Gleb Nikitin is a well-known Russian politician who won the gubernatorial elections in the Nizhny Novgorod region in September 2018. Before that, he served as an interim and was able to prove that he was worthy of him: 67.75% of voters voted for Nikitin.
The biography of a politician is the story of an educated and successful person who moved up the career ladder with amazing speed.
Childhood and youth
The future governor was born in Leningrad on August 24, 1977. He is Russian by nationality. As a child, Gleb dreamed of becoming a geologist or oceanographer, but in his teenage years he became interested in management activities. After school, he studied economics and finance at one of the St. Petersburg universities, which later became part of St. Petersburg State University.
Later, Gleb Sergeevich also received a law degree and graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, where he defended his Ph.D. thesis on managing the effectiveness of an organization.
In 2008, Nikitin completed his studies at the Russian Academy of Public Administration, and in 2012 received an MBA from London Business School and Columbia University, completing the course with honors. In 2016, already a politician, he became a certified IPMA project director, an international confirmation of the highest competencies in project management.
Career and politics
Gleb Sergeevich began his career as a specialist in the local City Property Management Committee. After 5 years, he became its leader, and in 2004 he moved to work at the Federal Property Management Agency.
Over the years of work in the organization, Nikitin proved to be a brilliant manager and organizer of complex projects (for example, he participated in the sale of 10% of VTB shares in 2011), later he joined the board of directors of Rosneft, Aeroflot, KAMAZ joint-stock companies and a dozen others.
In 2011, Gleb Sergeevich becomes the head of the Federal Property Management Agency, but leaves the post after six months, having received an invitation to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The following year, he is appointed first deputy, holding a ministerial post. Also at this time, Nikitin is a member of the supervisory board of the Association of Investment and Development Agencies.
In 2017, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Valery Shantsev, celebrated his 70th birthday and resigned. appointed Gleb Nikitin interim head of the region, and the politician readily accepted the new post.
“A civil servant - a soldier of the Motherland - does not have much choice,” Gleb Sergeevich said then in an interview for the Kommersant newspaper. “The commander-in-chief can send anywhere, and I thought that this is a serious challenge for me.”
Nikitin's main opponent in this post was businessman and deputy Oleg Sorokin, who was soon forced to leave the political horizon due to litigation.
His business received claims from the administration of Nizhny Novgorod for the illegal use of the property of the Nizhny Novgorod metro: Sorokin's company placed power cables there, but did not pay for it to the city budget. Management decided to collect this debt from him for the previous 13 years. 4 months after the appointment, Gleb Sergeevich became a member of the United Russia party.
Personal life
The politician is married, but until recently he preferred not to disclose information about his family. Gleb Sergeevich attended social events alone, and the photo of his wife was never even published in the media.
For the first time, Ekaterina Nikitina appeared in public in 2017 already in the status of the first lady of the Nizhny Novgorod region. It is known that she is a successful businesswoman - judging by the declaration, her income is 3 times more than that of her husband, but it is not known in what area she is engaged in entrepreneurship.
So, in 2016, Ekaterina's earnings amounted to 25.6 million rubles, and her husband - 8.3 million. For comparison, the income of Shantsev, his predecessor as governor, for the same period amounted to 10 million. For 2017, Nikitin's declared earnings increased to 15.7 million rubles.
Gleb and Ekaterina are the parents of two twin children. Peter and Arina are schoolchildren.
Previously, the politician maintained a personal blog and an account in
There is now a new leader in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, while the Ministry of Industry and Trade does not yet have a first deputy. The president accepted Valery Shantsev's resignation and appointed Gleb Nikitin as acting governor.
The head of state held a working meeting with Nikitin in the Kremlin, where he announced his decision. This is the second resignation of a regional leader this week: on Monday, Vladimir Putin decreed the early termination of the powers of Nikolai Merkushkin as governor of the Samara region. Acting head of the region was the ex-mayor of Samara, Senator Dmitry Azarov.
"Accept the resignation of the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev, of his own free will," the decree posted on the Kremlin's website reads. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak suggested that the resignations could continue. “First of all, the heads of the constituent entities make decisions whether to continue their work or terminate their powers. And the appointment of acting heads of regions is exclusively the prerogative of the president. regional leaders can come to such conclusions. I think there will be several of them," he told reporters.
Gleb Nikitin was born in 1977 in Leningrad. In 1999 he graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, in 2004 - St. Petersburg State University with a degree in jurisprudence, in 2007 - postgraduate studies at the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, in 2008 - the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President. Candidate of Economic Sciences. In 1999-2004 he worked in the St. Petersburg City Property Management Committee. In 2004, he became the head of the Department of Property of Organizations in the Commercial Sector, and in 2007 - Deputy Head of the Federal Property Management Agency. In 2011, he was appointed Acting Head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management, and in 2012 he became Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade. Since 2013 - First Deputy Minister. Nikitin is included in the reserve of managerial personnel under the patronage of the president.
The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, called Nikitin a command specialist and wished "that he, just like in the ministry, but in a specific allotted area, implement that experience, that knowledge and his positive qualities." Nizhny Novgorod residents, he is sure, "will very quickly feel his coming to the region, because he is very creative, competent. He corrosively brings everything from beginning to end." "Very commanding, comfortable and competent specialist," the minister said. So far, Manturov has not found a successor to his first deputy.
Denis Manturov about Gleb Nikitin: Very team-oriented, comfortable and competent specialist
Valery Shantsev has been in charge of the region since 2005. He turned 70 in June. “It seems to be natural to change jobs. But how? If you have become attached to the region, if you treat many projects like children, you put your soul into it, put it on the wing. And in agriculture, and in industry, and in medicine, and in education, and in road construction, and in other areas. And then you realize that children, perhaps, have already grown up and can do a lot. And it's time to turn the page. An exciting day, even very much. Still, 12 years together. I will, as before, worry for the beloved Nizhny Novgorod Region, but in a new capacity," Shantsev wrote in his blog on LiveJournal. Yesterday it became known that the president awarded Shantsev with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, "for his great contribution to the socio-economic development of the region and many years of conscientious work."
Vladimir Putin, by his decree of September 26, 2017, dismissed the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Lyubov Glebova, the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Saratov Region, Police Lieutenant General Sergei Arenin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Viktor Bondarev, and the Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Valery Kulikov. Bondarev and Kulikov were also dismissed from military service. All of the above are transferred to a new place of work - to the Federation Council.
Education
In 1999 he graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance with a degree in finance and credit, in 2004 - from St. Petersburg State University with a degree in jurisprudence.
In 2007, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
In 2008 he received a diploma from the Russian Academy of Civil Service under the President of Russia.
In 2016, he was certified by the SOVNET Association. Certified Project Director IPMA level A.
Labor activity
In 1999-2004, he worked at the City Property Management Committee of the city of St. Petersburg. During his work here, he changed a number of positions: leading specialist, head of department, head of the state property management department.
In 2004, he became an employee of the Federal Agency for Federal Property Management. First, he worked as the head of the property department of organizations in the commercial sector, since 2007 - deputy head of the FAUFI.
In 2005, he became a member of the boards of directors of the following open joint-stock companies: RSC Energia named after S.P. Korolev, Rosneftegaz, KAMAZ, Irkutskenergo, Krasnoyarsk Airlines, OPK Oboronprom, Rossiyskaya Electronics and the Supervisory Board of AK ALROSA. In 2006, he became a member of the boards of directors of TVEL OJSC, Rosneft Oil Company and Aeroflot - Russian Airlines (he was also a member of the Aeroflot Human Resources and Remuneration Committee).
Since 2008, he served as deputy head, and in 2011 he was appointed acting as the Federal Agency for State Property Management (now the Federal Property Management Agency).
Since 2012, he worked in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation as a Deputy Minister, in 2013 he became the First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia.
Since March 2013, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the National Association of Investment and Development Agencies.
On September 26, 2017, he was appointed Acting Governor, exactly a year later he took up the post of Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Awards
In 2009, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, in 2010 - a Certificate of Merit from the Government of the Russian Federation.
In 2016, he received the Order of Honor.
It is included in the reserve of managerial personnel under the patronage of the President of Russia.
Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
Family status
Married, has two children.
Name: Nikitin Gleb Sergeevich Date of birth: August 24, 1977 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Position: Acting Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region
Leningrader with roots in the village
Gleb Nikitin was born in Leningrad. Like many Leningraders, the history of the Nikitin family is closely intertwined with the tragic history of the city on the Neva. During the years of the blockade, my great-grandfather worked at a factory and tried to give all his rations to his family. The grandfather survived, his brother and grandmother did not. Grandfather told young Gleb about what he had experienced. The family still had a reverent attitude towards bread - it was strictly forbidden not to eat it up and shake off the crumbs from the table.
Interestingly, Gleb Sergeevich himself felt himself not only from Leningrad. Once he told his interlocutors at one of the events that his family tree "is firmly rooted to the village land." As a child, he, like many others, was sent to the village to "grandparents" (grandfather, who survived the blockade, eventually left Leningrad?).
This time the politician, by his own admission, recalls with nostalgia. But he was attracted to professions by no means of a rural scale. As a child, Gleb Nikitin dreamed of becoming an oceanographer or geologist. But as a teenager, he began to think about becoming a statesman.
Nikitin realized his dream, which was not trivial for a child of the era of perestroika, already in the new Russia.
Study, study and study again
The current interim governor has several diplomas of higher education; apparently, he knows how and loves to study. The future politician began with finance - after graduating from school he entered the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, having mastered the specialty "Finance and Credit".
In 2004, legal education was added to economic education - Gleb Sergeevich received the relevant knowledge at St. Petersburg State University.
In 2008, Nikitin graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration, and at the same time managed to defend his dissertation for the title of candidate of economic sciences at the Financial Academy under the Government of Russia.
But even this was not enough for Gleb Sergeevich. In February 2012, he graduated with honors from the MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. This is an international training program for managers of middle and senior management for effective work in business, state and municipal government.
In 2016, Nikitin was certified by the Russian Project Management Association SOVNET. The certification system helps to determine the compliance of the professional knowledge, experience and skills of candidates with the established requirements for specialists in the field of project management and is based on international requirements for the competence of project management specialists. The program includes four levels. Nikitin was awarded the title of certified project director, this is level A.
From "Rosneftegaz" refused
Gleb Nikitin received his first job immediately after graduating from the University of Economics and Finance, in 1999. In the St. Petersburg city property management committee, he held various positions for five years. Among other things, he oversaw privatization issues and analyzed the activities of enterprises.
And in 2004, the Petersburger became a Muscovite. Gleb Sergeevich went to work at the Federal Property Management Agency as the head of the property department of organizations in the commercial sector, and then as deputy head of the agency. He was in charge of the largest and most ambitious projects, including the privatization of state property and transactions for the absorption and merger of companies.
Nikitin participated in the public offering in 2006 of Rosneft shares and the privatization of VTB shares, which took place in 2011. He was responsible for the formation of the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the United Aircraft Corporation. He was a member of the directors of the largest domestic companies - RAO UES, Aeroflot, Uralvagonzavod, the same Rosneft. Everywhere he represented the interests of the state.
And back in 2012, Kommersant wrote about Gleb Nikitin as a confidant of the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. They agreed, according to rumors, while Nikitin worked on the board of directors of the company. Sechin even allegedly offered Nikitin to work in the Rosneftegaz system, which owns a controlling stake in Rosneft. But he refused.
Ideologist of the project approach
In 2012, Nikitin was predicted to be the head of the Federal Property Management Agency. He served as interim for eight months. Among his duties was supervising the interaction of the agency with the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In the end, he left there - as a deputy minister, and a year later he became the first deputy federal minister of industry and trade.
After leaving the department, his colleagues called him one of the largest Russian experts on corporate governance, representing the interests of the state in joint-stock companies and the formation of personnel reserves, as well as in industrial policy. It was he who initiated the creation of the Industrial Development Fund and SPIC - a special investment contract for individual industries. With his participation, the laws "On Industrial Policy in the Russian Federation" and "On Standardization in the Russian Federation" were developed and adopted.
Finally, it was Gleb Nikitin who became the leader and ideologist of the introduction of the now trendy design approach. Under him, the Ministry of Industry and Trade created a department for strategic development and project management, as well as automated systems to support the management process - INCOR and AIS PU.
In 2017, the heads of 20 regions lost their posts. In 13 of them, the “old men” were replaced by people whose age did not exceed 50 years. Political scientists immediately dubbed the new leaders young technocrats. But Nikitin stands out even against the general background.
Akela didn't miss
The new appointment of 40-year-old Gleb Nikitin did not come as a surprise. The fact that the young "technocrat in the cube" will replace the aging Akela of Luzhkov's team in the Nizhny Novgorod region - Valery Shantsev - was reported by the media even before the official announcement of his resignation. And they were not mistaken in determining the main contender for the post.
Surrounded by the mastodon of Russian politics, they hoped that Shantsev, who turned 70, would be allowed to “bring” the region to the World Cup and then they would be celebrated with honors. However, he did not reach retirement, becoming one of the stars in the "governor's fall" in the fall of 2017.
Political scientists cited conflicts in the regional elites and age as the reasons for his resignation. The latter, however, was categorically rejected by Shantsev's "sworn friend", the ex-head of Nizhny Novgorod, Oleg Sorokin (now a criminal case has been initiated against him, he is under arrest). They never got along with the governor and "butted" enthusiastically, but here even he was indignant - they say that the appointment caused criticism in the region, and there is nothing to blame on age - in 2014, when Shantsev was elected for a new term (he won 86.93 percent of the votes ), everyone knew that he was "in great shape and perfectly healthy"!
For some reason, in Russian politics, such an argument as age and health status is often considered insufficient for avoiding active work (unless, of course, you are Yeltsin). Here and retired Shantsev instantly began to look for a "double bottom". Meanwhile, two months after the victorious elections in 2014, Shantsev's wife, Tatyana Vladimirovna, died. This fact alone could adversely affect both the form of the former governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region and his health.
Valery Shantsev wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will on September 26, 2017. On the same day, the president awarded him the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, noting his "great contribution to the socio-economic development of the region and many years of conscientious work."
Just the other day it became known that the ex-governor joined the board of directors of the Moscow Dynamo (in 1991, Shantsev became the commercial director of the club and continued to oversee it when he was vice-mayor of Moscow). Quite a suitable position for a person who would not want to completely leave active work, but can no longer (and probably does not want to) bear a more serious responsibility.
Personal life
After the appointment of the acting governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin deleted all accounts in social networks - he decided that there would not be enough time to maintain them. And I went to Nizhny Novgorod alone.
As the journalists found out, the new head of the region has a wife and children, but no one has seen them. No name, no photograph, no profession, the curious grumbled, calling the first lady of the region "Madame Invisible."
At the same time, she aroused a burning interest, if only by the fact that from year to year she earned more than her husband. In 2016, her income amounted to 25.6 million rubles, while Nikitin brought only 8.3 million rubles to the family piggy bank. And she also owns two apartments, and a house, and a car! ..
From managers to housewives?
Some clarity was introduced by Nikitin himself in an interview with TASS. The wife is a specialist in corporate governance and holds high positions in large companies. More precisely, occupied. Now that my husband has left Moscow, I will have to switch to a freer schedule.
Who exactly Nikitin's wife worked for (her name is Ekaterina) is unknown. Just as it is not known whether she was tired of being the "breadwinner in the family" and whether she herself wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that presented itself, take a break from work and take care of the children, the twins Peter and Arina? Or the Nikitin family became an unwitting victim of the “Decembrist wife instinct”, popular in Russia, which requires the spouse to follow her husband, even if it’s not about exile to Siberia, but about changing one responsible position to another - so the spouse may have time -then there won’t be much left for communication?
However, this is really a personal matter for the Nikitins.
And the people of Nizhny Novgorod finally saw the new acting family. And everyone - the visit of the Nikitins with their children, as well as with their grandparents to the "City of Masters" was shown on the local TV channel. So that everyone who wants to be satisfied. Grandfather, as journalists approvingly noted, all the time took pictures of his grandchildren on the phone. Idyll.
Colonel Isaev in the civil service
When the acting governor was asked about his favorite heroes, he named Prince Myshkin and Colonel Isaev, known to everyone under the name of Stirlitz. To put it bluntly, Nikitin bears little resemblance to the hero of Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot, if not at all. But Stirlitz, it seems, sometimes imitates in actions.
At the end of December, Nikitin promised to present a new management scheme, and then to start rotating personnel under it, and added that he was going to work with members of the old team in the future, in one capacity or another. And, having lulled the vigilance of the "old guard", he acted exactly the opposite.
After the new year, representatives of the regional administration were in for a not too pleasant surprise. As journalists taunted, it seems that during the New Year holidays, Nikitin managed to recruit volunteers from the Ministry of Industry and Rostec who would agree to change the capital to Nizhny Novgorod. People from St. Petersburg predominate, with several higher educations and at the age of about 40 years. A sort of, one might say, Gleb Nikitin on a smaller scale.
What will be the effectiveness of the new government, time will tell. But it is already clear that the new management team will speak the same language. The main thing is that it is understandable to others.
The governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region told Realnoe Vremya about his attitude to the division of the country into macroregions and the prospects for the Moscow-Kazan high-speed line
The other day Sochi hosted the finals of the Leaders of Russia competition, one of the guests-“mentors” of which was Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The correspondent of Realnoe Vremya met with him at one of the competition venues and asked him her questions about the high-speed railway, the division of Russia into macroregions and the investment potential of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
“I don’t want the projects of the competition to be “disposable”
Gleb Sergeevich, how many hours do you plan to work as a mentor? And how will you find time for this in your schedule?
It is difficult to give an exact answer to this question, because working as a mentor depends not only on my schedule, but also on the schedule of the competition winners with whom I will work. All of them have already taken place in their professional fields, people who at the same time know how to learn something new. I have no doubt that I can learn something.
I will try to involve them in solving specific problems of the region. This applies to participation in workshops or field events, various discussions on the most important issues. During the mentor day at the competition, I saw how effectively the participants can work in a team, and now this momentum cannot be lost. An outside view is always useful, especially if such opinions come from people who are interested in making life better both in their native regions and in the country as a whole.
Which participants and projects (social, business or public administration) are you interested in mentoring?
All projects submitted for the competition are interesting. Each of them, one way or another, affects the social sphere. One of the Nizhny Novgorod winners was even awarded for the best social project as part of the Leader's Heart task. This is an all-Russian tournament for small towns for children and teenagers, which made it possible to draw attention to an interesting game with a rich history. In fact, in one project it was possible to combine both cultural and sports components.
I talked a lot with this year's finalists, they have a lot of ideas in various fields that relate to both universal management technologies and solving industry problems. I do not want the projects implemented within the framework of the competition to be “one-time”. These initiatives need to be supported at the system level. Once again I would like to note the success of the Nizhny Novgorod participants this year, there were nine finalists, six of them became winners. This is simply an amazing result, considering that last year only one Nizhny Novgorod resident entered the top 100!
“During the mentor day at the competition, I was convinced of how effectively the participants can work in a team, and now this momentum cannot be lost. An outside perspective is always useful, especially if such opinions come from people who are interested in making life better.” Photo leaders of russia.rf
Education is indeed only one of the components of leadership success, although now there are many educational programs aimed specifically at developing managerial qualities. Very important today is the ability to organize people to solve specific problems and implement interesting projects, as well as actively participate in this yourself. This ability was tested as part of the "Heart of the Leader" quest.
A true leader must understand the responsibility to his team, and if it comes to work in the state and municipal service, then to the residents. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the holding of such contests “the maturation of the state apparatus”. This is absolutely correct, since a sense of responsibility comes precisely with growing up for each of us. The ability to communicate, listen and understand what is important to people is becoming more and more valuable in the list of leadership qualities.
“Thanks to the High Speed Line, the increase in the flow of tourists to the Nizhny Novgorod Region will be at least 10 percent”
Gleb Sergeevich, the "Spatial Development Strategy", proposed by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, provides for the division of the country into so-called "macro-regions". The Nizhny Novgorod region should become part of the Volga-Kama macroregion. What do you think about it?
The Strategy defines promising economic specializations. This will make it possible to make state support measures more targeted and eliminate their duplication, in order, for example, not to build identical enterprises in two neighboring regions, thereby creating artificial competition.
The creation of macro-regions will help remove state-administrative barriers associated with the implementation of major inter-regional projects, such as the construction of a high-speed railway, as well as improve the efficiency of federal budget investments in the regions.
There is still a lot of work to be done to implement the provisions of the Spatial Development Strategy. This will require the development of strategies for macro-regions, as well as plans for their implementation in the form of analytical programs for territorial development. We are fully prepared to participate in this process.
“It is in Nizhny Novgorod that a project is being implemented to organize the first high-speed train training center in Russia. It will make it possible to create a head training center at Russian Railways, and also involves the development of an end-to-end training system for HSR employees.” Photo nn.aif.ru
You mentioned the Moscow-Kazan high-speed line, the project of which is being approved today for the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod section. Does it matter to you that the project be implemented in full, that is, that the road reaches Kazan, and then Yekaterinburg? And what are the benefits for your region from the construction of high-speed lines?
The VSR is a very important project for the Nizhny Novgorod region, which will significantly improve the transport accessibility of the region. These are passenger time savings, environmental effects, improved safety, tourism development, job creation, reduced need for investment in transport infrastructure, agglomeration effects, and growth in regional employment.
According to preliminary estimates, a possible increase in tourist flow to the Nizhny Novgorod region will be at least 10 percent. In addition, it is in Nizhny Novgorod that a project is being implemented to organize the first high-speed rail training center in Russia. It will make it possible to create a head training center at Russian Railways, and also involves the development of an end-to-end training system for HSR employees. Therefore, for our region, the implementation of the project in any of its volumes is important.
Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk and Irkutsk regions will be included in the created interregional aviation cluster. What opportunities does this create for your region?
All three regions historically actively developed the aviation industry. The regional structure of the cluster is determined based on the concentration of supplier enterprises involved in the development and production of the innovative MS-21 medium-haul airliner.
From the Nizhny Novgorod region, the participants included LLC Rost-Avia, NOAO Gidromash, JSC PKO Teploobmennik. Participation in the interregional cluster implies the possibility for our enterprises to receive subsidies from the federal budget in the amount of 50 percent of the investment costs carried out within the framework of joint projects for the production of industrial products. This is a good measure of support, which can give results in practice.
I hope that the cooperation of enterprises from different regions will contribute to the creation of new types of products of aircraft manufacturing organizations.
“Sarov became a pioneer in the Smart City project”
Your region has entered the pilot project of the Ministry of Construction "Smart City". How will this program be implemented? What first steps have already been taken in this direction?
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the implementation of activities included in the Smart City project has been going on for several years. Thus, the Safe City hardware and software complex is being developed, which includes a system for photo and video recording of traffic violations, weight and size control, and forest fire monitoring. In total, 15 external information systems are integrated into the agro-industrial complex. This, for example, makes it possible to quickly predict the development of emergency situations and develop a single comprehensive response plan for all services and departments. This experience also helps in making cities more livable.
“In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the implementation of activities included in the Smart City project has been going on for several years. Thus, the Safe City hardware and software complex is being developed, which includes a system for photo and video recording of traffic violations, weight and size control, and forest fire monitoring. Photo atomic-energy.ru
- The "Smart City" included three Nizhny Novgorod cities at once: Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod and Dzerzhinsk ...
Sarov became a pioneer in this work. Together with Rosatom State Corporation, the integrated software platform "Smart City Rosatom" has been introduced and is being developed - a multi-layer map of the city with georeferencing. The platform provides two types of functionality - for residents and for official purposes. It provides monitoring, control and management of urban infrastructure systems.
In pilot cities, in 2019, the implementation of an intelligent transport system will begin, which will provide an analysis of the routes of public and private transport and will allow to regulate the congestion of sections of the transport network. “Smart traffic lights” will be installed on the roadways. Also in 2019, the region plans to introduce a digital platform solution to involve citizens in solving issues of urban development and city resource management. The system will allow interacting with executive authorities without filling out paper documents and solving specific problems in various categories, as well as monitoring the work of public utilities.
All this is only a small part of what we have planned for implementation. Roadmaps include projects to ensure the safety and comfort of residents and guests of cities, environmental monitoring, tourism development, modernization of public administration systems and housing and communal services.
The Nizhny Novgorod region has secured its leading position in the rating of the investment climate of Russian regions. Is this just the beginning?
I would like to dwell on two investment ratings, which are assessed by all 85 subjects of the federation and where the Nizhny Novgorod region consistently occupies a high position. These are the Investment Rating of Russian Regions, which is conducted by the Expert RA Rating Agency, and the Investment Attractiveness Rating of the Russian Federation Regions of the National Rating Agency. According to the rating conducted by Expert RA, the Nizhny Novgorod region is consistently in group 2A (medium potential - minimal risk) along with the Belgorod, Rostov, Samara regions, the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan. Considering that only the Moscow Region, Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Krasnodar Territory are in Group 1A (maximum potential - minimal risk), we believe that the Nizhny Novgorod Region occupies a high position in this rating.
In the 2018 ranking, the highest rating was assigned to Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Nizhny Novgorod region has confirmed its rating in third position along with 15 other regions (among them are Kaluga, Samara, Lipetsk, Sverdlovsk, Kaliningrad regions, the Republic of Bashkortostan and others).
"Volodarsk and Reshetikha are promising sites for the implementation of investment projects"
- Has the World Cup spurred interest in investing in the region?
The World Cup certainly helped draw attention to the Nizhny Novgorod region, but working with investors requires constant involvement. In the summer we did a lot of work on the preparation of the “Strategy for the Development of the Region”. The main decisions to improve the investment climate were developed during strategic sessions and working meetings with representatives of the business community, and then reflected in the final version of the Strategy.
Such communication with business circles has become permanent. Together with members of the government of the region, an expanded meeting with entrepreneurs was held. It was decided to hold such meetings on a regular basis: at the level of heads of local self-government and deputy governors once a quarter, at the level of the governor - once every six months.
"The World Cup certainly helped draw attention to the Nizhny Novgorod region, but working with investors requires constant involvement." Photo vgoroden.ru
- What other mechanisms do you plan to use to maintain a favorable investment climate?
Recently, the Nizhny Novgorod region managed to get approval for the creation of two territories of advanced socio-economic development. The status of TASED will be assigned to Volodarsk and Reshetikha. These are very promising sites for the implementation of investment projects. Residents can count on preferences in the form of exemption from taxes on land and property, as well as a reduction in the income tax rate. For them, the rate will be 5 percent in the first 5 years and 12-13 percent in the next 5 years. In addition, the rate on insurance premiums will be reduced to 7.6 percent. It is planned to attract about 30 investors to the PSEDA sites. We will always be glad to see new residents!
What, in your opinion, is especially attractive for investors: convenient services, special partnership conditions, something else?
We have created a single window for investors - a specialized organization for attracting investments and working with investors - the Corporation for the Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Also, the Development Corporation deals with the development of investment infrastructure to create favorable conditions for investors. Currently, the issue of creating a special economic zone of an industrial production type, which will consist of several sites, is being worked out.
In 2019, the institution of investment commissioners was established. This is a mechanism for monitoring the observance by municipal bodies and officials of the rights and interests of entrepreneurs and investors. To date, all 52 municipalities of the region have appointed their representatives to this position.
The investment portal of the Nizhny Novgorod region was modernized, new modern services became available. Anyone can offer an investment platform, post information about their project, the implementation of which requires additional funding, users can take part in online conferences, a forum, submit a proposal to be included in the agenda of the Development Strategy and Investment Council, and much more.
What is the impact of the region's participation in field events, in particular, in the recent Sochi investment forum?
We are actively working with potential investors and partners outside the region. Thus, 10 agreements on cooperation in various fields were signed within the framework of the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi. In particular, a special investment contract with OOO Snabpolimer Medicine Nizhny Novgorod. The company is implementing an investment project to create and master the production of safe disposable syringes with engineering protection against reuse, which have no analogues made in the Russian Federation. We will certainly continue to work to improve the investment climate in the region.
“We are actively working with potential investors and partners outside the region. Thus, 10 agreements on cooperation in various fields were signed within the framework of the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi.” Photo niann.ru
- How is the public-private partnership developing, what are the interesting projects in this area?
The implementation of PPP and concession projects is an effective tool for the development of social infrastructure and the real sector of the economy. At the moment, on the basis of agreements concluded by the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region, four PPP projects and seven concession projects are being implemented in the region. With the use of these mechanisms, eight sports and recreation complexes, two ice palaces, etc. were created. The total amount of investments provided for by the concluded agreements exceeded 7.5 billion rubles.
Now, in order to modernize the infrastructure for children's recreation, the government of the region, together with VEB, is preparing projects for the reconstruction of a network of children's health and educational summer camps on the basis of concession agreements. The Nizhny Novgorod region will become a pilot region in this direction.
Ilgiza Nasibullina
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