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82-397: The name was co-authored with Andrey Nechaev. The creation of a Liberal Democratic Party under this name was postponed because "He (Kudrin) talked to Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) and decided that it was too early (to create) the party, we should limit ourselves to creating a committee." Later, under the chairmanship of Nechaev, the " Civic Initiative " appeared, of which Kudrin did not become

164-504: A Green Moscow", etc.), in 2020 the party participated in the organization of the "March in memory of Boris Nemtsov». On March 2, 2013, the founding congress of the party was held in the conference room of the Izmailovo hotel , at which the party's manifesto, resolution, and party charter were adopted and an application for registration was submitted to the Ministry of Justice . On May 13, 2013,

246-599: A candidate. Earlier, before her nomination, Ksenia proposed to Navalny to develop a plan in case he was not registered or his wife Yulia was considered as a possible candidate, but the oppositionist refused both proposals since the votes of people ready to vote for him, he said, not transferred. For the first time, Navalny spoke about Sobchak's nomination as follows: "Ksenia Sobchak, being a Russian citizen over 35 years old and not in prison, has every right to nominate her candidacy.". However, Navalny would later speak out sharply calling Sobchak "a caricatured liberal candidate with

328-481: A cannibalistic position", and she, in return, will accuse him of wanting to have a monopoly on opposition. At a press conference with President Putin, Sobchak spoke about Navalny: “There is a candidate Navalny, who has been campaigning for a year now. Fictitious criminal cases were specially created against him. Their fictitiousness was proven in the European Convention on Human Rights ." Navalny praised her for

410-640: A decision to nominate candidates for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region. Among others, the candidates were the party leader Andrey Nechayev and Darya Besedina . As a result, they were not allowed before the elections. On June 13, 2018, the Moscow branch of the party decided to nominate Dmitry Gudkov as a candidate for mayor of Moscow , but he could not pass the municipal filter, having submitted only 76 signatures out of 110 required to

492-409: A large number of studies, on the basis of which dozens of reports and legislative initiatives were prepared, including: on the pension system, on education and health care, on elections and the electoral system, on local self-government, on the law enforcement and judicial system, about migration and demographic processes, about public control, about open data, about the mass media, about the specifics of

574-606: A leadership position in the Russian part of Yandex. At the end of September, Pavel Demidov, a longtime employee of Kudrin, moved from the Accounts Chamber to Yandex to the position of GR manager. In November 2022, Putin asked the Federation Council to dismiss Kudrin from his position as head of the Accounts Chamber. The Federation Council will hold a vote on November 30. On December 9, 2022, Kudrin started working at Yandex as

656-567: A member. The preconditions for the creation of the Committee were the December events - the 2011 elections and the subsequent rallies on Bolotnaya Square on December 10 and on Academician Sakharov Avenue in Moscow on December 24, 2011. «The past elections demonstrated the desire of citizens to really influence the state of affairs in our country, choose the course of its development»  — said in

738-459: A new center-right party. On July 27, 2012, the beginning of the creation of the party was announced, and over the next half of the year, party representations were created in 50 regions. Prior to this, the legislative threshold for the number of parties was reduced from 40 thousand to 500, which greatly facilitated the registration procedure. After the dissolution of the Union of Right Forces , part of

820-705: A researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the Academy of Sciences. Kudrin has authored over 15 scientific works in the fields economics and finance, including topics such as competition and anti-monopoly policy in the Soviet economy of the transition period. From 1990 to 1996, Kudrin worked in the Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg City Administration under the liberal mayor and reformer Anatoly Sobchak . His first position

902-412: A result, in the presidential election (March 18, 2018), candidate Ksenia Sobchak gained 1,238,031 votes or 1.68%, taking 4th place. Her result was the highest among candidates with liberal programs ( Yavlinsky - 1.05% and Titov - 0.76%). In an interview with Dozhd , Sobchak announced her readiness to discuss the withdrawal of her candidacy, if Alexei Navalny succeeds in obtaining registration as

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984-521: A single candidate to the State Duma . Boris Titov believes that the party has conducted the best of all election campaigns. He connects the election result with the existing strong apathy among entrepreneurs and people of liberal views. Ksenia Sobchak , declaring that she supports the Civic Initiative program, on December 23, 2017, joined her political council. At the same time, she was nominated by

1066-661: A statement on the creation of the Committee for Civil Initiatives, published on the official website of Alexei Kudrin . Since September 2017, the Kudrin Foundation for the Development of Civil Initiatives has been supporting the Committee's activities. Since September 4, 2018, the Foundation has been renamed the Dialogue Foundation for the Development of Civil Initiatives. The Foundation is the organizer and administrator of

1148-536: Is a Russian liberal politician and economist. Previously he served as the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2011. Since December 9, 2022 Corporate Development Advisor at Yandex . After graduating with degrees in finance and economics, Kudrin worked in the administration of Saint Petersburg 's liberal Mayor Anatoly Sobchak . In 1996, he started working in

1230-646: Is praised by the professional community, it is especially important." Since his retirement from September 2011 to May 2022, Kudrin has been the Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg University. As of 2016, he is co-chairman of the board of trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre , and the chairman of the foundation of the board of trustees of the European University at St. Petersburg . Kurdrin

1312-473: Is rightly praised for his commitment to tax and budget reform, Russia’s desire to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and continuing the progress in privatization." In the award ceremony, Kudrin said: "Russia has already learnt this lesson; it was able to prepare and pass through this period. In this context, this is a result. And when you see your result, you feel satisfied. And when the result

1394-729: Is the head of the Civil Initiatives Committee , a Non Governmental Organization which promotes Human Right and development of Civil society in Russia. At the opening of the All-Russian Civil Forum, organized by his Committee, Kudrin said the Law on non-governmental organizations - "foreign agents" should be abolished or completely reworded. Kudrin said in November 2014 that "Formal and informal sanctions have already seriously impacted

1476-697: The AIDS.Center Anton Krasovsky ( previously headed Mikhail Prokhorov 's headquarters), a Belarusian political strategist who worked with the headquarters of the Angela Merkel and Barack Obama , Vitaly Shklyarov, director of external relations of the Snob project Ksenia Chudinova, director Sergei Kalvarsky, former editor-in-chief of the Political News Agency Stanislav Belkovsky , human rights activist Marina Litvinovich , blogger and former member of

1558-629: The Defense Ministry of the Soviet Union , before entering Leningrad State University to study economy. He graduated in 1983, and got an internship at the Leningrad Institute of Social and Economic Problems . In December 1985, he entered the internal postgraduate school at the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union , where he later received his PhD. He then worked as

1640-695: The Liberal Democratic Party also was nominated for this post. On 21 May, Vladimir Putin nominated Kudrin for the chairman. On 22 May, State Duma approved Kudrin in office, with 264 votes in favor. On the same day, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin introduced Kudrin to the members of the Accounts Chamber. On 25 September 2019, Russia took over the presidency of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions , and Kudrin took over as president of

1722-657: The Party of Growth . The agreement on cooperation was signed by the chairmen of the two parties - business ombudsman Boris Titov and Andrey Nechayev. At the congress, the party approved a federal list of candidates for the September 18 elections and also nominated candidates in 162 single-mandate constituencies. The federal list includes: Boris Titov , Irina Khakamada , Oksana Dmitriyeva , Dmitry Potapenko, Oleg Nikolaev, Ksenia Sokolova, Natalia Burykina, Andrey Nechayev, Ivan Grachev, Viktor Zvagelsky and Dmitry Porochkin. Nechayev ran on

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1804-538: The People's Freedom Party in six elections in three regions, but the politicians failed to reach an agreement, as a result of which the democratic coalition and the Civil Initiative had to compete in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region, but the party was not admitted to them. In 2016, the party tried to unite with Yabloko for the sake of nominating a single list of candidates for elections to

1886-584: The Russian Opposition Coordination Council Rustem Adagamov , Timur Valeev (head of the Open Elections project at Mikhail Khodorkovsky 's Open Russia ) and former VK press secretary Georgy Lobushkin. Also Demyan Kudryavtsev, whose family owned the newspaper Vedomosti , gave Ksenia advice related to the campaign. On February 13, 2018, it became known that Sergei Kovalev , the first ombudsman for human rights in

1968-514: The Saint Petersburg regional branch of Yabloko (in 2003-2012) Maxim Reznik and others. On March 1, 2019, the youth movement "Petersburg - City of Changes!" was created in St. Petersburg in order to counteract the activity of the "Party of Changes" in the city, the municipal elections, and the election of the governor of St. Petersburg. In April 2019, it became known that Sobchak had stopped funding

2050-468: The election was announced by Dmitry Kisiev, founder of the Candidates’ Headquarters, on his social media. On 31 October 2023, Nadezhdin publicly announced that he will run from the Civic Initiative party. Ahead of the September 2015 regional elections, it was announced that the party had become a member of a democratic opposition coalition, which plans to participate with a single list from

2132-537: The free market . Under Kudrin, Russia's government paid most of the substantial foreign debt it had accumulated in the 1990s, leaving the country with one of the lowest foreign debts among major economies . Much of the revenue from exports was accumulated at the Stabilization Fund which helped Russia to come out of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis in a much better state than many experts expected. During his career, Kudrin has won several awards, including

2214-598: The "Finance Minister of the Year 2005" award by the Banker magazine . On 21 August 2006, Russia paid its debts, totalling $ 23.7 billion to the Paris Club . Simon Pirani, writing for Emerging Markets , praised Kudrin's refusal to be "blown off course by other ministers' whims" in his quest to repay the debt. He also credited Kudrin with sound conduct of the ruble exchange rate and capable fiscal management that has arguably helped to prevent

2296-465: The "Finance Minister of the Year 2010" prize from Euromoney magazine. He was asked to resign from his position on 26 September 2011 by President Dmitry Medvedev . From 2011 to 2022, he was the dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences in St. Petersburg State University . As of 2016, he is co-chairman of the board of trustees of the Mariinsky Theatre , and the chairman of the board of trustees of

2378-512: The Committee is dedicated to the regional elections on October 14, 2012. On November 3, 2013, the Committee for Civil Initiatives and the Kudrin Foundation held the first All-Russian Civil Forum in Moscow. As stated on the Forum's website, "the idea of a forum of representatives of civil society was a response to the contradictory policy of the state authorities in relation to the non-profit sector." Ten well-known Russian public figures came forward with

2460-646: The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding the suspension of the party's activities. Civic Initiative tried to unite with Yabloko for the sake of nominating a single list of candidates for the elections to the State Duma. However, due to the fact that the Yabloko people were delaying making a decision on this issue, the party joined forces in the election campaign with another right-wing party,

2542-521: The Moscow City Electoral Commission. In the 2018 Moscow Oblast gubernatorial election , the party supported the former deputy chairman of the Union of Right Forces faction in the State Duma of the III convocation , candidate Boris Nadezhdin, nominated by the Party of Growth . He got 93,223 votes (4.36%) and came in last place. The party opposes election fraud, is for free enterprise,

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2624-529: The North Caucasian regions, about the positioning of Russia in the global economy, about the dynamics of social attitudes and moods of Russians. On the initiative of the members of the Committee, the Free Historical Society was created, designed to protect historical knowledge from the pressure of the political conjuncture. With the participation of the Committee, the " Mediastandard " foundation

2706-580: The Party of Changes. Dmitry Gudkov left the party in March 2020, not wanting to interfere with the struggle to preserve the structure. Nechayev became the chairman of the party again, the name remained the same - "Civic Initiative". Alexey Kudrin Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin (Russian: Алексе́й Леони́дович Ку́дрин , IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ ˈkudrʲɪn] ; born 12 October 1960)

2788-601: The Post-Industrial Society Research Center, and Andrey Nechayev, party leader, and Avdotya Smirnova (in the part related to inclusive society and provisions related to this area in the program) and lawyer Elena Lukyanova (provisions related to constitutional reform). In addition to these individuals, Sobchak's campaign headquarters included: one of the founders of the NTV television company Igor Malashenko, who campaigned for Boris Yeltsin in 1996 , director of

2870-516: The Presidential Administration of Boris Yeltsin . He was appointed as Finance Minister on 28 May 2000 and held the post for 11 years, making him the longest-serving Finance Minister in post-Soviet Russia up to that point. In addition, he was Deputy Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004 and again beginning in 2007. As Finance Minister, Kudrin was widely credited with prudent fiscal management, commitment to tax and budget reform and championing

2952-513: The Russian Federation, would become the confidant of the candidate Ksenia Sobchak for the presidency, but a day later he refused this, stating that “one should not undertake what is not you know how to do in the best possible way, and in what you do not feel firmly convinced". The sponsors of the Sobchak campaign were Serguei Adoniev (co-owner of Yota Devices), Alexander Fedotov (president of

3034-478: The Russian economy. Bringing back the previous opportunities when it comes to foreign investment and trust in the rouble can be achieved only within seven to 10 years of growth of our economy." During his 2012 presidential campaign , businessman Mikhail Prokhorov said he would appoint Kudrin as Prime Minister , but, Prokhorov lost the election. On 18 June 2015, Kudrin proposed to hold snap presidential elections. He justified this need for global reform and cited

3116-511: The State Duma , however, due to the fact that Yabloko delayed making a decision on this issue, the party joined forces in the election campaign with the Party of Growth ". Party chairman Andrey Nechayev often tries to unite democratic forces, but this happens very rarely. He spoke about Yavlinsky 's inability to negotiate and reproaches Navalny for destroying the democratic coalition. On March 13, 2018, Vedomosti reported that Ksenia Sobchak and Dmitry Gudkov would announce on March 15

3198-502: The admission to the air of federal TV channels will increase recognition, also Nechayev was categorically against Sobchak's nomination if it would be "part of the Presidential Administration 's election game". Ksenia's nomination was supported by Mikhail Khodorkovsky , Andrey Makarevich , Vladimir Pozner and Mikhail Kasyanov . Ksenia's "123 Steps" election program was helped by Vladislav Inozemtsev , director of

3280-452: The aftermath of the late 2000s global economic crisis , Russia's state budget went into deficit for the first time in years. Kudrin has said that the projected budget deficit is to total 3.6% in 2011, 3.1% in 2012 and 2.9% in 2013. The deficit will be covered primarily through expanded market borrowing. Russia conducted its first international debt sale since 1998 in April 2010, raising $ 5.5bn on

3362-455: The country's development. In the end, Kudrin's stance prevailed. The savings later proved crucial in helping Russia to come out of the financial crisis in a much better state than many experts had expected, and Kudrin was widely credited for his policies. Still, the Putin-Kudrin relationship was not all smooth sailing. For example, in September 2007 Kudrin was almost fired but in the end

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3444-464: The country.. November 22, 2014 in Moscow in Cosmos Hotel was the second All-Russian Civil Forum under the theme "dialogue. Solidarity. Responsibility". At the third forum held on November 21–22, 2015, Aleksey Kudrin admitted that the participation of representatives of the authorities in the event had to be coordinated with the ministries and the Presidential Administration . On November 25, 2017,

3526-404: The creation of a new right-wing party based on the Civic Initiative. From that moment on, the party began to have problems with the Ministry of Justice (which is why the party's rebranding was informal). Gudkov said that the main goal of the project will be to get to State Duma - to win the parliamentary elections in 2021 . At the end of May, Znak.com, citing its sources, said that the congress

3608-476: The educational mission, the Committee created the " KGI University ", in the face-to-face and online programs of which several thousand listeners have already taken part. Together with the most famous and authoritative public organizations, KIG has been holding the All-Russian Civil Forum for four years in a row - the largest annual meeting of representatives of Russian civil society in order to discuss

3690-524: The example of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev , who did just that. State Duma deputy from the party A Just Russia Mikhail Emelyanov considered this statement Kudrin's entry into the presidential race. The next day, Kudrin said that he is not going to run for the presidency. However, many experts continued to believe that Kudrin wants to return to the Federal Government , and even take

3772-518: The faction, Kudrin officially agreed to nominate his candidacy. According to Russian legislation, the State Duma nominates at least three candidates for the post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber, one of whom the President submits to the State Duma for approval. In addition to Kudrin, Anatoly Aksakov from A Just Russia , Yury Sinelshchikov from the Communist Party and Maxim Rokhmistrov from

3854-487: The fall of 2017, during which Ksenia, according to him, admitted that she had received an offer of substantial monetary reward for her nomination and participation in the presidential race. Still, Sobchak rejected accusations of collusion with the authorities. Boris Nadezhdin is a former member of the Russia State Duma and currently Moscow Oblast 's local politician. On 6 October 2023, Nadezhdin's participation in

3936-557: The federal part of the party list and in the Leningrad single-mandate constituency in Moscow. Anatoly Chubais in his Facebook post called him one of the most professional candidates for the new Duma, and Maxim Katz said that if a good campaign is carried out, Nechayev has a chance to win. Alexei Kudrin also pinned his hopes on the "Party of Growth". In a single constituency, the party won 679,030 votes (1.29%) and 1,171,259 votes (2.25%) in single-mandate constituencies, thus not holding

4018-533: The fifth All-Russian civil forum on the topic "The future of Russia: federation, regions, cities" was held in Moscow at the Cosmos Hotel . The heads of federal and regional departments, ministers and deputy ministers, governors, vice-governors and mayors of cities took part in the forum. Among them are Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin , Open government Minister Mikhail Abyzov , Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova , CEC head Ella Pamfilova and Russian Deputy Justice Minister Denis Novak. Experts and politicians assess

4100-476: The foundation of the European University at St. Petersburg . He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation . Alexei Kudrin was born on 12 October 1960 in Dobele , Latvian SSR to Russian father and Latvian mother. His first job was a motor mechanic and training assistant at the engine laboratory of the Academy of Procurement and Transportation of

4182-520: The group of so-called "St Petersburg economists"—liberal reformers who worked with Putin during his time in the St Petersburg administration—one of the three main informal groups during Putin's presidency. John P. Willerton regards Kudrin and Herman Gref as the leading intellectual forces in crafting of the economic policies of the Putin and Medvedev presidencies. According to Simon Pirani, Kudrin balanced

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4264-599: The influence of the siloviki in the government with a financial sobriety. During Putin's presidency, Russia's macroeconomic policies were highly prudent, and extra income from oil exports was put in stabilization funds. The Stabilization Fund of the Russian Federation is widely regarded as Kudrin's idea. Alexander Osin, chief economist at Finam Management, regards the Stabilization Fund as one of Kudrin's main achievements. However, other analysts have described The Stabilization Fund as "dead money", which doesn't benefit

4346-446: The initiative to convene the forum in July 2013: Lyudmila Alekseeva , Evgeny Gontmakher, Anatoly Ermolin, Alexey Kudrin , Elena Panfilova , Irina Prokhorova, Alexey Simonov, Elena Topoleva-Soldunova, Igor Chestin and Irina Yasina. The forum is positioned by the organizers as an event that gives civil society the opportunity to take part in the development of proposals for the development of

4428-419: The initiative to create the Committee differently, from a sincere desire for change for the better to a pro-Kremlin project that distracts the liberal community from radical protests. Civic Initiative Civic Initiative ( GRANI ; Russian : Гражданская инициатива; ГРАНИ ; Grazhdanskaya initsiativa , GRANI ) ( Russian for "Facets") is a Russian center-right political party . From 2018 to 2020, it

4510-500: The international markets. According to Kudrin, the government's aim is to attain a deficit-free budget by 2015, based on projected $ 75–78 oil prices per barrel. Kudrin has said that the Reserve Fund, accumulated before the crisis, will run out in 2011. Consequently, Kudrin warned that Russia will soon have to adjust to being a country, just "like everyone else" and called for a more effective use of state funds. In October 2010, Kudrin

4592-450: The media learned about the offer that Kudrin was made by the founder of Yandex , Arkady Volozh . He offered the head of the Accounts Chamber 5% of the company for help in dividing it into two parts. Volozh plans to separate the business of unmanned vehicles into a separate structure and develop it in Europe. The rest of Yandex will remain in Russia. There were also rumors that Kudrin was offered

4674-431: The modernization of the economic and social sphere of life, is against the health care reform in Moscow, and is for the legalization of the possession of weapons. The party has strongly condemned the murder of Boris Nemtsov . Most often, despite the collected signatures for the nomination of municipal deputies, party lists are denied registration from local election commissions under various pretexts. On November 25, 2019,

4756-428: The most pressing problems and jointly develop proposals for their solution. With the support of the Committee, dozens of books have been published, and several educational Internet sites have been developed and maintained. The Committee regularly meets to discuss the current agenda, often makes statements in which it assesses the most important events and trends in the life of the country. The first analytical review of

4838-589: The most serious problems of the so-called Dutch disease . In 2006, Kudrin received the award "Best Finance Minister of a Developing European Country" by the Emerging Markets newspaper, published by the IMF and the World Bank. As the father and supporter of the prudent fiscal management policies, Kudrin had to endure strong criticism from other members of the government, who believed the money should instead be invested in

4920-467: The name for which was invented by Nechayev and liked the former finance minister. However, Nechayev initially planned to create a party together with Kudrin, and he did not mind. Such a project was eventually rejected due to the fact that, after talking with Putin, Kudrin "decided that it was too early to (create) the party, we must confine ourselves to creating a committee". Nechayev, who had already gathered people by that time, nevertheless decided to create

5002-463: The new government would set the degree of reformative policies under Putin's fourth term. The low-importance of the position led some observers to speculate that this development signals that the new government has no sizable plans for economic reforms. On 11 May, the party leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed on the candidacy of Kudrin with the parliamentary faction. On 14 May, at a meeting with the Presidium of

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5084-683: The new political council, including Gudkov and Sobchak themselves, Andrey Nechayev, former chairman of the Open Russia movement Alexander Solovyov, executive director of Open Russia Timur Valeev, son of Boris Nemtsov Anton, former executive secretary of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council Dmitry Nekrasov, political scientist Marina Litvinovich and lawyer Elena Lukyanova, to the expert council - Minister of Economy in 1994-1997 Yevgeny Yasin , Yevgeny Gontmakher, journalist Nikolai Svanidze , former chairman of

5166-432: The organization. On 29 November 2022, Alexei Kudrin announced his intention to resign as chairman of the Accounts Chamber in order to work in the private sector. On the same day, President Putin submitted to the Federation Council a submission on the dismissal of Kudrin from office. On 30 November 2022, the Federation Council dismissed Alexei Kudrin from the post of head of the Accounting Chamber. In September 2022,

5248-418: The party as a candidate for the post of President of Russia . Sobchak officially announced her nomination and explained that she considers participation in the elections to be the best legal way to express a protest and that she plans to become a kind of "against all" . Nechayev agreed to be nominated with the expectation that the votes gained in the elections will help the party to acquire state funding, and

5330-408: The party was registered.   On January 30, 2014, the party nominated the former Deputy Minister of Economy of Russia Ivan Starikov as a candidate for mayor of Novosibirsk. A few days before the vote, Starikov and a number of candidates withdrew from the elections in favor of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation candidate Anatoly Lokot , thanks to which he won. Later Starikov was appointed

5412-456: The party. He said that he had already collected the signatures of municipal deputies and would soon take the signatures to the Moscow City Election Commission or the Mayor's Office. On June 23, 2018, a founding congress was held, where it was decided to create a new "Party of Changes" on the basis of the "Civil Initiative". Ksenia Sobchak and Dmitry Gudkov were appointed to the top posts of the party. New symbols have appeared, and 15 people entered

5494-470: The place of the Prime Minister. After the 2018 Russian presidential election during the formation of the new government , Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev nominated Chairwoman of the Accounts Chamber Tatyana Golikova as Deputy Prime Minister. On 10 May, the United Russia party proposed to nominate Kudrin to post of chairman of the Accounts Chamber, instead of Golikova. This was the most anticipated nomination, as pundits observed that Kudrin's role in

5576-455: The political spectrum remained free, and on the initiative of Nechayev, a group of like-minded people was again assembled, intending to create a new party with a liberal-democratic ideology. Since the creation of the organizing committee, the party has often taken part in mass actions ("March of Millions", March against the Dima Yakovlev Law , "Right to Arms" rally, "May 6 Prisoners" rally, "For Free Business" rally, "Peace March", "The Rally For

5658-489: The publishing house ACMG, which publishes L'Officiel , Forbes , SNC and OK! Magazines in Russia), Vladimir Palikhata (founder of the Legacy Square Capital investment group, Russian publisher of the magazine about entrepreneurship Inc. ), Alexander Roslyakov (owner of the Onego Shipping transport company), Vadim and Yana Raskovalovs (owners of the Sportlife sports club network and the Yana jewelry company) and Anatoly Tsybulevsky (founder and co-owner of New Energy Systems). As

5740-426: The purchase of Sibneft by Gazprom and the merger of some former Yukos assets to state-controlled oil company Rosneft were taken at a particular stage of the restructuring of the sector. According to Kudrin, "no-one regards state ownership of such assets as an end in itself" and "we are not going to see a continuous strengthening of the state’s position." As Finance Minister, Kudrin has also supported increasing

5822-414: The question, Sobchak, but after the final decision to refuse to register him as a presidential candidate, he called on his voters to boycott the elections, which means Sobchak. Despite everything, Ksenia offered Navalny to become her confidant so that he had the opportunity to speak instead of her on TV channels, but he refused. Already on election day, Navalny spoke about Sobchak's visit to his home in

5904-551: The real economy. The Stabilization Fund was split into the Reserve Fund and National Welfare Fund in February 2008. In 2005, Kudrin and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov clashed over a proposal to cut VAT tax from 18% to 13%. Fradkov supported the proposal, but Kudrin argued that lower VAT could endanger stability of the ruble and would cause the government to withdraw money from the stabilization fund. The same year, Kudrin received

5986-582: The representative of Novosibirsk in Moscow in the rank of vice-mayor. Civic Initiative candidate Yury Vyazov won the early elections for the Head of the Bagansky District of the Novosibirsk Region , held on September 14, 2014, with 46.62% of the vote. In 2015, the political council of the party included Vladimir Ryzhkov , Dmitry Nekrasov, Maxim Katz , Dmitry Gudkov and Gennady Gudkov . The party made

6068-450: The research, information, analytical and advisory work of the Committee. The main assets of the Fund are property contributions and donations from Russian individuals and legal entities. [1] The statement on the creation of the Committee outlines the main intentions of the organization: Among the priority projects of the Committee are: During the work of the Committee, its experts carried out

6150-473: The retirement age and cutting down on bureaucracy. For his policies, he has often been the target of criticism, especially from the United Russia party, which he has refused to join. According to Renaissance Capital, Kudrin's poll ratings are not favourable as he is seen as responsible for some highly criticized welfare reforms, although economic experts say that the reforms proved to be highly effective. In

6232-638: Was appointed deputy chief of Boris Yeltsin 's presidential administration , as well as chief of the Administration on Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technological Cooperation. In March 1997, he became first deputy finance minister, and on 28 May 2000, he was appointed finance minister by the new president Vladimir Putin . In addition to his role as finance minister, Kudrin served as one of the deputy prime ministers of Russia from 2000 to 2004 and again beginning in September 2007. Kudrin served as finance minister from May 2000 to September 2011. Kudrin belongs to

6314-620: Was created, which carries out research on media institutions in Russian regions. Every year, the Civil Initiatives Committee holds a competition for the « Civil Initiative Prize », 11 laureates of which receive the Golden Sprout statuette and a cash prize. The committee takes an active part in the dissemination of proactive budgeting practices. In 2016, in several dozen regions of the country, projects worth about 4.5 billion rubles are being implemented on their basis. To carry out

6396-451: Was declared "Finance Minister of the Year 2010" by the Euromoney magazine. The magazine said that "Kudrin is rightly hailed as a fiscal manager of the highest order" and praised his "championing of the free market and fiscal prudence". According to Euromoney , the Stabilization Fund created and supported by Kudrin also "enabled Russia to pay off its foreign debt early", and noted that "Kudrin

6478-479: Was kept on in Viktor Zubkov's Cabinet . Early in the Putin years, Kudrin was appointed chair of the state-owned diamond concern, Alrosa . Although he has often spoken in favour of privatisation and lessening the state role in economy, Kudrin also supported the creation of the so-called national champions . Kudrin has said that the state's role in the oil industry should not be increased, and has indicated that

6560-461: Was known as the Party of Changes ( Russian : Партия перемен ; Partiya peremen ). The founder of the party is Andrey Nechayev , who was the Minister of Economic Development from 1991 to 1994. Alexei Kudrin , who took part in the 2011–2013 Russian protests and wished to play the role of mediator between the opposition and the government, created in April 2012 the "Committee for Civil Initiatives",

6642-437: Was postponed from June 3 to autumn, which is due to the position of the presidential administration , which wants to hold a single voting day in 2018 "with a minimum number of scandals and competition." On May 31, 2018, at a press conference of Gudkov, Sobchak, and Nechayev, it became known that the congress would be held on June 23. In addition, Dmitry Gudkov announced his nomination for the 2018 Moscow mayoral election from

6724-550: Was vice chairman of the Committee for Economic Reform . Until 1993, he worked in various financial positions in the city administration, before he was promoted to deputy mayor, in which position he served from 1993 to 1996. Future president Vladimir Putin was the other top deputy mayor of Saint Petersburg at the time. Kudrin was also chairman of the City Administration's Economic and Finance Committee. In August 1996, Kudrin

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