in the UK.
Personal life
Before marriage, the personal life of the billionaire woman is unknown. In 1991, Yuri Luzhkov became her husband. For Elena's sake, he left the family in which he had two sons.
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Elena Baturina and Yuri Luzhkov
The couple have been married for more than 25 years and in 2016 they performed the sacrament of the wedding, as evidenced by numerous photos. It is noteworthy that Elena honors family values \u200b\u200babove all else and has repeatedly said that family and children are her most precious wealth. In 2010, there were rumors in the media that Elena was divorcing Luzhkov, but this information turned out to be false.
On December 10, 2-19, Yuri Luzhkov died at the age of 84 in one of the Munich clinics. According to journalists, the ex-politician went to Germany for heart surgery. Elena and Yuri have two adult daughters, the first Elena was born in 1992, and a couple of years later the youngest daughter Olga was born. Both girls studied at Moscow State University, but after the resignation of their father, they moved with their parents to Britain. They continued to receive their education already in London, on the basis of a university college.
The youngest Olga continued her studies at the University of New York, where she received a bachelor's degree and later a master's degree in hospitality. The girl's first project was the opening of the Herbarium bar near the mother's hotel complex, the five-star Grand Tirolia hotel in the mountains of Austria, in Kitzbühel. The place is interesting because, in addition to the standard menu and drinks, herbal infusions and cocktails were served here.
Elena, the eldest daughter of Luzhkov and Baturina, lives and works in Slovakia, where she organized her own cosmetics and perfumery company Alener. In 2018, Elena Luzhkova became a citizen of Cyprus, where her mother began construction of a residential complex.
Yuri Luzhkov and Elena Baturina / Evgeny Nachitov, Flickr
Baturina calls her favorite pastimes the equestrian variety, skiing, and collecting rare cars. Elena Baturina has her own plane, which she considers her best purchase. Owning enterprises in different parts of the world, a business woman has time to control all of them personally. Elena Baturina owns a collection of exclusive porcelain. In 2011, the entrepreneur donated part of the exhibits to the Tsaritsino Museum-Reserve.
Unfortunately, after a financial conflict in 2007, Elena stopped communicating with her brother Viktor, the relations of relatives were severed. The brother filed a lawsuit against his sister for illegal dismissal from the post of vice-president and misappropriation of Inteko's stake belonging to Baturin. And in 2011 Elena sold the company. The new owners were Mikail Shishkhanov, who bought out 95% of the securities, and the Sberbank Investments company.
Elena Baturina now
In April 2018, Elena Baturina made a deal for the sale of the Grand Tirolia hotel complex, which became a loss-making enterprise for her. The deal was priced at € 45 million. The new owner is an Austrian entrepreneur who will attract an international hotel operator to rebrand the hotel.