Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich is a prominent politician of the Russian Federation, who ruled Moscow for 18 years, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, writer, in recent years - a farmer. Yuri Mikhailovich was born in Moscow (date of birth - September 21, 1936), but he spent his early childhood, as well as seven school years in Konotop - in his grandmother's house.
After his resignation, Luzhkov moved the family to London, where his daughters continued their studies at Moscow State University, and his wife continued to develop a business. Later, the Luzhkov family chose Austria as their place of residence.
In 2012, it became known that the former mayor of the capital is a member of the board of directors of Ufaorgsintez, and in 2013 he bought out 87% of the shares of Weedern (buckwheat production, mushroom cultivation). Yuri Luzhkov, who has long been interested in agriculture, created his own farm in the Kaliningrad region in 2015, where, in addition to livestock, he grew winter crops and corn.
The “end of disgrace” happened on September 21, 2016, when, by decree of Vladimir Putin, Luzhkov was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. The award, according to Yuri Mikhailovich himself, was a real gift for the 80th anniversary. After the solemn event, Luzhkov and Putin had a long conversation, the former mayor of Moscow thanked the president for getting out of the “timelessness in which he was immersed” since 2010.
Former mayor of Moscow (was appointed by decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin in 1992 after the resignation of Gavriil Popov, was re-elected in 1996, 1999 and 2003, in 2007 he was approved by the deputies of the City Duma for a new term, dismissed from his post on September 28, 2010 by decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the loss of confidence of the head of state). Since December 2001, he was co-chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, but in September 2010 he left the party. As the mayor of the capital, he became famous for large-scale construction projects that significantly changed the appearance of Moscow, as well as tough decisions directed against citizens living in the capital without registration. Dean of the Faculty of Large Cities Management at the International University in Moscow since October 2010.
Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov was born on September 21, 1936 in Moscow into a carpenter's family. In 1958, Luzhkov graduated from the Gubkin Moscow Institute of Oil, Gas and Chemical Industry. During his studies, he worked as a janitor, as part of a student squad went to the virgin lands.
From 1958 to 1963, Luzhkov worked in distribution at the Research Institute of Plastics, in 1964 he moved to work at the USSR Ministry of Chemical Industry, where until 1974 he was the head of the department. In 1968, Luzhkov joined the CPSU and remained a member until 1991.
From 1974 to 1980, Luzhkov was director of the experimental design bureau for automation at the Ministry of Chemical Industry. In 1980, he was appointed general director of the research and production association "Neftekhimavtomatika", after which he returned to the ministry. From 1986 to 1987, Luzhkov was the head of the department for science and technology and a member of the ministerial board.
In 1975, Luzhkov was elected a people's deputy of the Babushkinsky District Council of Moscow, and from 1977 to 1990 he was a deputy of the Moscow City Council. Luzhkov was also elected to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of the 11th convocation (from 1987 to 1990). In 1987, he moved from the ministry to the city executive authorities, became the first deputy chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee and chairman of the Moscow City Agro-Industrial Committee. Since 1987, Luzhkov headed the city commission for cooperative and individual labor activity.
From 1990 to 1991, Luzhkov was chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee. In June 1991, Gavriil Popov and Luzhkov ran for mayor and vice-mayor. Luzhkov held the post of vice-mayor from 1991 to 1992. In July 1991, he became the prime minister of the city government of Moscow formed on the basis of the Moscow City Executive Committee.
In August 1991, Luzhkov was one of the organizers of the defense of the White House. On August 24, 1991, he was appointed one of the deputy chairmen of the Committee for the Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR, created instead of the Union Council of Ministers and subsequently disbanded during the liquidation of the USSR in December.
In June 1992, after Popov's resignation, by decree of President Boris Yeltsin, Luzhkov was appointed mayor of Moscow. Subsequently, he was elected to this post in 1996, 1999 and 2003.
Since 1993, Luzhkov has actively advocated the establishment of mandatory registration of visitors in Moscow. He launched large-scale construction in the city, including the demolition of dilapidated housing ("Khrushchev's" five-story buildings) and the construction of a new one, the construction of the Third Ring Road, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a shopping complex on Manezhnaya Square and other facilities, the demolition of a number of hotels in the center of the capital, the construction of a business center Moscow City.
In 1998, Luzhkov created the socio-political organization "Fatherland" and announced his intention to run for president. In 1999, Fatherland merged with the All Russia bloc. The new OVR bloc headed by Yevgeny Primakov took third place in the 1999 parliamentary elections. Subsequently, the OVR merged with the pro-Putin Unity bloc into a new organization, United Russia.
In February 1999, by decree of Luzhkov, on the basis of the Central Fuel Company (TsTK), which was controlled by the Moscow government and was designed to provide the capital with oil products, the Moscow Oil Company (MNK) was established. In 2003, it was transformed into Moscow Oil and Gas Company OJSC (MNGK), in which the mayor took the post of chairman of the board of directors.
Luzhkov's independence in decision-making caused dissatisfaction in the Kremlin, and in 2005 observers began to talk about the beginning of the expulsion of the mayor's team from Moscow. Nevertheless, in June 2007, Putin submitted Luzhkov's candidacy to the Moscow City Duma for approval for a fifth term, and on June 27, the deputies confirmed Luzhkov's authority as mayor of the capital. On July 6, 2007, Luzhkov officially took office for the fifth time.
In October 2007, Luzhkov headed the regional list of candidates for deputies from United Russia in Moscow in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation. After the victory of the party, he, as expected, refused the deputy mandate.
On September 28, 2010, after a two-week campaign on federal television, during which the actions of the capital's mayor were sharply criticized, Luzhkov was removed from office by decree of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev due to the "loss of confidence" of the head of state. On the same day, it became known that the leadership of United Russia had received Luzhkov's statement about his withdrawal from the party.
In October 2010, Luzhkov became dean of the Faculty of Large Cities Management at the International University in Moscow.
Luzhkov was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, "For Services to the Fatherland", medals, and a Certificate of Honor from the Government of the Russian Federation. He is a laureate of the State Prize of the USSR and holder of the titles "Honorary Chemist of the USSR" and "Honored Chemist of the RSFSR".
Luzhkov is married with a third marriage to Elena Baturina.
Tells a family friend, billionaire Yuri Gekht
- says a family friend, billionaire Yuri Gekht
Why aren't criminal cases initiated against LUZHKOV? - Vladimir Putin was asked at one of the recent press conferences.
It's too early. And why do you think that there is nothing according to Luzhkov? - the president answered slyly ...
The trial of the ex-mayor of Moscow and his slyly@oops spouse is eagerly awaited by millions of people. And among them, of course, Yuri GEKHT - a friend of youth and a former accomplice of Yuri Mikhailovich, and now - his implacable enemy. Once Hecht was a member of the Supreme Economic Council under the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation and a major bourgeois. And now he is a simple Israeli pensioner and, in fact, a criminal wanted by Interpol.
On the eve of the anniversary of Elena Nikolaevna (March 8, she will hit "fifty kopecks"), Yuri Gekht in the Promised Land was visited by the special correspondent of Express Newspaper.
I have always stood up Luzhkov, - assures Yuri Georgievich. - Even in 1993, when angry deputies wanted to remove him from the post of mayor. After all, the capital then writhed in mud and poverty! At a meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, I managed to recapture Luzhkov. In fact, he is a strong business executive. In everything that happened to him then, the mother boor is to blame. Previous wife - Marina Bashilova, daughter of the first deputy minister of the chemical industry of the USSR, - Luzhkova created. And this matron made Yura the founder of corruption in Russia! For example, I was personally present when Luzhkov bought land in Sochi for a pittance...
According to Hechta Having come to power, Luzhkov made him his close associate. Out of gratitude for an old friend, he had to grit his teeth and endure communication with his eccentric wife.
Betrayal
I not only entered the house, but also personally arranged for Baturina in the best Moscow maternity hospital named after Grauerman! - remembers Hecht. - Due to the already young age, she was terribly afraid of the first birth. A week later, I gave Elena a watch for $ 300 - then it was a decent amount - as a present for a newborn. Baturina never tried on such elegant little things: she wore watches like a child. In those years, there were no imported goods in stores, and I often traveled abroad. Baturina girls dressed and shod. I also kept in touch with Luzhkov's children from a previous marriage. And Elena did not let them on the threshold. The younger Alexander could still come to work with his dad, but the elder Mikhail was afraid. Elena arranged this for her husband! Misha was very upset by his father's betrayal. Started drinking. Of course, Luzhkov did not like this. (By the way, my son worked in the gas industry, and as soon as Luzhkov was removed, he was also asked.)
It was Hecht, according to him, who persuaded Luzhkov to start competitive investment in the capital's real estate.
Luzhkov, having become mayor, did not know what to do, Gecht assures. - There is no money, devastation, but the city needs to be rebuilt. In June 1992, at the height of Gaidar's devouring reform, I proposed to him the idea of private investment in construction. Yura doubted: “Who will go? Such a risk!" I say: "I!" And he was the first to take part in the competition for investing in the construction of two prestigious buildings in the capital.
Yuri Gekht proudly calls himself a "hereditary wallet" - since 1740, his ancestors were engaged in the production of paper. He was lucky in perestroika:
The Ministry of Forestry and Pulp and Paper Industry decided to unite the most backward enterprises in the industry that did not feed themselves. And I was appointed general director of Sokolniki. It also included the Serpukhov paper mill. In 1987, I rented it, and in 1989 the association was privatized. The Ministry allowed me, as a director, to receive 49 percent of the shares, the rest remained with the team. But then privatization according to Chubais began, and all and sundry right on the streets began to buy shares from the workers. By decision of the general meeting, people did not sell to strangers, but entrusted me to buy out the remaining shares. Since then, I often heard a whisper behind my back: "The first Soviet billionaire is coming." But I couldn’t even touch this money, I never used dividends - I directed everything to the development of production. Now the enterprise has been destroyed, more than a thousand people have been laid off. Only one paper mill in Vladimir is working, and the Raiders have captured the Serpukhov Combine ...
Sperm
Luzhkov was afraid of his wife like fire, - says Yuri Georgievich. - Pulled me home every Saturday. Somehow we sit with them Tsereteli. It's almost midnight and he won't let us go. We understand that another scandal is brewing. Elena comes out in a hastily wrapped dressing gown and says: “It's time to sleep!” Yuri doesn't respond. Then she comes up, takes off her slippers and gives him a ka-a-ak on his bald head!
And at a reception at the Queen in 2004 in London, what did you get up to? Just came to power Tony Blair. Everyone gathered, we sit - we are waiting for Baturina. Yuri is running around, nervous. Finally, Elena enters the hotel with a racket. Luzhkov: "Lena, the queen is waiting for us!" - "Nothing, wait." Seven minutes later, Yuri in red spots jumps out into the hall: “Let's go without her!”
In the US, in a shopping center, Elena suddenly screamed at Luzhkov so loudly that the entire delegation burned with shame. And in Munich, she went to a horse farm. There she was presented with the sperm of one of the best stallions. In the hotel, she immediately hid the priceless flask, but when she began to collect things for departure, she could not find it. City Hall employee Vladimir Lebedev offered to check her suitcase, but she became furious and gave the young man several slaps in the face. In Moscow, after customs inspection, we decided to see if everything was in place, and found a flask with sperm in her suitcase!
boorish
Hecht had a serious conflict with Baturina in 2004 in the office of the first deputy mayor Vladimir Resin who supervised the construction.
There I found out: Lena wanted three old residential buildings near the Arbatskaya metro station, which belonged to me. (Now owns them.) I wanted to build a hotel on this land. I evicted 240 families, personally talked to each tenant - not a single complaint was received against me. He invested $23 million in the facility. But after the default, he could not start construction in any way. I understood: there is a formal reason to find fault, Lena will not back down. I agreed to sign an agreement on the transfer of objects, but only on the condition of payment of compensation: “Lena, return what you spent!” But she told Resin: "Let his friend Luzhkov compensate him." I could not stand it and hit the table with my fist: “Yes, you are just a village boor!” Luzhkov first tried to help me out. But Baturina stood her ground. As a result, she brought contracts for the purchase of all objects, and the amount of compensation - 50 thousand rubles! Realizing that I would not sign, he and Resin offered me three dilapidated buildings on the Arbat: garbage dumps bought up by Caucasians that needed to be resettled. Even 150 million dollars would not be enough for me! I came to Resin and said: “Am I going to resettle all of Moscow at my own expense?” He said that I would not sign the contract until it states that the eviction is carried out at the expense of Moscow. But Luzhkov betrayed me and did not sign me.
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In 2004, Hecht had severe kidney problems, and he decided to receive medical treatment in Israel.
And shortly before leaving, three people close to Luzhkov warned that an attempt was being made on my life, - says Yuri Georgievich. - The first to summon the vice-mayor Joseph Ordzhonikidze- He oversaw the hotel and gambling business. Talked about some nonsense. I told him: “Did you call me for this?” Suddenly he gets up from his chair and whispers: “Yura, leave immediately, I beg you!”
Events were not long in coming. First, Hecht had an accident: a truck blocked the way for his car. Hecht and the driver miraculously survived:
Soon I was accused of kidnapping a man, a certain Vladimir Baryshnikov-Kuparenko, which was supposed to deliver German equipment to my factory, but deceived: the equipment did not arrive on time. I punched this Baryshnikov in the face and threatened to terminate the contract and recover the amount paid to him and the damages. This scoundrel saw on my desk the Kompromat.RU magazine, in the creation of which I participated. The latest issue described in detail how Baturina received land plots for construction without a competition and how budget funds were transferred through Mosbusinessbank and the Bank of Moscow to finance her undertakings. Baryshnikov decided to use my conflict with Baturina and went to see her with this magazine. Elena immediately bought the entire circulation, and they developed a scheme to eliminate me from the market.
According to Hekht, the operation was supervised by the former head of the Moscow police, Colonel-General Vladimir Pronin.
Baryshnikov staged his kidnapping, - Yuri Georgievich explains, - allegedly carried out on my order. He imitated an escape from my office, where the abductors allegedly locked him up on Saturday and Sunday, and he went into the toilet, climbed out through the window and arrived by taxi to the reception of the mayor of Moscow, and then turned to law enforcement agencies with a statement. On the basis of this nonsense, the athletes were arrested, with whom I was seen in a restaurant in the evening after the competition - I supervised sports in Serpukhov. They were made the perpetrators of this pseudo-abduction. They gave me eight years. I did my best to get them out. They were released two years later for a huge bribe.
After a successful kidney transplant, Yuri Georgievich found hope of returning to Russia.
I'm not hiding, says the exile. - I correspond with Interpol, and everyone is “looking for” me. I was denied a Russian pension, a Russian international passport, despite a court confirmation that I am a Russian citizen. Through Telman Ismailov, Baturina took all my property. Since then, I have not communicated with Luzhkov - it is useless: he, in fact, became her hostage. But I must return to Russia to prove my innocence. The only thing I ask the President Putin and premiere Medvedev- give me the opportunity to personally participate in the investigation of a criminal case.
Yuri Luzhkov is a prominent politician and former mayor of Moscow. There are a lot of dubious rumors around his person. However, there are those who are interested in the biography of Yuri Mikhailovich. Today we will talk about where the former mayor was born and studied. The article will also provide details of his personal life.
Yuri Luzhkov: biography
He was born on September 21, 1936. The city of Moscow is indicated as the place of his birth. The family moved to the Russian capital to escape the famine of the 1930s. His father, Mikhail Andreevich, got a job at a tank farm. And her mother, Anna Petrovna, was a laborer at the factory.
Childhood and youth
Until the age of 14, Yuri Luzhkov lived with his grandmother in the Ukrainian city of Konotop. He attended a local school and various circles (aeromodelling, drawing). At the end of the seven-year period, Yura returned to Moscow. He was accepted to school No.
Student
Having received a matriculation certificate, Luzhkov submitted documents to the Institute of Petrochemical and He managed to win over the members of the selection committee. The guy was enrolled in the desired faculty. He was not a good student. He passed the tests at the wrong time, sometimes skipped classes. But in terms of organizing mass events, he had no equal.
Yura was not going to his parents. Therefore, in his free time, he worked part-time. What professions our hero has not mastered! Luzhkov was both a janitor, and a loader at the station, and a waiter in a cafe.
In 1954, as part of a student group, he went to Kazakhstan to study. Classmates remembered him as a hardworking and purposeful person.
Carier start
In 1958, Yuri Luzhkov was hired by one of the Moscow research institutes. He started his career from the position Thanks to his perseverance and strong character, he managed to get the position of the head of the laboratory. And in 1964, he completely headed this department.
When did his political career begin? It happened in 1968, after joining the Communist Party. A few years later, Luzhkov was elected to the council from the Babushkinsky district. He showed himself from the best side, and all thanks to a good education and the ability to gather people around him. In 1977, Yuri Mikhailovich was elected a deputy of the Moscow Council.
Then Boris Yeltsin noticed the purposeful and ambitious politician and invited him to his team. After that, Luzhkov's life changed dramatically. In a short time, he went from the chairman of the City Executive Committee to the vice-mayor of Moscow.
Mayor
In 1992, there were food shortages in the Russian capital. Essential goods were sold on coupons. The people were indignant. Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov was forced to resign. His place was taken by Yuri Luzhkov (see photo above). The order on his appointment was personally signed by Boris Yeltsin.
Our hero has been the mayor for 18 years. Luzhkov was re-elected 3 times - in 1996, 1999 and 2003. During his "reign" the city changed markedly. The number of parks, pedestrian zones and playgrounds has increased markedly. However, there were also those who criticized Luzhkov's activities.
In September 2010, Yuri Mikhailovich was relieved of his post as mayor of Moscow. The decree on this was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. After that, Yuri Luzhkov moved to the UK with his family. There he bought a cozy house outside the city.
Personal life
The first time Yuri Luzhkov married in 1958. His chosen one was a charming girl Marina Bashilova. In this marriage, two sons were born - Alexander and Mikhail. The children were long-awaited and loved. Yuri and Marina lived together for almost 30 years.
In 1988, Luzhkov became a widower. His wife Marina left this world. At that time, their sons were already adults and independent. Yuri Mikhailovich was very upset by the death of his wife. However, after a couple of years, a new love appeared in his fate.
27-year-old Elena Baturina won the heart of a famous politician. In 1991, the couple officially formalized the relationship. The couple settled in a spacious apartment located in the center of Moscow.
In 1992, Baturina gave birth to her first child - daughter Lenochka. Yuri Mikhailovich proved himself to be a caring and attentive father. He himself swaddled and bathed the baby. In 1994, another replenishment took place in the Luzhkov family. The second daughter was born. The baby was named Olga.
Currently, the girls live and study in London, the capital of Great Britain. The former mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, is also in the same country. He is a beekeeper. Elena Baturina is a successful business woman, whose fortune is estimated at several billion dollars.
Today Moscow is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. This is not only a city with a long history, but also a modern financial and business center. For several decades, he has changed so much that he makes former Soviet emigrants open their mouths in surprise. But where is Luzhkov now - the man who, in many respects, thanks to whom this miracle happened?
Who was the mayor of Moscow before Luzhkov?
The personality of Yuri Mikhailovich is so strongly associated with the life of the capital in the 1990s and 2000s that all other names pale in comparison with him. And so it happened with Gavriil Popov - the first person who sat in the mayor's chair of the Golden-domed (in 1991-1992). However, this does not mean that his merits are insignificant:
- During the perestroika period, he was an active supporter of the transformation of the country into a democratic legal state;
- He did a lot for the de-Sovietization of the capital: on his initiative, the monuments to the executioners of the communist regime, which stood in the very center of the city, were demolished;
- It was largely thanks to his efforts that the 1991 putsch was averted. It is believed that he informed American intelligence (and that - the first persons of the country) about the impending coup;
- He is an economist (he received his PhD in 1970) and a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences;
- In addition to scientific work, he is known for his journalism, where he expresses very controversial views. For example, he speaks of the need to introduce an electoral qualification.
The rise to power of the "man in the cap"
Gavriil Popov had many positive qualities - from a brilliant education to high managerial abilities - but he did not have a bright and memorable charisma. Therefore, Luzhkov, who replaced him, became much more firmly entrenched in the people's memory:
- Thanks to his aspirations, the construction of a financial center called Moscow City began. The complex of several skyscrapers has become one of the hallmarks of the city and Russia as a whole;
- As an Orthodox Christian, he did much for the religious revival. Under him, the restoration of churches destroyed under the Soviets began (the most striking example is the Cathedral of Christ the Savior);
- Belokamennaya turned into one of the richest and largest cities in Europe and the world. During Luzhkov's tenure, the gross regional product more than doubled;
- However, the range of interests of the political heavyweight was limited not only to the MKAD. "Kolobok", as his supporters affectionately called him, did a lot to support the Russian-speaking diaspora in Sevastopol during the stay of Crimea as part of Ukraine.
What does Luzhkov's wife do?
As a rule, the wife of a politician is assigned the sad fate of the shadow of her husband, modestly accompanying him at social events. However, a figure of such magnitude as Yuri Mikhailovich chooses parties to suit himself.
Of all the three wives of Luzhkov, his current wife, Elena Baturina, is most famous:
- Born in a family of low income, but from a very young age she began to make a career. While not yet an adult, she rose to the rank of an employee of the technological department at the plant where her parents worked;
- Early successes prompted her to take up engineering. After graduation, she quickly rises through the ranks to the position of technical director;
- On the eve of perestroika, she worked for a short time in the Executive Committee of the city of Moscow, where she met her future husband;
- During the devastation of the 90s, she founded a family business together with her brother Victor. Initially, it specialized in chemical production, later - in housing construction;
- During her husband's work as mayor, Baturina became one of the wealthiest women in Russia and the world. Its capital is estimated at several billion dollars.
Resignation from the post of mayor
« If you are destined to be born in an empire, it is better to live in a remote province by the sea”- probably these were the words that came to Luzhkov’s mind in 2010, when his entire political career went to waste in a matter of months:
- The conflict between the new president Dmitry Medvedev and the Moscow mayor was not made public for a long time;
- Rumors about the impending resignation of the political long-liver went after Medvedev refused to participate on August 18, 2010 in the celebration of the Day of the City of Moscow;
- A month later, a wave of revelatory television programs in the spirit of Soviet newspapers of the 1930s swept through all the key television channels of the country. For the first time in many decades, it was suddenly discovered that the administration of the capital was extremely inefficient and corrupt;
- However, the mayor refused to leave "of his own free will" and remained in office until the end. In protest against the compromising broadcasts, he turned ... to Medvedev himself, writing an angry letter;
- This did not help him, on September 28, 2010, a well-known decree was issued with the wording "loss of confidence."
Reasons for disgrace to the mayor
The closeness of the Russian politicians and the absence of a free press leave a lot of room for guesswork about what is happening in the corridors of power. Therefore, the resignation of the Moscow mayor in 2010 is no less a mystery than the phenomenon of the Tunguska meteorite.
Among the most frequently cited reasons for the destruction of Luzhkov as a power figure are:
- Possible connections of the former mayor with the criminal world, which ensured political longevity for himself and the prosperity of his wife's business;
- A split in the ruling elite of United Russia. The capital's mayor was one of the co-founders of the party in power, but gradually misunderstanding with former associates began to grow like a snowball;
- Problems with construction projects in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics. A significant part of the projects was handled by the Inteko family company, owned by Elena Baturina. Delays in the construction of stadiums and hotels could turn into a disgrace on an international scale;
- Loss of popularity among voters. Unfortunately, in our country this item is at the very last place. Yuri Mikhailovich was at the helm of power for no less than 18 years, and during these years he managed to get pretty fed up with the people.
Where is Luzhkov now and what is he doing?
After his resignation, the path to politics was ordered for him:
- His first position after his resignation was the post of dean at the International University;
- He was not destined to stay in Russia for a long time. Persecution began on the part of the authorities - against him and his wife's company;
- Therefore, without thinking twice, he decided to acquire a residence permit in the "province by the sea" - namely in Latvia;
- The idea was not crowned with success, and the former mayor chose the hometown of the Russian corrupt elite - London as the place of residence;
- But he decided not to sever ties with his homeland. So, in 2012, he bought a stake in one of the domestic chemical concerns. And the following year he founded an agro-industrial enterprise in Kaliningrad;
- After Putin's return to presidential power, the attitude towards the disgraced mayor softened. So much so that in 2016 the latter received the medal "For Services to the Fatherland".
Why is democracy better than authoritarianism? It enables the losers in the competition for power to leave with dignity. Probably, one of the architects of modern Russian politics, Yuri Luzhkov, also came to this belated thought. Where he is now, no major newspaper writes. But there was a time when his name was the second or third in the whole country.
Causes of death of Y. Luzhkov 10.12.2019
Yuri Luzhkov dies at the age of 83 in one of the medical centers in Munich during a heart operation. Luzhkov's assistant Timur Shogenov subsequently confirmed that Yuri Mikhailovich had died. immediately after surgery .
Here is what Alexey Sazonov, the third secretary of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Munich, reports on this matter:
Yuri Luzhkov died at night in a Munich clinic. Information from the hospital about the specific circumstances of death is not yet available. Issues with the transportation of the body are being worked out, if necessary, the consulate is ready to provide all the necessary support.
In December 2016, Yuri Luzhkov was urgently hospitalized in Moscow after he suddenly fainted in the fundamental library of Moscow State University. Then the media wrote that the 80-year-old ex-mayor was in intensive care, and voiced versions that he had experienced clinical death, but later Luzhkov himself called this information rumors. He then said that doctors diagnosed him with a slight inflammation of the right lung, which arose due to a viral infection.
Businessman Viktor Baturin, brother of Luzhkov's wife Elena Baturina, told the Rise telegram channel that he last saw the former mayor of Moscow on Saturday, December 7. According to him, he felt good.
“I saw him on Saturday, he was smiling, he looked great,” he said.
According to him, everything was fine with Luzhkov yesterday too, he flew away from Russia with his wife. According to REN TV, Luzhkov died during heart surgery in Munich.
Video: how did the former mayor of Moscow live?
In this video, NTV correspondents will show how Yuri Luzhkov lived, what he did in his free time: