There have been rumors that Alexander Tkachev will leave the post of head of Kuban for several days. But there was no official confirmation of this until Wednesday, April 22.
Therefore, the 34th meeting of the Legislative Assembly in the region was eagerly awaited. The people expected that at the session the people's servants would announce Tkachev's resignation and introduce the new head of the region.
But the fact that Alexander Tkachev will take a new position was announced, as it should be, by Vladimir Putin. This happened at a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Nikolai Fedorov. The President accepted Fedorov’s decision to resign and appointed the current governor of Kuban, Alexander Tkachev, to his post.
- Dear Alexander Nikolaevich, the topic of our conversation is known to you, we have already talked about this, - Vladimir Putin addressed Tkachev. - You know what task we now face in terms of the development of such an important sector of our economy as agriculture. I would really like both the Presidential Administration and the Government to work closely with the regions and solve the large-scale tasks that the industry faces, especially in light of the need to solve the problems of import substitution.
We need to fill our own market with our own products, the products of domestic producers, and we need to do this quickly in order to reduce the intensity in the food market, lower prices, and so on.
There is no need to explain to you - there are a lot of tasks here, and therefore I want to offer you, as an experienced person, the governor of one of the leading, if not the leading agricultural region of the country, to head the Ministry of Agriculture, and the current Minister, Nikolai Fedorov, will go to work in the Presidential Administration and will work with you, in tandem, in pairs, solving the problems facing the industry.
Alexander Tkachev's place will be taken by his former deputy Veniamin Kondratyev.
- As a matter of fact, some time ago you and I thought about who could lead one of the largest regions of our country, and you yourself suggested Veniamin Ivanovich, who for a long time, for eight years, was your deputy,- said the president. - I would ask Veniamin Ivanovich to serve as acting head of the Krasnodar Territory until the elections in September of this year.
Alexander Tkachev thanked the president for his trust.
- Indeed, a lot has been done in the Krasnodar region under your leadership, especially in recent years,- Alexander Nikolaevich took the floor. - This is, of course, the Olympics, which changed the region, changed the people, and many other megaprojects that we, together with you, implemented in the region. Thank you for your trust, I will do everything to justify it. And under your leadership, at the Ministry of Agriculture, in matters of import substitution, in matters of increasing production volumes, reducing food prices, creating favorable conditions for agricultural business and entrepreneurs, I will do everything to ensure that this industry is truly on the rise.
We have experience; the Krasnodar Territory is an agricultural region. We produce 12 million tons of grain, which is more than 10 percent of the total volume of Russian grain. I think that together with the team of the Ministry of Agriculture, together with the Government, under your leadership, we will accomplish this task.
After this, Vladimir Putin turned to Veniamin Kondratiev:
- Veniamin Ivanovich, you worked in the region for a long time and just recently came to work in Moscow. Currently you are acting as Deputy Administrator of the President of the Russian Federation. But the region for you is your native place, the place where you worked and lived for a very long time, you know the situation there firsthand. According to the governor, you are a very good specialist and know people, you understand the industry, which is leading there, but at the same time you are a trained, good lawyer. I think that all this will help you in your work at the new site.
- As a lawyer, of course, my first priority is the systematic and urgent implementation of your decrees and tasks that you set in your Address,- said Kondratiev. - From the point of view of the region - its further economic development, the potential is very large, improving the social security of the population, their financial and material well-being.
For this purpose, of course, it is necessary to pay special attention to agriculture as number one in the economy of the region, and for myself I see it as fundamentally important to create financial and economic conditions [for everyone], from the farmer to large agricultural holdings, for cultivation, production and sales of agricultural products.
The second aspect, also fundamentally important in the economy of the region, is the sanatorium and resort business, and I believe that the potential of the Black Sea coast is quite high in terms of off-season recreation, there is room to grow and something to strive for, as well as the Azov coast. Today it is in the development stage, I think it also has great potential.
From the point of view of investment attractiveness, of course, today, due to its geographical location, Kuban is interesting for investors, just like the Krasnodar Territory. It is fundamentally important that the investor, entering the site, moves, so to speak, “from layout to package”: it is necessary to find a balance between the interests of the subject, the Krasnodar Territory, and the investor, so that already upon concluding certain investment contracts he would receive the entire package of documents for implementation of his investment project and did not go to the offices. At the same time, we will receive taxes faster, and it will be located and earn money faster.
I would like to note a fundamentally important point for me - this is the Cossacks. For myself, I see his support as fundamental, because the Cossacks today are no longer a folklore group, they are a fairly cohesive, united part of the inhabitants of the region, which has preserved its identity, the principles of its ancestors, faith in God, boundless love for its land, for its country.
Vladimir Putin thanked Tkachev for his work as governor of Kuban:
- Under your leadership, the region really developed, and developed successfully, many development projects were implemented, and, among other things, you made a worthy, very significant and noticeable contribution to the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games in Sochi. And I also want to wish you success on a new, broader front of work.
DOSSIER "KP"
TKACHEV Alexander Nikolaevich
After graduating from Vyselkovo secondary school N2 in 1978, he entered the Krasnodar Polytechnic Institute. In 1983, having received the specialty of a mechanical engineer, he began working at the Vyselkovsky off-farm feed mill as a heating engineer, then as a chief mechanic.
In 1986, he was elected first secretary of the Vyselkovsky district Komsomol committee.
In 1990, he was elected director of a feed mill. In 1993, the enterprise was reorganized into JSC Agrokompleks. A. Tkachev becomes its general director.
The beginning of serious political activity of A.N. Tkachev can be considered the time of his election as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the region in 1994.
In 1995, the Tikhoretsky district, which includes 11 cities and districts of the region, placed its trust in him, electing him as a deputy of the State Duma of the second, and in 1999 - of the third convocation. A.N. Tkachev was the chairman of the Committee on Nationalities of the State Duma.
On December 3, 2000, he won a landslide victory in the elections for governor of the Krasnodar Territory. For the candidacy of A.N. 82.14% of voters cast their votes for Tkachev.
On April 23, 2007, on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin at a session of the Legislative Assembly of the region, A.N. Tkachev was vested with the powers of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory for a new five-year term.
On March 21, 2012, on the recommendation of the President of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev, he was vested with the powers of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory. On April 23, at an extraordinary session of the Legislative Assembly, he officially took office as the head of the region.
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Alexander Tkachev. 15 years as governor
From 1999 to 2014, the position of the Krasnodar Territory in the economic space of the Russian Federation significantly strengthened.
Photo: Gennady Anosov / Yugopolis
The results of the almost 15-year “Tkachev era” are in the material.
Columnist of Yugopolis, political scientist Mikhail Savva - about the resignation of the governor of Kuban: .
About the new appointment Alexandra Tkacheva on the morning of April 22 during a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Nikolai Fedorov announced the president Vladimir Putin.
The corresponding decree was published on the Kremlin website.
According to Yugopolis sources, the possibility of Alexander Tkachev’s resignation has been discussed in the presidential administration since the beginning of April.
During the almost 15-year reign of Tkachev, three most resonant events took place in the region - a massacre in the village of Kushchevskaya in 2010, a flood in Krymsk in 2012, and the Olympics in Sochi. In all cases, Moscow had certain complaints against the governor, but he managed to retain his post. P Preparation of the ground for the removal of Tkachev began in 2014, after the annexation of Crimea.
“The Krasnodar region is a strategic region, and Governor Tkachev for a long time managed to balance the interests of various financial and industrial groups that wanted to divide Kuban into zones of influence,” a source close to the Kremlin told Yugopolis. “At some point, the scales tipped, and he stopped being comfortable with the interest group that did not sympathize with him. Various scenarios were worked out, criminal cases were initiated against the governor’s inner circle, but then it was decided to castling peacefully, by agreement of the parties.”
According to the source, both Alexander Tkachev and the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov, already, until the last, they wanted to keep their posts. However, the proposed reshuffle satisfied all interested parties.
Alexander Tkachev led the Krasnodar region for more than 14 years. He was elected governor on December 3, 2000, and re-elected in March 2004. In April 2007, Tkachev raised the issue of trust with the Russian President, and on April 20, the head of state submitted his candidacy for consideration by the Legislative Assembly of the region for conferring the powers of the governor. In April 2007, the Legislative Assembly approved Tkachev’s candidacy for the post of head of the regional administration. Once again, according to the same scheme, Tkachev was appointed governor of Kuban in the spring of 2012. His term of office, based on current Russian legislation, expired in 2017.
In December 2014, some local media actively discussed information that Tkachev could go for direct re-elections without waiting for the end of his term in 2017. It was not possible to obtain official comments on this matter at that time. Krasnodar political experts tell Yugopolis that the authority of the governor will allow him to extend his powers regardless of the date of the elections.
Let us recall that in February 2014, a loud anti-corruption scandal occurred in the administration of the Krasnodar Territory - according to a court decision, it was on issues of industry and the fuel and energy complex Vadim Lukoyanov. He is accused of abuse of power. On the same days, the former vice-governor of Kuban was taken into custody Alexander Ivanov. As Yugopolis previously reported, during the construction of Basket Hall.
Vadim Lukoyanov turned out to be the first current official with the rank of deputy head of the Krasnodar region, against whom a criminal case was opened and who was placed in isolation. Three former deputy heads of the region - Nikolay Dyachenko, Eduard Kutygin And Leonid Baklitsky— there were conclusions at different times, but none of them had criminal prosecution initiated during their work in the administration of the Krasnodar region.
Now the former governor of the Krasnodar Territory headed the Ministry of Agriculture. In this post, he already made his first optimistic statements. Former head of the ministry Nikolai Fedorov became an adviser to the president
Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev. Photo: Ekaterina Shtukina/press service of the Russian government/TASS
Employees of the Ministry of Agriculture were officially introduced to the new leader - ex-governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev. The first statements of the new minister also appeared: “In 2-3 years, we will be close to the fact that the share of domestic products on store shelves will be at least 90%,” Tkachev promised. According to experts, the current situation and the names of the actors force us to look at these personnel changes from a completely different angle.
If Nikolai Fedorov had been replaced by anyone other than Tkachev, then the only question would have been about changing the Minister of Agriculture. In the case of Tkachev, the topic is different. What is more important here - a change of minister or a change of governor of the Krasnodar Territory? Who sees the president more often—the head of the Ministry of Agriculture or the Krasnodar governor? The question is rhetorical, especially in the case of Tkachev.
Alexander Nikolaevich led the region for 15 years, and his possible resignation was discussed more than once. Why did Tkachev retain his post after Kushchevka? Why did you survive after Krymsk? Why did the center turn a blind eye to Tkachev’s flirtations with nationalism, to a series of scandals with the purchase of helicopters, dachas and landings for environmentalists? One version is the Olympics. Changing horses midstream was too dangerous. The games passed, and Tkachev began to receive black marks. In many ways, by the way, it was direct access to top officials that did Tkachev a disservice, says political scientist Konstantin Kalachev.
Konstantin Kalachev political scientist “At some point, it seems to me that those around him stopped seeing the shores. Many issues were resolved directly by Tkachev<…>It decided that it was inviolable insofar as Tkachev, therefore, they were inviolable. It turned out wrong in February<…>a loud scandal broke out when one current vice-governor and one former one were detained, and this was already the first call.”
On the other hand, Tkachev has always been someone Moscow can rely on. He resolved issues on the spot, and the Olympics, again, went flawlessly. And here the most important role is played by the following point: the Ministry of Agriculture today is not an honorary pension, it is a real chance to prove oneself at the federal level, demonstrating success in import substitution. It is possible that even as a minister, Tkachev will be able to stay in the highest political orbit. But there is no consensus on this matter.
Vladimir Slatinov political scientist “I think Mr. Tkachev has very ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, this is kind of like federal growth; on the other hand, it is a departure from an extremely rich resource region, in which it was a full-fledged owner. I think that Mr. Tkachev’s soul is torn, but I also believe that, even though he holds the position of Minister of Agriculture without much enthusiasm, there is nowhere to go in the current vertical system. If you want to save your political career, then you need to say “yes” in such cases.
Veniamin Kondratyev, experts say, is a person close to Tkachev, has been appointed acting governor of the Krasnodar Territory until the elections. However, political scientists remind us that Tkachev himself came to power in the region as the successor of the super-odious, but popularly elected father Kondratenko in the 90s. However, Tkachev quickly rebuilt the system to suit himself, and then for almost 15 years he ruled Kuban not only as a strong business executive, but also as the sole owner.
Who is interested in the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture.
The recent detention of Russian-Ukrainian-Armenian businessman Oleg Mkrtchyan surprised many: why was the former governor and now Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev unable to cover up his old friend, and even a long-term sponsor of the Krasnodar “Kuban”? The most likely reason in our case may be a decrease in the apparatus influence of the official himself. Once upon a time, Tkachev’s position really seemed unshakable, but now the authoritative Minchenko Consulting agency already names him among the five ministers - the main candidates for departure from the government. How did Alexander Nikolaevich Tkachev come to this?
Agricultural monopolies, not farms
At first glance, Tkachev seemed to give no reason to be dissatisfied with himself, always wavering along with the party line, and even ended up on the “Kremlin lists” of the US Treasury for his loyalty. Thus, he most actively spoke out in support of the so-called counter-sanctions - a ban on the import of imported products into the Russian Federation. In addition, it was at Tkachev’s suggestion that food smuggling detected at the border was not returned, but destroyed. As a result, in one year, 7.5 thousand tons of such products were crushed by tractors and burned in ovens. Then Tkachev proposed expanding this practice throughout the country, after which the counterfeit products found began to be destroyed everywhere. Moreover, last fall the minister proposed to “tighten the responsibility for imports and provide for the seizure of not only the products themselves, but also the vehicles that transport them.”
All these measures formally looked very patriotic, but in fact they hardly had any effect. Products have been and continue to be transported from Europe to Russia - except that now seafood comes not from Spain, but from Belarus, where new labels are put on the packages. That is, there is an ordinary fiction. In addition, according to Tkachev, “by destroying illegal cargo, we support our manufacturer.” However, at the same time, the same head of the Ministry of Agriculture advocates sharply limiting the permissible number of livestock on private farms at the level of, for example, 20 cows. They say this will help “bring order to the accounting and provision of veterinary records.” This innovation is certainly not in the interests of Russian farmers. Only agricultural monopolists will benefit from its implementation, as they will be able to inflate prices even higher. A classic example is dairy products. As a result of export restrictions, milk prices in the exporting countries of the Czech Republic and Germany fell, but in Russia they increased by almost a third. The “pluses” included enterprises such as Agroholding, which was formally registered to the minister’s relatives.
It is curious that the Agrocomplex corporation, which is controlled by the relatives of Minister Tkachev, has now reached fourth place in Russia in terms of land area - 640 thousand hectares. So the initiatives of the zealous head of the Ministry of Agriculture in fact have that same scent.
Transferring rivers from Altai to China and banning imported wines
The ideas of Alexander Tkachev are truly amazing. Thus, he put forward a project to transfer fresh water from the Altai Territory through the Republic of Kazakhstan to the arid Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. The idea of selling water for export in millions of cubic meters (an actual violation of the Law on Environmental Protection) caused amazement among specialists. Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Danilov-Danilyan said: “This is an absolutely ill-considered statement for those who understand at least something about water resources.” Fortunately for nature, after that the Altai-Chinese waterway was no longer discussed.
Tkachev showed much greater interest in another drinking product - wine. Back in the summer of 2015, he said that the Ministry of Agriculture was considering the possibility of introducing a ban on the import of foreign wine - even if it is bottled in our country. The Union of Winemakers of Russia immediately responded that this is “a normal practice, and if it is banned, the amount of wine alcohol in the country will immediately fall by a third, because domestic grapes will grow in the required volume only in five years, then it will be possible to think about something like this "
Nevertheless, Tkachev does not abandon his intention to realize his idea. According to him, “Kuban wines have proven themselves very well in quality over the past five years, and the consumption of wine by Russians will have a positive effect on the demographic situation in the country.” The minister also spoke out for active advertising of Russian wines on TV. The leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, went further and proposed a complete ban on the import of foreign alcohol. Of course, such an initiative is doomed to failure, but this increases the chances of a compromise option, for example, a ban on the import of only wine products. Again, by a strange coincidence, the wife of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture owns huge vineyards in the Krasnodar region, and the former first vice-governor of this region, Alexander Remezkov, is now a deputy in the SR faction. The family of business ombudsman and presidential election participant Boris Titov also owns large wineries.
Competitors were offended
Actually, it is precisely what is called a conflict of interest in the apparatus environment that is the main reason for dissatisfaction with the minister in the empyrean of power. The Agrokompleks company, owned by the Tkachev family, is sharply increasing its volumes every year. It is already confidently one of the most powerful agricultural corporations, and its rise continues. The agricultural empire, which is controlled by the minister's relatives, has now reached fourth place in Russia in terms of land volume - 640 thousand hectares. However, competitors who feel their interests are threatened also have their friends in the corridors of power. So many would probably like the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.
However, even if it happens, Tkachev will not have to starve. At the moment, the Agrokompleks company, owned by his family, unites more than 60 enterprises and over 600 stores, generating revenue of almost 50 billion rubles a year. In fact, this is a family latifundia, or, in Russian, an estate, where almost 25 thousand souls, that is, people, work. Apparently, it was not without reason that the German newspaper Handelsblatt called Kuban “a feudal territory without civilized laws” and Tkachev - “a monopoly oligarch of the region.” In turn, the head of the American company United States Energy Association, David Sweet, who studied the investment attractiveness of Kuban, noted that “Tkachev is the largest landowner in Europe, and in the United States there is not a single person who owns 200 thousand hectares of land.” Another thing is that in Russia capital is traditionally provided by power and its loss, as a rule, entails the loss of assets. So we will have to seriously fight for a post in the new government.
Will Tkachev hold out?
In general, if someone wants to bring him down, they won’t even have to look for dirt on the minister - his past is so checkered. As the son of the director of a feed mill, he began his working career under the supervision of his father, and at the age of 29 succeeded him. Then the privatization of the plant happened, the establishment of the Agrokompleks company on its basis and the takeover of surrounding enterprises. As evil tongues say, this could not always happen in a highly moral way - an illustration of business morals in the Kuban is the notorious Kushchevka, which was ruled by the Tsapka bandits (by the way, some assets after the defeat of the gang also went to Agrokompleks).
From 1995 to 2000, Tkachev sat as a representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma, heading the Committee on Nationalities Affairs. From this post, he stepped into the gubernatorial ranks - he opposed the sale of land, putting forward the slogan “Kuban - for Kuban residents!” Soon after this, he left the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and joined United Russia, which became the party in power.
Tkachev quickly became famous in his new post. Thus, he proposed creating filtration camps for illegal migrants and allowing night police raids in places of compact residence of internally displaced persons, and also stated: “There is no place in the Kuban for Gypsies, Meskhetian Turks, Kurds and dissidents.”
In 2015, Tkachev was appointed Minister of Agriculture. Some called it a promotion, while others believed that for the all-powerful head of Kuban, a change of job was a minus. According to Versiya, during the preparation for the 2014 Olympics, Tkachev spoiled relations, by not dividing construction contracts, with influential entrepreneurs, including the head of Rosselkhozbank, Dmitry Patrushev, the son of the Secretary of the Security Council, ex-director of the FSB. According to the Ruspres agency, the Patrushev and Tkachev families previously found a common language in business projects, for example, in 2016, Rosselkhozbank sold several elevators to Agrocomplex at a loss to itself. But already in September 2017, Alexander Tkachev left the post of chairman of the supervisory board of Rosselkhozbank, his place was taken by Arkady Dvorkovich. Tkachev also did not join the current supervisory board of the council, which he previously headed for two years.
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture is awaiting resignation. Will his agribusiness follow him?
As a correspondent of The Moscow Post learned, Minister of Agriculture Tkachev will soon resign. Opinions about who will take his place vary widely.
It is not yet clear whether the authorities will risk changing the minister before the elections or will wait until they are held and, at the same time, the government is replaced.
Alexander Tkachev himself is tipped to leave the post of minister for the post of plenipotentiary representative for the Southern Federal District. They can supposedly replace the current plenipotentiary representative Ustinov, who has been planning to retire since the summer. For the minister, this outcome is not too bad - part of his family’s business (read: the minister’s business) concerns the same Krasnodar region. However, he, of course, would like to control the Central Federal District, where another ex-Minister of Agriculture, Alexey Gordeev, now “reigns”.
Two candidates are allegedly being considered to replace Tkachev himself in the Presidential Administration. And both of them, as usual, are very dubious.
Are there successors in line?
Recently, rumors have been actively circulating that the post of Comrade Tkachev in the new ministry could be taken by Comrade Grudinin, a presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who is predicted to lose in advance. And supposedly the head of the State Farm named after him was walking. Lenin did this only in order to get some good position based on the election results. True, until now, the most likely position for him was the position of governor of the Moscow region, but, as they say, why is the AP not joking?
Grudinin, of course, has already shown himself to be an effective manager using the example of State Farm. But it is simply not possible to transfer this practice to the entire country. And given the fact that he simply sold off part of the State Farm’s lands, such a successor does not look like a good idea. In addition, the presidential candidate spoke in support of Minister Tkachev back in 2015, when he had been in office for just over six months.
But the version with Grudinin is more like a political joke. At the same time, according to rumors in political circles, the post of head of the Ministry of Agriculture may be transferred to Sergei Levin, deputy minister. Levin is a former head of the United Grain Company; in 2012-2015 he served as an adviser to the Prime Minister. That is, this candidate is an obvious creation of Dmitry Medvedev. And if Tkachev’s resignation takes place after the elections, and Medvedev retains the post of prime minister in the new government, then such a situation is most likely.
At the same time, on the sidelines, they do not hesitate to declare that Tkachev and Levin are in open confrontation. Perhaps Tkachev does not like the fact that his right hand is actually the prime minister's right hand. Therefore, Medvedev knows about everything that happens in the ministry, including “undercover” events that are not created for outside eyes and ears. In general, for Tkachev it looks as if a spy has appeared in his department, whom he exposed, but cannot expel.
If Levin comes to the post of minister, Tkachev will immediately lose the opportunity to push the interests of his agribusiness through the ministry. And this definitely doesn’t make him happy. At the same time, the owner of a large agricultural holding, poultry farms and vineyards in the Krasnodar Territory can most likely only laugh at the “ambitious” strawberry producer Grudinin. Naturally, the minister does not see a better candidate than his own. It’s just that he, with his impudence, seems to already be in everyone’s hearts - including the AP’s.
Potato crisis?
At the end of the year, most Russians sum up the results of the year. Minister Tkachev did not particularly talk about the results of the year for his department - at least publicly. Well, we can do it for him.
For example, at the end of 2017, Russia began to purchase potatoes. Yes, not from friendly Belarus, for example, but from France! Sanctioned potatoes. Exorbitantly expensive. This is attributed to the cold summer, as a result of which the harvest decreased by as much as 40%!
But experts say that this is not about a crop failure, but about a banal lack of storage conditions. And only because of this, Russia can lose 2% of GDP on vegetables, despite the fact that all agriculture provides only 4.5% of GDP!
The situation with wheat is even stranger: a large harvest led to a collapse in prices, causing the United States to suffer. Tkachev rejoiced - the Americans were defeated! But he, in fact, also defeated domestic farmers, who were left to either throw the grain right there in the fields or sell it at a loss. In the Novosibirsk region alone, the cost of 1 ton of grain was 6,300 rubles, and the average price on the market was 4,800 rubles. So hurray for Minister Tkachev!
Agribusiness of the Agricultural Minister
However, he still manages his business more carefully. Of course, billions of rubles should flow into the accounts of the Tkachev family without interruption! So it spins as best it can.
For example, in November 2017, Agrocomplex named after. N.I. Tkacheva acquired a chain of food stores “Products at Home” in Crimea. Interestingly, he made a deal with the Ukrainian retailer ATB-Market. But could a holding directly connected with the minister make deals with Ukrainian oligarchs? Maybe he will then buy something from Poroshenko?
But at least the deal went through fairly. Because Tkachev still remembers the acquisition of the Akashevskaya poultry farm, which is more like a raider takeover with the participation of security forces. The security forces, however, according to competent sources, were not from Tkachev, but from Patrushev - the minister also managed to quarrel with the head of Rosselkhozbank. So there is someone to advocate for his resignation.
And this is not all of Tkachev’s merits in the wake of business. At one time, for example, he managed to acquire the Gorki Gorod resort on Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi. Moreover, the purchase was made, in fact, with government money - through a loan from VEB. And she still can’t pay him back. Or doesn't he want to?
In January 2017, the first casino opened in Gorki Gorod, for the sake of which the authorities of the Krasnodar region even decided to close the previously opened gambling zone Azovo-City. So the minister’s money is all right, despite his debts to the state in the millions.
In general, he will not remain out of work - even after leaving the post of minister. Maybe they will return him to the governorship, maybe they will appoint him as plenipotentiary. But a business without millions in subsidies and various types of permits can fall apart. However, it will be deserved.