Nikitin Andrey Sergeevich Acting Novgorod. Political scientist Alexander Zhukovsky on what to expect from Novgorod Governor Andrei Nikitin

In three months, residents of the Novgorod region have become very disappointed in the acting governor Andrei Nikitin, who, instead of solving pressing problems, is trying to implement projects that almost no one understands, say interlocutors interviewed by the Club of Regions. Observers, however, do not doubt his victory in the gubernatorial elections with a low turnout.

Novgorod region

Novgorod region

Experts do not see much activity among potential participants in the gubernatorial elections in the Novgorod region. Acting head of the region Andrei Nikitin, according to them, behaves as if he is not waiting for elections: he is still a “dark horse” for voters, and his potential competitors behave not like political opposition, but like outside observers.

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On February 13, 2017, the head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Andrei Nikitin, took office as acting governor of the Novgorod region. The Moscow appointee was positioned as one of the president’s favorites, which allowed him – albeit with an extremely low turnout – to win in the first round of the gubernatorial elections. FederalPress recalls what Nikitin’s “Varangian” team succeeded and failed to do in the region during the first year of work.

9 years old Mitina

Nikitin’s predecessor, Sergei Mitin, worked as governor for 9.5 long years; before the elections to the Novgorod Regional Duma in 2016, he seemed like an unsinkable politician. The protracted conflict between the regional authorities and the mayor's office of Veliky Novgorod, criminal cases against his deputies Andrei Nechaev and Arnold Shalmuev, corruption scandals and irritation of citizens from the arrogant communication style of the head of the region did not convince Moscow of the need to replace him. Moreover, six months after his resignation, the ex-governor was returned to the region.

In the fall of 2016, Mitin headed the list of candidates for the regional Duma from United Russia. The only critics of the governor at that time were the Yabloko party and independent deputy Leonid Doroshev. The internal political bloc made every effort to prevent the opposition from entering the regional parliament, and achieved its goal; the party lacked 0.17% to enter the Duma.

After the elections, people began to talk about the governor’s resignation much more often, but there were few real candidates to replace him, and they represented pressure groups within the regional elite. A week before Mitin’s resignation, Novgorodians still knew nothing about the future governor, but unofficial information about the change of power in the region made it to the media. Of course, after 9 years of the last reign, Nikitin was doomed to comparisons with the former head.

First steps

Nikitin was introduced to the region the day after his official appointment. Mitin made a report to the audience, who was greeted with stormy and prolonged applause.

Nikitin had not worked in public politics for a single day before his appointment. In Veliky Novgorod, he made the impression of an intelligent and reasonable person, in many qualities the opposite of Mitin. But a successful start did not mean a new independent policy for the governor. He replaced his predecessor’s team reluctantly and initially retained key government positions for the old managers.

The joy of society gradually turned into bewilderment: promises to work with everyone, regardless of political views, gave way to visits from members of the Russian government. In the spring, Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin visited Veliky Novgorod, and Dmitry Rogozin visited Staraya Russa.

At the same time, the ASI team helped the former boss in forming the agenda. The trainers launched a series of strategic sessions at which invited deputies, officials, representatives of management companies and active citizens developed an image of the future. These meetings were not publicly announced, so people attended them mainly by invitation or “for company.” ASI's style seemed unfamiliar and irritating to those around him; critics repeatedly reminded the acting governor that he was not in the capital. Here Nikitin partially repeats the first steps of the governors, who are usually called “young technocrats” and part of the process of renewal of Russia’s political elite.

Communication with deputies

Nikitin appears at sessions, but avoids visiting meetings in the regional Duma. Gradually, the functions of actual management are transferred to Sergei Sorokin, appointed in March, who before the move worked as his deputy at ASI.

“Governor Nikitin, from the moment of his appointment as acting, adheres to the tactic of being closed from the local community, preferring to use intermediaries in the form of his deputies for communication purposes. Basically, the first vice-governor Sergei Sorokin, who is called upon to determine who is inside and who is not, on the basis of subjective ideas “like it or not,” says Novgorod political strategist Mikhail Shimanovsky.

The only possible place for dialogue between the acting governor and the deputies was the hall of the Novgorod Philharmonic. During a meeting of the presidential envoy with citizens, Andrei Nikitin besieged the deputies, saying that they should ask questions at meetings of the regional Duma. In response, a group of deputies, including the leaders of the United Russia and LDPR factions, left the hall.

“The usual way of communication between the regional government and deputies no longer works. In the last convocation, Sergei Mitin, perhaps, had the only headache - Doroshev. There were much more troublemakers in the new convocation, and I think the new team will have to come to an agreement with each one,” wrote Dmitry Vertkov, the former head of the regional media holding Agency of Information Communications, following the meeting.

First Deputy Sergei Sorokin, apparently, remains “in charge” while the governor is absent, says political observer Alexander Vlasov. “Andrei Nikitin has not yet gotten rid of the habit of going on business trips, acquired during the leadership of ASI. I recently went to Seoul. For what? As I see it, Sorokin will continue to “steer” the region, while Nikitin will spend a lot of time in Moscow,” Vlasov said.

Ending the conflict with the mayor

Unlike regional deputies, the mayor of Veliky Novgorod, Yuri Bobryshev, quickly found a common language with the new head of the region. During his conflict with Mitin, which lasted since 2015, the mayor regularly spoke about the need to preserve the majority of the personal income tax for the city (now 15% remains in the city treasury - the minimum established by the Budget Code) and the return of direct elections of the mayor.

Bobryshev spoke out especially harshly about the elections when Sergei Mitin, in an attempt to establish direct control over the city, tried to remove Yuri Bobryshev from the mayor’s office through the deputies under his control. The Veliky Novgorod Duma impeached the mayor in May 2015, but in December Yuri Bobryshev returned to the position of mayor by court decision.

In 2017, with the arrival of Nikitin, Bobryshev changed his rhetoric and chose to compromise. The region proposed leaving municipalities with 50 percent of taxes under the simplified taxation system in 2018 and increasing this figure to 100 percent in a few years. A referendum on the return of direct elections of heads of municipalities was eventually proposed by the Novgorod Yabloko, but the deputies rejected it. Despite the agreements reached, Veliky Novgorod has so far won little. The funds collected under the simplified tax system will not be able to close budget holes, and there are not enough funds even to pay contractors for cleaning the city.

Governor's election

When Nikitin came to the region, the Novgorod opposition hoped for transparent gubernatorial elections. The last campaign, in which Mitin was elected in 2012, followed a non-competitive scenario. Many explained this by the character of the previous governor, but hopes for an open campaign in 2017 had to be abandoned quite quickly.

Among the acting rivals was Nikolai Zakharov, who participated in the last campaign from Patriots of Russia, a party that does not conduct any activities in the region. He, like the candidates from parliamentary parties, easily collected the required 10% of signatures from municipal deputies in his support.

The only opposition candidate, Anna Cherepanova, encountered difficulties and ultimately was unable to take part in the elections. “Officials of the government of the Novgorod region, administrations of municipal districts and rural settlements centrally collected signatures for the United Russia candidate Nikitin and candidates agreed with him. The candidate from Yabloko did not have the opportunity to officially and directly contact the deputies of the settlements and inform them about her nomination,” the Golos movement in defense of voters’ rights notes in a statement.

Andrei Nikitin himself avoided making statements and entering into controversy; in the public field during the campaign he behaved not as a candidate, but as an appointed manager, talking about road repairs, the Quantorium children's technology park and new jobs. As a result, the United Russia nominee scored 68% with a turnout of 28%.

After the elections, Andrei Nikitin formed a new team. The managers appointed under Mitin faded into the background. First Vice-Governor Sergei Sorokin received even more real powers, and new “Varangians” arrived from other regions. The local team in the government is represented by another first deputy, Veronika Minina, who oversees relations with Moscow.

An unpleasant surprise was the appointment of ex-governor Mitin as a senator from the executive branch of the Novgorod region. Opinions are being expressed that this decision was imposed on Nikitin from the federal center, or that he independently decided to maintain normal relations with Mitin and his supporters in the region. One way or another, the former “political heavyweight,” by the way, also a newcomer, retained some influence in the region, and Nikitin himself got rid of the image of “Nemitin,” as he was called on the Internet immediately after his appointment.

Mitin held weekly briefings, while Andrei Nikitin shunned media attention and preferred to communicate with state media. Media representatives were not included in the new composition of the regional Public Chamber, nor in the public council under the government. An illustrative example is the journalist Gennady Ryavkin, who worked as the editor-in-chief of the state newspaper Novgorodskie Vedomosti. After his dismissal, he became a columnist and consistent critic of the new governor on the pages of private media.

“Unfortunately, this year did not pass without conflicts: the board of the Novgorod Union of Journalists received complaints about the “black lists” that allegedly remained with the new government, that is, the selectivity of the approach to journalists (we work with these, but not with others; we call there, but not everyone here) is partially preserved,” notes Olga Larina, chairman of the board of the regional Union. “An absolute plus for the Union of Journalists was the political solution to the issue of our House of Journalists.” The new governor publicly promised to return the building, but legally fulfilling the promise of the head of the region turned out to be not so easy.

After the elections, the head of the region finally held a large press conference, to which all media without exception were invited. At it, he noted the important role of United Russia in governing the region, but also dissociated himself from it. “We work closely with United Russia. But I’m not going to join anywhere,” Nikitin said then.

After his election, Andrei Nikitin continued his tactics of measured communication with the media. Even the regional online publication “53 News” announced reform in the government according to an anonymous source. In 2018, the governor made an attempt to create a new image of a manager open to society, which was noted on the local telegram channel: “The attentive could not help but notice how Nikitin’s positioning has changed since the beginning of the year. The swift raid on the regional maternity hospital on Friday evening regarding several high-profile cases of infant mortality alone is worth it. Moreover, the result of the trip was not a public scolding of the head physician, but a completely thoughtful, intelligent conversation. Which is also very different from the times of Sergei Gerasimovich (Mitin) - he would have burned with napalm,” the author notes.

Nikitin may stay

They say that in this way Nikitin stopped speaking to the locals in the incomprehensible language of “foresights” and “strategic sessions” and decided to gain a foothold in the region as “his” person. Political experts, in turn, explain such changes by conversations with Moscow. “No leaks from an anonymous telegram channel about changing the image of the governor will change this practice, but are, like the recent formal appearance of the governor before deputies of the regional Duma, a reaction to the probable dissatisfaction of the federal center with the excessive closedness of the governor,” says Mikhail Shimanovsky.

Political observer Alexander Vlasov is also confident that rumors about the governor are being spread by his entourage in order to convince citizens that Nikitin is “his” person and has the opportunity to use Moscow’s favor towards him for the benefit of the Novgorod region. He doesn’t believe in Nikitin’s imminent departure for a promotion and considers this part of his team’s PR campaign, assessing its results negatively: “The Pskovites also thought that Andrei Turchak would leave in two or three years for a promotion. In my opinion, Nikitin will not be invited to Moscow, and he will have to prove his professional suitability here. This reminds me of the times of the governor Mikhail Prusak before last, when information appeared in the media that he would become deputy head of government or occupy another high position.”

First Vice-Governor Sergei Sorokin and the head of the information policy department of the governor’s administration, Yulia Slutskaya, who moved to this job from the post of press secretary of the ASI in the Northwestern Federal District, are responsible for the image of Nikitin in the public space. According to Vlasov, they are responsible for the unclear image of the first person of the region, together with the media holding Agency of Information Communications, which belongs to the region, as, indeed, is the governor himself. The main achievement of the new head at a press conference on the occasion of the anniversary of his appointment was the large-scale repair of roads in the region.

February marked one year since the appointment of Andrei Nikitin as acting governor. During this time, he was elected, reformatted the team and seemed to find a common language with the local elites. However, external management, especially in terms of internal and personnel policies, is handled by his first deputy, Sergei Sorokin. And it is still unclear whether Nikitin’s “business trip” in the Novgorod region will be long or whether this is just a step necessary to continue his career at the federal level.

Andrei Sergeevich Nikitin is the current governor of the Novgorod region, who took office in 2017 after early elections. But his knowledge and interests are not limited to his political career. Nikitin is a person with an excellent education and a courageous approach to life. He managed to write a dissertation and become the author of several serious scientific articles.

Childhood and youth

Published biographies of Andrei Nikitin often contain unintentional factual errors. It is officially believed that he is a native Muscovite.

In fact, on November 26, 1979, little Andrei was born in the Vladimir region, in the city of Kirzhach. His maternal grandfather served there for many years in missile defense. Moscow is recorded as the place of birth due to the registration of the parents in the dormitory of the State University of Management, which at that time was called the Institute of Management. .

At the age of 2, the boy moved to Miass with his parents. His father got a job in a car industry, and his mother, a business executive by training, held a position in the municipality.

Towards the end of school, the parents set a condition for their son: if he wants financial support during his studies, he must enter a good university. The list of possible places also included MGIMO, the country's main diplomatic forge. Andrei quickly discarded the idea of ​​going there - the student body seemed too pompous. As a place of study, Nikitin eventually chose State University, which was memorable to his parents.

During his studies, the young man did internships in the State Duma and the plenipotentiary representative office of the Southern Federal District. In 2001, a bachelor’s degree in state and municipal administration was received, and the question arose of where to move next.

Career and politics

Nikitin did not limit himself to five university courses, and the next stage of his life was graduate school. In 2006, Andrei Sergeevich became a Doctor of Economics, defending a dissertation on the difficult topic “Strategy of organizational change as a tool for effective management (theoretical and methodological aspect).

Next came a new level - 2008 was marked by receiving a Master of Business Administration degree. He studied at the Stockholm School of Economics. In addition, Andrei Sergeevich received the position of associate professor at the State University of Management, at the department of theory and organization of management.

The politician began working while still a student, but at first his field of activity was business. The first job in this field was the post of deputy director of Block Black LLC. After that, Nikitin worked as deputy director for development of the popular Teremok cafe chain. The network known today in Russia then consisted of four trailers, and Andrei himself was involved in negotiations with local authorities.

For the next 9 years, the man worked at Ruskomposit - under this name, enterprises involved in fiberglass, geosynthetic materials and composites are united. By 2009, Nikitin’s professionalism led to his appointment to the position of general director.

In 2011, the non-profit organization “ASI” appeared, the purpose of which was to support new medium-sized businesses. By that time, Andrei Sergeevich had already established himself in coordinating the project “Quality of Roads in the Russian Federation.” As a result, Nikitin was selected from among the candidates to lead the organization.

As a general director, Andrei Sergeevich was remembered primarily for his rejection of bureaucracy and his consistent fight against it. The result was a reduction in the time required to register enterprises and obtain construction permits. The number of documents required to submit was also reduced.

Nikitin's efforts have been repeatedly noted. He was thanked by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the President of the Russian Federation. Hard work led to Andrei Sergeevich being awarded the medal “For Valorous Labor”.

2017 was a year of big changes. The man who in 6 years became the personification of ASI was appointed acting governor of the Novgorod region. Doubts about Nikitin’s competence as a politician were dispelled by the time of early elections. Having worked in office for less than a year, Andrei Sergeevich won with 67.99% of the votes.

Personal life

Due to the same last name, patronymic and similar political positions, Andrei Nikitin can be considered a brother - also a governor, but of the Nizhny Novgorod region. This is wrong. Sergei Andreevich has no brothers, his family consists of his parents, wife and daughter.

The governor's wife is Maya Viktorovna Nikitina, whose maiden name was Sannikova. They met back in their school days. Then the girl entered the Chelyabinsk Medical University and studied to be a doctor, and Andrei himself went to Moscow. However, after studying, friendly relations nevertheless grew into love.

Maya Viktorovna is a specialist in the field of oncological gynecology, Candidate of Medical Sciences. Before Nikitin’s appointment as governor, the woman worked at the Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology named after. Kulakova. By this time, the governor’s wife was already pregnant, so she left her job without hesitation. On February 25, 2017, Maya Nikitina gave birth to a daughter, Arina.

The personal life of a politician is visible, but this does not prevent Andrei Sergeevich from remaining himself. Since childhood, he dreamed of a motorcycle and in 2011 he managed to fulfill this dream. So now a man often rides a “two-wheeled horse” and does not hide it at all. A photo of the governor on a motorcycle can be found on his account in "Instagram".

In an impromptu interview with young people at a rock picnic for the magazine “Time Is”, the politician admitted that he is partial to rock music, and his favorite band is.

Andrey Nikitin now

Andrey Sergeevich continues to work as the governor of the Novgorod region. The man is a supporter of United Russia and takes a responsible approach to political issues. On September 9, 2018, he, along with other townspeople, attended the elections of State Duma deputies.

Nikitin declared income even while holding the position of director of ASI, although he had the right not to do so. Officially, the man earned 44.7 million rubles in 2016.

After starting his political career, the salary became lower, but the governor is not complaining - he wants to be useful in his work.

Nikitin Andrey Sergeevich, governor of the Novgorod region.

He was born on November 26, 1979 in Moscow, but until the age of sixteen he lived not in the capital, but in the Chelyabinsk region, in the city of Miass. My father worked at UralAZ as deputy head of the press and body shop. Now he is engaged in buying used equipment, repairing it and then selling it. Andrei Sergeevich’s grandfather (on his mother’s side) lives in the Moscow region, at his dacha.

After school I entered the State University of Management (SUM). He graduated in 2001. Then he immediately entered graduate school. In 2006, he defended his Ph.D. thesis and became a Candidate of Economic Sciences.

In 2007, he graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics, taking advanced training courses and receiving an EMBA degree.

Andrei Nikitin began his career while studying at State University of Medicine. Even before graduating from GSU, he went into business, in 2000-2001 he held the position of deputy director for organizational and legal issues of Block Black LLC. Then he worked as Deputy General Director for Development at Teremok-Russian Pancakes LLC.

However, already in 2002, he changed jobs - he moved to CJSC Investment Company Neftegazinvest. In this structure, the founder of which was an entrepreneur from Bashkiria, Sergei Fakhretdinov, Nikitin took the position of director of the development department (according to other sources, director of development).

In 2002, Neftegazinvest bought the fiberglass production enterprise Steklonit OJSC (STKLONiT), created on the basis of the state enterprise Ufa Textile Fiberglass Plant, which produced fiberglass (glass fiber) and geosynthetics. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the OJSC was the General Director of CJSC IC Neftegazinvest Sergei Fakhretdinov.

And Nikitin until 2003 worked as the general director of the Trading House of OJSC Steklonit. After a short time, he temporarily left his post, moving to KSI LLC (Integrated Insulation Systems), which specialized in the production and installation of windows and doors. He worked there until 2004. Then he returned to the trade house OJSC Steklonit to his previously held position. From 2007 to 2009 was the general director of Steklonit Management. In 2008 - General Director of Tverstekloplastik.

Subsequently, Nikitin continued to work in companies that were subsequently mentioned in the press as components of the Steklonit holding. From 2007 to 2009 (data was also given that from 2004 to 2008) he was the general director of Steklonit Management LLC, in 2008 he became the general director of Tverstekloplastik OJSC, and in 2009 - the general director (managing general director) LLC "Management Company "Ruskompozit"".

In 2009-2011, he was the general director of LLC "UK Ruskomposit", owned by the Cyprus company Steklonit Holdings Ltd (according to other - unverified and unreliable - data, LLC "UK Ruskomposit" was sold to a Cypriot company that simply had a share of shares in "Steklonit" ).

According to the press, the founders of Ruskompozit until November 2009 (according to other sources - until 2010) were Sergei Fakhretdinov, who had 80 percent of the management company, and Nikitin, who had a share of 20 percent.

Then the company was sold to the Cypriot company Steklonit Holding Limited (it was indicated that it, in turn, owns a stake in Steklonit OJSC. In 2011, the press about Ruskompozit Management Company reported that it “combines two production sites.” Ufa OJSC "Steklonit" and OJSC "Tverstekloplastik". It was noted that it also includes the Moscow trading house "Steklonit Management" LLC, a subsidiary of "Steklonit Management" LLP (Kazakhstan) and a representative office of the company in Ukraine. It was also noted that Roskompozit “has established good relations with Gazprom, Transneft, Russneft, Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP, Ritek and Russian Railways.” The press also reported on the profitability of the companies in which he worked Nikitin: So, in 2009, the profit of Ruskompozit amounted to 1.4 million rubles, in 2010 the profit of Steklonit was 82.8 million rubles, and Tverstekloplastika in the same year - 20.3 million rubles.

Meanwhile, Nikitin’s biography, posted on the website of the Tver branch of Business Russia, mentioned another position of the businessman: it was reported that from 2005 to 2006 he was the general director of Uralneftegazstroy LLC, a company that carried out major repairs of main gas pipelines.

In 2006 (according to other sources, in 2005) Nikitin defended his dissertation at the State University of Management on the topic “Strategy of organizational change as a tool for effective management (theoretical and methodological aspect)”, becoming a candidate of economic sciences. In 2007, he received an EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) degree from the Stockholm School of Economics and in the same year became an assistant professor at the Department of Organization Theory and Management at GSU.

According to media reports, in March 2011, Nikitin signed a cooperation agreement between Ruskompozit and the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), headed by the notorious Vasily Yakemenko. According to this document, the company was supposed to provide support to “young innovators” - participants in the “Zvorykin Project” of Rosmolodezh, named after the Russian-born scientist, inventor of television and electronic optical devices, Vladimir Zvorykin.

Nikitin’s company also acted as a partner of the youth forum “Seliger-2011”, “constructing mobile road surfaces on its territory” from “innovative materials” (laying slabs that are used for the passage of wheeled and tracked vehicles in “rough and swampy terrain”).

Nikitin is a member of various councils and backgrounds, in particular: the Presidium of the Council, dealing with the modernization of the economy and innovative development of the Russian Federation, the Commission under the President of Russia on the reserve of managers and the civil service, the Presidium of the Council, dealing with strategic development and priority projects, the Supervisory Council of the Funds for the Development of Single-Industry Towns and Industry .

Nikitin is a member of the public organization "Business Russia". As of 2011, he was the chairman of the committee for the production of composite materials of the federal intersectoral council of Business Russia, headed the committee on youth entrepreneurship, and also acted as coordinator of the Quality of Russian Roads project. It is noteworthy that Sergei Fakhretdinov, a member of the general council of Business Russia, was also involved in the same “road” topic, being the head of the working group “Quality of Russian Roads” and a member of the coordinating council for transport policy of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (during the high-profile conflict over the construction of the Moscow highway - St. Petersburg through the Khimki forest Sergei Fakhretdinov said: “One way or another, the job has already been done, the forest has already been cut down. If we return to the alternative option again, we will lose another six years.”

On the initiative of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a new autonomous non-profit organization was created in May 2011 - the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), the purpose of which was to support projects and initiatives of “medium-sized businesses”. ASI was to be managed by a supervisory board headed by Putin. The media immediately called the new organization a competitor to the Skolkovo science city, a project to support innovation initiated by the President of the Russian Federation at that time, Dmitry Medvedev.

Approximately 2,400 people submitted applications to participate in the competition to fill the post of head of the ASI. Following the results of several rounds, the competition commission had to choose from 25 people, but it is believed that the final decision was made directly by Putin. Some participants in the last competition hinted that the elections were “not very open” and that “some competitors” entered them “through VIP rooms.”

In July 2011, it was announced that Nikitin would become the general director of ASI. According to the press, his appointment was lobbied by Business Russia, which was confirmed by the organization’s president Boris Titov. Nikitin's deputies were: President of the Neo Center consulting group Artem Avetisyan (New Business direction), General Director of the Metavr group Dmitry Peskov (Young Professionals direction), Director of the state educational institution Educational and Methodological Center for Information and Analytical Work "Vladimir Yablonsky (direction "Social projects").

Despite the fact that after the announcement of the results of the competition, Nikitin himself spoke about Ruskompozit as if it had passed a stage (literally: “the company where I already worked”), he continued to appear in the press as the “general director of the agency (general director of Ruskompozit LLC ")".

The newly elected leadership of ASI stated that the organization, which will act as an all-Russian “incubator” of business projects, “does not have a penny” from the state budget. Speaking about sources of financing, Nikitin himself stated that “most likely, it will be money from big business” (“Money for the development of projects will be provided by those development institutions that already exist in the country today,” he noted). At the same time, the publication Slon.ru noted that ASI will receive 100 million rubles “in the form of gratuitous assistance for the development of work” from VTB Bank (state share 75.5 percent), and in the future will exist at the expense of sponsorship funds of 100- 200 million rubles annually. However, in August 2012 it became known that ASI would receive 500 million rubles from the state budget, which would be allocated in three stages: in 2013 and 2014, 200 million would go to the agency’s account, and in 2015 - the remaining 100 million rubles . Nikitin explained that this money is a property contribution from the state, which was prescribed in Vladimir Putin’s order on the creation of ASI. It was clarified that initially this contribution was planned in the form of a building that was to be occupied by the agency, but the options proposed by the Federal Property Management Agency did not suit the management of ASI, so it was decided to continue renting the premises using the funds received.

As A. Nikitin stated, part of the money, in addition to maintaining the agency, whose budget for 2012 amounted to 400 million rubles, could be used to support a number of social and educational projects.

On February 13, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, having accepted the resignation of the governor of the Novgorod region Sergei Mitin, appointed Nikitin as acting governor.

Nikitin was awarded the medal of the Moscow Government “For Valiant Labor”, received a letter of gratitude from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and a letter of gratitude from the President. By unconfirmed According to him, he was awarded the medal “For Services to the Fatherland”, second degree.

Married. The wife is an obstetrician-gynecologist (according to other sources, a surgeon) in a public hospital. Have no children. Nikitin loves to eat delicious food; he says to himself that he is a real gourmet. He is very interested in history, especially likes to read literature about Ancient Rome and Byzantium. He also reads journalistic and scientific literature.

From the statements:

“In modern conditions, you need to behave like Alice from Lewis Carroll’s book: run at least twice as fast, just to move, and not stand still.”

“Until now, all the main issues of innovative development were decided by smart officials; this was the sphere of bureaucratic regulation. NTI must create conditions where private money will be more important than public money and we believe that projects with private investment will be more effective. Simply distributing state money is the most ineffective strategy. "Smart" strategies for development management, practices of joint investments, joint funds must appear.... The most important question is not money or beautiful documentation. Any document that we write will be another "strategy" among the many that have already been adopted and do not work road maps. A group of like-minded people is more important than a stack of papers. Therefore, we need a network of bright leaders with a shared vision and values ​​from the fields of business, science and public administration..."

“A number of documents, according to which we are still working, have existed since 1991. All the unnecessary burden of bureaucracy must be thrown into the trash. If the governor declares that he wants to develop entrepreneurship, create jobs, increase the tax base, then he should be the first to think about removing unnecessary bureaucratic barriers. But since this work is not carried out everywhere, we had to develop targeted models and implement them at the government level."

Hobbies

“I started riding a motorcycle not so long ago. For the first time I decided to try it for a long distance. And then I wanted without traffic jams, with light thoughts and with the breeze. I dreamed of buying a motorcycle for 10 years. But I only bought it now, when I started working at ASI ".

Member of the Bad Boyz Moscow bike club.

The material was prepared based on information from open sources

Andrey Sergeevich Nikitin is a Russian politician, candidate of economic sciences and public figure, whose name is associated with the activities of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI). At the beginning of 2017, he was appointed acting governor of the Novgorod region.

Early years and education

The future governor of the Novgorod region was born on November 26, 1979 in Moscow. However, his childhood years were spent in Miass (Chelyabinsk region) - his father was one of the managers of the press and body shop at UralAz.

After graduating from one of the Miass secondary schools, Nikitin went for higher education to the capital’s University of Public Administration (GUM), where he subsequently defended his diploma (2001) and transferred to graduate school.

Five years later, 27-year-old Nikitin successfully defended his scientific dissertation and became a candidate of economic sciences. The topic of his work was “Organizational change strategy as a tool for effective management.”

Interview with Andrei Nikitin in the program “Star on Star”

However, Andrey did not stop there and in 2007 was awarded the prestigious MBA degree from the Stockholm School in the world of economics. These successes were noted by the leadership of the State University of Management, and in 2008 he received the academic title of associate professor in the department of organization and management.

Business and political career

While still studying at the university, Andrei became actively involved in business. Thus, in the early 2000s, he oversaw the legal aspects of the activities of Block Black LLC. In 2001, Teremok-Russian Pancakes LLC drew attention to his strategic talents and was offered the position of general director for development.

Andrey did not stay there for long and a year later he became responsible for business development at Neftegazinvest CJSC. This investment group was developing rapidly at that time, as evidenced by the acquisition of the Steklonit OJSC plant in 2002. In the newly formed structure, Nikitin received the position of general director of TD Steklonit LLC. Andrey Sergeevich worked at this place for about five years, simultaneously collaborating with the furniture company KSI LLC and Uralneftegazstroy LLC.

Head of ASI Andrey Nikitin: how to start your own business

In addition, since 2002, Nikitin was listed in the structure of the Ruskompozit business group, where from 2009 to 2011 he held his usual position of general director. It should be noted that no matter what company Andrei appeared in, its profitability increased sharply.

All this time, Andrei Nikitin was a member of the non-profit state organization “Business Russia”. He was responsible for issues of youth entrepreneurship and small business. He was also the curator of the promising initiative “Quality of Roads in the Russian Federation,” where they developed a plan to cover roads with innovative materials.

Andrey’s career took another turn upward when he won an open competition and, with the approval of the President of the Russian Federation, headed the Agency for Strategic Initiatives in 2011. This company was engaged in improving the national investment climate and other important initiatives, ranging from out-of-school children's education to the creation of investment elevators for non-resource enterprises with great export potential.

Over the years of work in this government organization, he was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor” and received gratitude from President Vladimir Putin more than once.

Against this background, the president’s decision to appoint Andrei Sergeevich as acting governor of Novgorod in 2017 seemed quite logical. During the years of the reign of the previous governor, Sergei Mitin, the region reached a pre-default state. Thus, the young specialist had the opportunity to try his hand at political activity.

Andrey Nikitin: personal life, hobbies

Andrei Sergeevich is married and lives with his wife in a Moscow apartment. She is an obstetrician-gynecologist by profession and works in a public medical institution.

Nikitin says about himself that he doesn’t really know how to rest, but loves delicious food. When he has free time, he reads historical materials about Ancient Rome and writes scientific papers. By the end of 2016, six publications under his authorship were published.

In his youth, Andrei Nikitin dreamed of a motorcycle. He fulfilled his long-standing desire when he was already the head of ASI. True, due to constant work, it’s rare to get out somewhere on your favorite iron horse.

He considers himself a technocrat - a person convinced that management personnel should be highly qualified scientific and technical specialists.

Andrey Nikitin now

In February 2017, Andrei Sergeevich, by presidential decree, took the position of acting governor of the Novgorod region.

At one of his first speeches, the newly appointed head of the region said that the region needed a new, clear and understandable image, as well as attracting creative entrepreneurs.