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2021 Khabarovsk Krai Gubernatorial Election
The 2021 Khabarovsk Krai gubernatorial election took place on 17–19 September 2021, on common election day, coinciding with election to the State Duma. On 9 July 2020 Governor Sergei Furgal was arrested on charges of involvement in multiple murders. Furgal was removed from office by President Vladimir Putin on 20 July, and fellow LDPR member Mikhail Degtyarev was appointed as acting Governor. Mikhail Degtyarev won the election becoming the second consecutive member of LDPR elected as Governor of Khabarovsk Krai. Background Sergei Furgal was unexpectedly elected Governor of Khabarovsk Krai in September 2018, defeating sitting Governor Vyacheslav Shport by a margin of 41 percentage points. Furgal quickly became a popular figure in regional politics earning an informal title of "People's Governor". At some point Sergei Furgal's popularity rate was higher than that of President Putin in Khabarovsk Krai. In 2019 Khabarovsk regional and local elections LDPR cruised to several landsl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Security Service
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) RF; rus, Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ России), Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) which was reorganized into the FSB in 1995. The three major structural successor components of the former KGB that remain administratively independent of the FSB are the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Protective Service (FSO), and the Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation (GUSP). The primary responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative center of the oblast, the city of Blagoveshchensk, is one of the oldest settlements in the Russian Far East, founded in 1856. It is a traditional center of trade and gold mining. The territory is accessed by two railways: the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Baikal–Amur Mainline. As of the 2010 Census, the oblast's population was 830,103. Amur Krai () or Priamurye () were unofficial names for the Russian territories by the Amur River used in the late Russian Empire that approximately correspond to modern Amur Oblast. Geography Amur Oblast is located in the southeast of Russia, between Stanovoy Range in the north and the Amur River in the south, and borders with the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai and the Jewish Auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Krasnov
Lieutenant general of Justice Igor Viktorovich Krasnov (russian: И́горь Ви́кторович Красно́в; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian lawyer serving as the Prosecutor General of Russia since January 22, 2020 Career Igor Krasnov was born on December 24, 1975, in Arkhangelsk, he was a member of the Lenin Komsomol. He began his service as an investigator in the Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Law Faculty of Pomor State University. He started serving in the prosecutor's office in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, Krasnov was an investigator of the central office of the General Prosecutor's Office. In 2007, he joined the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation. In 2011, he was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. April 30, 2016, Krasnov was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investigative Committee Of Russia
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Следственный комитет Российской Федерации) has since January 2011 been the main federal investigating authority in Russia. Its name (''Sledstvennyi komitet'') is usually abbreviated to ''SKR'' (). The agency replaced the Russian Prosecutor General's Investigative Committee and operates as Russia's anti-corruption agency. It is answerable to the President of Russia and has statutory responsibility for inspecting the police forces, combating police corruption and police misconduct and is responsible for conducting investigations into local authorities and federal governmental bodies. On January 21, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Alexander Bastrykin, then the acting chair of the Prosecutor General's investigative committee, as Sledkom's chairperson. In 2012 President Medvedev began to discuss the possibility of creating a Federal Anti-Corrupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosneft
PJSC Rosneft Oil Company ( stylized as ROSNEFT) is a Russian Vertical integration, integrated energy company headquartered in Moscow. Rosneft specializes in the exploration, Extraction of petroleum, extraction, production, refining, Petroleum transport, transport, and sale of petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products. The company is controlled by the Government of Russia, Russian government through the Rosneftegaz holding company. Its name is a portmanteau of the Russian words (russian: Российская нефть, lit=Russian oil). Rosneft was founded in 1993 as a State-owned enterprises of Russia, state enterprise and then incorporated in 1995, acquiring a number of state-controlled gas and oil assets. It became Russia's leading oil company after purchasing assets of the former oil company Yukos at state-run auctions. After acquiring Open joint-stock company, OJSC TNK-BP in 2013, then one of the largest oil companies of Russia, Rosneft became the world's largest Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Ishayev
Victor Ivanovich Ishayev (russian: Виктор Иванович Ишаев, born 16 April 1948) is a Russian politician. He had been the Presidential plenipotentiary envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia from 2009 to 2012, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai from 1991 to 2009, and a Deputy of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2001. On 21 May 2012, he was appointed as Minister for Russian Far East in the Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet. On 28 March 2019, he was arrested in Moscow on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement. Property and income According to official data, Ishayev's income was 6.37 million rubles in 2011, his wife's income was 3.37 million rubles. Together with his wife, Ishayev owns a land plot of 22 acres, a house, two apartments, two Mercedes-Benz cars and a Glastron boat. Honours and awards * Order of Merit for the Fatherland; **2nd class (16 April 2008) – for services to the state, a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Trutnev
Yury Petrovich Trutnev (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Тру́тнев; born 1 March 1956) is a Russian politician who serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District since 2013. From 2004 to 2012, he served as Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of Russia. Political career Local government Trutnev was elected mayor of Perm in 1996 (achieving 61.42% support in the first round) and governor of the Perm Oblast in 2000 (51.48%). Federal government During his term as governor, Trutnev maintained a neutral stance towards the Kremlin administration. In 2008 and 2009, Trutnev was officially named Russia's highest earning member of government. In April 2010, he reported an overall income of 155 million rubles ($5.34 million) for the past fiscal year, according to figures published by the government. President Dmitry Medvedev in 2008 obliged all government officials to publish their incomes and assets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Eastern Federal District
The Far Eastern Federal District (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is the largest of the federal districts of Russia, eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a population of 8,371,257 (75.5% urban) according to the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census. The federal district lies entirely within the easternmost part of Asia and is coextensive with the Russian Far East. History The Far Eastern Federal District was established on May 18, 2000, by President of Russia, President Vladimir Putin and is currently being governed by presidential envoy Yury Trutnev. In November 2018, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai were added to the federal district. The seat of the Far Eastern Federal District was moved from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok in December 2018. Demographics Federal subjects Largest cities (with population over 75,000) There are 82 cities in the Far Eastern Federal Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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