Igor Levitin Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Former transport minister is raised in status

Igor Evgenievich Levitin (born February 21, 1952, pos. Tsebricovo, Odessa region) - Russian statesman. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation since September 2013. Valid State Counselor of the Russian Federation 1 class (2013).

In the past - Minister of Transport of Russia (March 9, 2004 - May 21, 2012). During his leadership, the ministry in Russia had significant infrastructure projects, a number of long-term were completed, some of which were inherited from the USSR.

In the period of Levitin's activities, a number of resonant airframes occurred in the Russian government, as a result of which Levitin received a nickname "Minister of Catastrophe" in the press.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federation Table Tennis of Russia (in 2006-2008 - President of the Federation). Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Moscow State Open Pedagogical University.

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Biography

For 10 years, she was engaged in table tennis in the Sports School of Odessa under the leadership of Felix Ossetian coach.

Military Career

In 1970, at the age of 18, he was called up to the army. Got a military education. In 1973 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Command School of Railway Forces and M. M. Frunze Military Messages. The preparation of commanders in the school was then 4 years. The service began with an assistant to the military commandant in the Odessa Military District at the Transnistrian Railway, and since 1976 he was located in the South Soviet troops in Budapest (Hungary), where he served in 1980.

Actively engaged in scientific work in the field of routing of goods.

In the Government of Russia (2004-2012)

On March 9, 2004, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication in the office of Mikhail Fradkov. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Transport and Communications was divided into the Ministry of Transport itself (Igor Levitin) and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Leonid Reiman).

The ministry was formed by three substructures: the Federal Service for Supervision in Communication and the Federal Communications Agency was translated from the Levitin Office, and the Federal Information Technology Agency was formed again.

Vladimir Putin described Levitin as a good railway and transport worker and put the primary task in this post - to radically reform the staff of the United States, reducing it from 2300 full-time units to 600. The released personnel was planned to be sent to newly educated subordinate institutions.

He entered the Public Council under the Government Commission on Railway Reform.

Levitin CJSC DormashtinVest is affiliated with dozens of legal entities throughout Russia working in the field of transport and related economic interests with the Ministry of Transport. CJSC Dormashservis regularly received state contracts from the structures subordinate to Levitin as the Minister. The main arrivals through contracts were carried out by the Ministry of Transport for Supplying During the Organization of Subordinate Organizations of the Ministry at the subsidiaries of CJSC Dormashinvest.

It is included in the Board of Directors of the United Aircraft Corporation Open Joint-Stock Company (OAO OJSC).

On December 30 of the same year, he headed the Commission for checking the activities of the Aviation Complex in a critical situation (then many flights were canceled due to heavy snowfall and subsequent icing icing).

She personally oversaw the reconstruction of the Moscow Avenue in Yaroslavl. This road construction has become the largest in the city.

After the explosion at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport in January 2011, Levitin did not feel any responsibility, but he proposed to dismiss the head of Rostransnadzor Gennady Kurzenkova.

After the air crash "Tu-134" under Petrozavodskaya on June 22 and "Yak-42" under Yaroslavl, on September 7, in which the hockey team "Lokomotiv" died, Levitin gave the president and the Parliament of the Russian Federation, an extremely non-native explanation on the state of the Russian park, however, and this time "Minister of Catastrophe" was not sent to resign.

Activity as Minister Transport

When I. Levitin took his post, Vladimir Putin commented on this appointment: "Levitin, of course, the impression of such a one-piece man, strong and qualified.<…> He is a good transporter, a good railway station, professional. "

Encouraging, pursuant to the instructions of the country's leadership on the reduction of officials I. Levitin reduced the central office of the departments by more than 20%. About two thousand people were reduced in the territorial bodies, and the device itself became four times less.

In November 2004, Igor Levitin signed an agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart Georgy Kirpoy about the work of the Kerch crossing. Rail-ferry message between the ports of the Crimea and the Caucasus ceased after the collapse of the USSR. The signing of the Agreement was aimed at renewing it, which was really held. The document was attached to the rules for the carriage of goods and the Regulations on the Council for the joint operation of the crossing.

On August 1, 2005, a high-speed movement between Moscow and Kiev was opened. I. Levitin noted the continuity in the policies of the transport authorities of Ukraine - the decision to open the high-speed communication between the capitals of Russia and Ukraine was made in the previous Ukrainian leadership.

To implement the project, 153 km of the road was repaired, at 50 stations of the Moscow railway route, 132 of the arrogant translation on the reinforced concrete base were replaced. I. Levitin presented awards to the Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine Evgeny Chervonenko and President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin for his personal contribution to the creation of a speed movement between the capitals of Ukraine and Russia, as well as in the development of railway transport of Ukraine and Russia. They were awarded medals "For merit in the development of the transport complex of Russia."

In August 2005, Levitin presented a private brand hotel "Grand Express" by Communication Moscow - St. Petersburg. He recalled that at the second stage of reform from Russian Railways OJSC, a federal passenger company will stand out, 100% of whose shares will be owned by the state. "Thus, private operators will also carry out passenger transportation with the federal passenger company," he said.

On October 3, 2005, in Brussels I. Igor Levitin and the EU Commissioner on Transportation of Jacques Barro signed a joint document that determines the general principles, goals and structure of Dialogue Russia - the EU in the field of transport and infrastructure.

At the end of 2005, I. Levitin, together with the then head of the Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov turned to the president demanding the abolition of a ban on the definition of high-precision coordinates. It was introduced in the interests of the Ministry of Defense and provided for accuracy on the ground no higher than 30 meters (against 10 m at GPS). This appeal ensured the launch of the GLONASS system from a legal point of view.

The media during this period drew attention to realistic assessment I. Levitin opportunities of railway transport. In particular, in December 2005, he categorically rejected the proposal of the head of the Oktyabrskaya railway Viktor Stepova on the construction of the railway branch to the oil-label port of Primorsk in the Leningrad region. "There is only a pipe," Levitin said.

At the press conference I. Levitin, following the results of the Ministry of Transport of Russia in 2005, he declared the growth of cargo turnover by 3% compared with the previous year - it reached 2197 billion ton kilometers, and the greatest increase in cargo turnover - about 7.7% - reached on road transport. The reasons for the growth of freight traffic volumes were mainly the revival of the activities of the real sector of the economy, an increase in production in the main freight industries.

The State Duma adopted the law "On Amendments to Selected Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the establishment of a Russian international register of ships", the development of which occupied six years. The Law "On Transport Safety" adopted by the State Duma in the first reading in November 2005.

In December 2005, I. Levitin and the chairman of Vnesheconombank, Vladimir Dmitriev, signed a framework agreement, according to which the Bank received the status of a strategic partner of the Ministry of Transport. In this role, WEB was able to control the participation of other banks and financial institutions in the largest projects for the development of the transport infrastructure of Russia.

In September 2006, Igor Levitin and the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, Tourism and Maritime Affairs of the French Republic Domenic Perben signed a Memorandum of intentions between the two structures to exchange information on the current legislative and regulatory framework of Russia and France in the field of construction and maintenance of paid roads, and Also on methods of attracting private investors within the framework of public-private partnership in the construction, road reconstruction, including the project of creating a high-speed motorway Moscow - St. Petersburg.

In the area of \u200b\u200brailways, the parties agreed to consider proposals for the development of high-speed railways, including the creation of a high-speed highway Moscow - St. Petersburg and high-speed highways of St. Petersburg - Helsinki.

In August 2006, a new accelerated train Moscow - Minsk called "Slavic Express" was presented. His time on the way was 7 hours 30 minutes - 2.5 hours less than before. In 2011, the train began to walk on the extension route Moscow - Brest.

The bridge across the River Tom on the federal highway M-53 "Baikal" was opened in Kemerovo, which made it possible to increase cargo transportation through the Kemerovo region to the regions of Siberia, the Far East and the European part of Russia, as well as the Jubilee Bridge through the Volga in Yaroslavl.

In 2006, with the participation of Levitin, the Russian-German Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of high-speed transportation was signed in the framework of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. From the Russian side, the document was signed by the Ministry of Transport and Russian Railways, with German - Deutsche Bahn and Siemens. The document involves the exchange of information in the field of high-speed rail, including in the field of creating and upgrading the infrastructure of such a message, the creation of rolling stock, technical equipment of high-speed highways.

According to the results of more than 10,000 inspections of airline enterprises and civil aviation organizations, the activities of 20 airlines were suspended, the operation of 12 aircraft, 43 airfields and landing sites was prohibited, more than 900 inspectors were written. 280 thousand violations were detected in the field of vehicles, according to the results of the inspections, the agency returned 140 million rubles to the state budget.

The agency held a certification of 229 employees of shipping companies responsible for the safety of navigation and the prevention of environmental pollution.

In early 2007, Levitin, as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Commission, held talks on cooperation with the Latvian side. As a result, in the spring of the same year, Russia and Latvia signed an agreement on the border, whose fate has remained uncertain for a long time. Latvia claimed the territory of the Pskov region of the Pskov region, however, as a result, the district remained as part of Russia.

In 2007, Levitin declared a number of systemic problems in the organization of control and supervision on transport identified as a result of joint inspection of the Ministry of Transport and the Prosecutor General's Office, and the intention to correct them.

In December 2007, Levitin and the Foreign Minister of Lithuania Patas Vaitukhunas signed an agreement on shipping in the Kursa Bay and the inner waterways of the Kaliningrad region. In accordance with the document, the permitting order of shipping in Russian waters for foreign vessels was canceled. Russian vessels received equal rights in these waters with Lithuanian flooded.

At the end of 2007, the Ministry of Transport signed an agreement with the German branch of the Lloyd Corporation for the examination of vessels registered in the Russian international register of courts. Speaking with the report, Levitin informed the members of the maritime board, that the agreement was signed in order to implement the provisions of the trade seafling code for the Russian international register of ships on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation. Thus, Russian courts were on the control of one of the oldest and most representative insurance companies.

In December 2007, Levitin and its Israeli colleague Shaulu Mofazu managed to prevent the escalation of the conflict between the two countries caused by disagreements on the provision of the Israeli airline KAL licenses to carry out regular freight flights from Israel to Moscow. The reason was the deviation of the charter of the Israeli airline from the course over the territory of Russia, because of which the question arose about the complete termination of flights. However, the departments managed to achieve an agreement on streamlining traffic and the introduction of a single route for several companies, including El-Al and Transaero.

In 2008, a strategy for the development of railway transport in the Russian Federation until 2030 was adopted in the participation of the Ministry of Transport. In accordance with it, it is assumed to increase the cargo turnover compared with 2007 from 1.46 to 1.58 times, passenger turnover - from 1.16 to 1.33 times. This time interval in the strategy is divided into two parts: until 2015 to 2030. To implement plans for the first period, the Ministry of Transport was then developed by the Federal Target Program "Development of the Transport System of Russia (2010-2015)." The main objective of the first stage is the modernization of the railway network, the second is the dynamic expansion. In total, by the minimal version of the strategy by 2030 it is planned to build 16 thousand km of railway lines.

In 2008, a large-scale project was completed on the Yaroslavl highway in the Moscow region - the construction of Mytishchi junction, which was allowed to make a move on the highway "Holmogor" by impetor. Before that, there were many hours of traffic jams. For five years, three overpass were built: the entrance and exit route for the queen and the track for entry and departure from Mytishchi. In addition, throughout the route from the Moscow Ring Road to the queen, several above-ground pedestrian crossings were built. Opening the traffic on the junction together with the Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov, Levitin promised that Yaroslavl Highway would be one of the most modern routes of the Moscow region in five years.

In 2008, the 2nd start-up complex of the M-27 Jubga - Sochi, the construction of which began in 1988, was completed, after which funding was rolled. At the same time, a tunnel was built on the Adler - Red Polyana-Red Polyana Length of 2.5 km long. As a result of the commissioning of this site, the construction of the whole road was completed and the possibility was opened for nomination of the city of Sochi as a candidate city for the right of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

In December 2008, at a meeting of the Government Commission, Levitin proposed to support not only Russian Railways, but also private companies that occupy about 60% of the transport market. According to him, private operators need to refinance past loans and get additional credit funds for the purchase of new cars. The largest operators who have a park of more than 10 thousand cars applied to the Ministry of Transport to obtain state support in the amount of about 30 billion rubles. The same amount is intended for airlines, and only for those that in the 11 months of 2008 transported at least 1 million people and at least 50% of which were regular.

Then against the background of the growth of unemployment in Russia, the Ministry of Transport began to develop a program for the employment of unemployed Russians for temporary work on the repair and construction of roads. The media noted that the agency in this issue took advantage of the US experience of the Great Depression. Levitin also reported that the ministry intends to request the State Duma and the Government "make changes to legislation so that you can quickly transfer subsidies from our source and from the region to the region." The agency has prepared a standard that determines the number of people needed to conduct work on a particular road section.

October 13, 2009 in Beijing in the framework of the meeting of Heads of Governments of Russia and China, President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, I. Levitin and the Minister of Railways PRC Liu Zhizhun signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of organization and development of high-speed and high-speed railway communication in Russia.

Another memorandum of interaction between departments was signed in the same month by Levitin and his Chinese colleague with Shenlin. In accordance with the document, the parties intend to implement joint projects in the field of road enterprise, as well as to promote the development of roads that are part of international transport corridors.

In the field of maritime transport, Russia and China announced the intention to cooperate in the development of inland water transport and shipping on border rivers, as well as issues of safety of shipping and prevent environmental pollution.

In 2009, Levitin said that since 2004 (when he joined the position) the volume of air transportation increased by 10-15% annually, and in just five years it increased one and a half times. Under his control, an approach was changed to the implementation of the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Transport System in terms of the modernization of airfields: before the funds were distributed in many airports, which led to an increase in the period of work. According to the example of roads, a transition was performed to a regulatory deadline for the concentration of funds on one of the objects.

In the same year, air transportation of passengers began up to 23 years and over 60 from the Far East to the European part of the country and back on special tariffs with appropriate reimbursement of air transport organizations of fallen income from the federal budget.

In order to preserve and develop local and regional air transport in the districts of the Far North, statements were created on the basis of socially significant airports. The measure was touched by those regions where local air transportes are social and not the subject of commercially effective business. In particular, only 23 airports were represented in Yakutia.

In 2010, the first phase of the Northern Detachment of Novosibirsk was handed over, which is part of the federal highway M-51 Omsk - Novosibirsk and designed in the 1990s.

In December 2010, the Ministers of Transport of Belarus and Russia Ivan Scherbo and Levitin signed an agreement on car control at the external border of the Allied State. Levitin said that the parties intend to track the control system in online mode. In addition, then the parties prepared a draft plan for the formation of the combined transport system for 2011-2012. "We do not stop, the transport is impossible to stop. The integration of our systems continues, "said I. Levitin in connection with these decisions.

Two marine bridges projects - through the Kola Bay and through the Solving Bosphorus East - were completed accordingly in 2005 and 2012. Bridge over the Kola Bay on the Kola - Pecheng road in the Murmansk region became a nodal link in providing motor transport links of the Murmansk region with the regional center and Scandinavian countries (Norway, Finland).

The bridge over the East Bosphorus on the Russian island connected it with the central part of Vladivostok. This is one of the largest guy bridges in the world, whose central span, length of 1104 m, is a record in world practice of bridge construction.

Another vest bridge - through Neva - became the largest bridge structures on the annular roads of St. Petersburg. It was opened in 2004 and connected the northern sections of the rings with the Federal Dear "Russia" leading to Moscow and the Center for Russia. The first phase of the bridge was commissioned for a record three years. The construction of the CAD ended in 2010 - 2 years ahead of time.

In 2010, for the first time since the collapse of the USSR, it was possible to stop the reduction of civil airfields.

At the same time, achievements in the field of exploitation of maritime transport were noted: the volume of cargo handling in the seabed ports of Russia was 526 million tons compared with the maximum volume of 420 million tons reached by the USSR. In addition, for the first time in Russian history, the large-tonnage tanker of the Arctic Ice Class "SFC Baltika" passed a commercial flight along the Northern Sea Route, having delivered 117 thousand tons of gas condensate to China. This confirmed the viability and profitability of regular energy delivery from the Barents Basin and Kara Seas to the markets of the Asia-Pacific region along the Northern Sea Route.

In 2007, with the participation of Levitin, the Basic Law on Maritime Ports was adopted, which allowed previously contradictions in rental relations. During the crisis, maritime transport in Russia increased freight turnover. In particular, the volume of transshipment in marine ports grew by 5%. In 2009, 25 billion rubles of federal funds and 100 billion rubles were invested in the development of maritime ports.

In 2010, with the participation of Levitin, the "Agreement on the intent on the implementation of the Complex Investment Project" Ural Industrial - Ural Polyarny "with the development of the northern latitudinal progress (Oblak - Salekhard - Nadym - Pangodi - New Urengoy - Korotkovo)" between the Federal Railway Transport Agency, The Government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russian Railways, Gazprom, the Ural Industrial Corporation - Ural Polyarnya. The construction of the northern latitudent move will ensure the yield of cargo traffic generated by the railway line Salekhard - Nadym, on the current network of railways of the general use of the Northern Railway.

In early 2011, Levitin was headed by the Coordination Council for the Development of the Transport System of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Leaving the post of Minister and becoming an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Levitin remained as part of the Council.

In May of the same year, Levitin opened a multifunctional complex LLC Logistics Park Yanino under St. Petersburg. His peculiarity is that the goods do not stand in anticipation of treatment, but immediately enter the warehouse, where they accumulate. They can flow in containers, and they can - in covered cars.

In 2012, a fundamental agreement was achieved with the Republic of Abkhazia on changing tariffs for the carriage of goods by rail. In accordance with the signed Levitin and the Minister of Economics of Abkhazia, David Irarayan Protocol establishes a single tariff throughout the route, in contrast to the differentiated acting previously. The cost of transportation decreased by 22-25 rubles per ton, or by 40-70%, depending on the type of cargo and the direction of transportation.

In 2011, Levitin stated that Ukraine and Russia are planning to complete survey work on the draft bridge over the Kerch Strait for 1.5 years. Vnesheconombank of the Russian Federation, who was entrusted with financing of work, began the search for potential investors, ready to enter the project along with state.

In 2012, the Order of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov created the Council for the Development of the Forest Industrial Complex under the Government of the Russian Federation. In particular, the Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak entered the Minister of Transport Levitin, Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko, Head of the Federal Customs Service Andrei Beljaninov.

State activities (2012 - present)

From March to June 2012 - temporarily acting by the head of the Maritime College of the Russian Federation. After him, the post went to Dmitry Rogozin.

From May 22, 2012 to September 2, 2013 - Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, from September 2, 2013 - his assistant.

When it became known about the appointment of Igor Levitina as an assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, the spokesman for the last Dmitry Peskov said that the leadership of Levitin will switch to Yuri Drutnev. In particular, it was about regional policies in the Far East and issues on the State Council.

In August 2012, he entered the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of physical culture and sports.

In the same month, participated in the large-scale international air transport forum "Matt" in Ulyanovsk. The number of guests exceeded 2000, and the entire holiday and airsow visited more than 100,000 inhabitants and guests of the region. One of the main outcome of the business program was the signing of a memorandum between the Ulyanovsky Aviation Cluster and the European Partnership of Aviation Clusters (EACR).

At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved an agreement with the Russian Federation on Measures to ensure the safety of navigation in the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait, signed by Levitin from the Russian side in March. The issues of shipping in these waters and delimitation of the maritime border have long remained one of the most difficult in the relationship between Moscow and Kiev - negotiations on them were conducted since 1996.

By the order of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation of September 3, 2012, Levitin was appointed Secretary of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

In February 2013, Levitin instructed to distinguish between the powers of the Agencies of the Ministry of Transport regulating aviation activities. Commenting on this decision, then the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Valery Okulov said that Rosavia was certified by the repair and maintenance of aircraft, and Rostransnadzor licenses this activity. The powers of the latter organization were recognized as redundant.

September 25, 2013 became the Deputy Chairman of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

On October 17, 2013, Levitin entered the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation. The decision of the Olympic Assembly in May 2014 was elected vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations Olympic Committee of Russia.

In January 2014, together with the Deputy Administration of the Presidential Administration, Anton Vainno became part of the Supervisory Board of the State Corporation "Rostech". By the same decree, the President ceased to the authority of the members of the Squake of Alexandra Levitskaya and Lyudmila Schelnikova.

It is included in the working group under the President of the Russian Federation on the restoration of the objects of cultural heritage of religious purposes, other religious buildings and structures.

In September 2014, Levitin conducted an Eastern meeting on the development of the port infrastructure of the seaside region. For the 8 months of this year, the total cargo turnover of 6 ports of the Primorsky Territory was 68.5 million tons, which significantly exceeds the indicators of the same period last year. Mostly, the growth of cargo turnover occurred due to increasing the volume of oil and coal transshipment. Levitin noted that the latest trends suggest the removal of dusting cargo handle outside the city. He also criticized the movement of heavy vehicles going to the port. "All roads and junctions built to APEC summit are cluttered with heavy trucks, movement is greatly difficult in the city, it is incorrect."

Levitin instructed the federal agency for maritime and river transport to take control of the delivery of containers to the port of Vladivostok, unloading the city roads. In particular, to solve the issues of night movement of container shipments, the delivery of containers to the port by rail.

In February 2014, Levitin visited Samara's inspection trip, where he got acquainted with the work of the new Terminal of Kurumoch Airport. He admitted that the airport is favorably different from those under construction in other regions. The construction of the terminal began in the life of Levitina by the Minister of Transport. Then I had to take risks, because the potential investor was first not and it was about financing from the regional budget. 12 billion rubles were allocated by the region, then 8 billion rubles of third parties appeared. He also approved the decision to leave the old terminal, which can be useful to divorce fans of different teams.

In 2014, on International Day of Disabled (December 3), with the participation of Igor Levitin, the Center for Paralympic Sports was opened in Moscow. In a six-story building in Turgenevskaya Square, the offices of the Paralympic Committee of Russia, the Media Center, Museum and Universal Sports Hall are located.

In early December 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered to organize the Committee on the preparation of Russian athletes to the Olympic and Paralympic Games chaired by his deputy Arkady Dvorkovich. The Committee entered Igor Levitin, Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov, First Deputy Minister of Defense Arkady Bakhin.

Since 2015, Levitin oversees the modernization of the An-2 light engineering aircraft ("Corrupt") developed in. At the first stage, experts developed a new wing, allowing almost twice to improve the speed characteristics of the machine. By 2016, it is planned to complete the creation of a fully updated aircraft modification.

In October 2015, Igor Levitin became an honorary citizen of the city of Sochi. With a proposal about this, Senator came from the Krasnodar Territory Vitaly Ignatenko. According to him, I. Levitin made a huge contribution to the creation of a new infrastructure of the city.

At the post of assistant President Levitin also deals with the issues of housing and communal services.

Social activity

He held the posts of a member of the Supervisory Board (2004-2006), President of the FNT (2006-2008), Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2008-2012) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the FNT (2012 - present).

The media noted the active development of table tennis in Russia, which began after the arrival of I. Levitin in the Federation of this sport. In particular, a serious focus was made to actively participate in the activities of international and continental federations. As a result, in 2007 in St. Petersburg, Russia adopted the World Ping Pong Championship. World Tours of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF World Tour) since 2006, World Cup 2009, Europe Super Cup (C 2007), European Championship (2008 and 2015), World Team Championship (2010, Russia's men's team ranked 6th a place). Levitin was from the Russian government a guarantee of the 2020 team championship in Yekaterinburg in case of victory of applications in ITTF. Over the years, the Russian Table Tennis Command Championship has become one of the strongest in Europe. In the clubs of Russia, such well-known athletes are played as Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus), Dmitry Ovcharov (Germany), Yun Mizutani (Japan).

Headed by Igor Levitin Board of Trustees of the FNT contributed to the creation of specialized table tennis centers were established in the cities of Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg (Center for Olympic training teams of Russia and the table tennis school Tatiana Fradman in Baltim and Upper Pyshma), Kazan, Sorochinsk, Orenburg. Also, coaching and judicial seminars in the regions of Russia are organized by the Board of Trustees in the regions of Russia with the invitation of foreign lecturers: Richard Prause, Ferenz Korshai, Dubrovka Skorich. Work is carried out on improving the rules of competitions, the proposed innovations are tested during the table tennis tournaments held in Russia.

At the initiative of Levitin since 2015, World Table Tennis Day is celebrated in Russia. The first event was held on April 6, 2015 in Gum, where the president's assistant played several parties.

In September 2012, he entered the Commission on the Aviation Development Commission, created by the order Vladimir Putin. Her assistant to the President of Russia, Yuri Trutnev, was introduced into its composition, in particular, and the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov.

In May 2014, the vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations Olympic Committee of Russia was elected. By the order of the President of the OCR, the Special Representative of the Russian Olympic Committee in the first European games in Baku, which took place from 12 to 28 June 2015. The game program includes competitions in 20 sports, 16 of which Olympic. 11 of them will be qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

In October 2014, Levitin entered the Supervisory Board on the World Cup in 2018.

It is part of the Board of Trustees of the Sirius Education Center for gifted children in Sochi, created on the basis of the Olympic infrastructure on the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation. The center is designed for free training of 600 children aged 10-17 years, which accompany more than 100 teachers and coaches.

A family

At the end of 2010, he entered the troika of the richest members of the Government of the Russian Federation, along with Y. Trutnev and A. Khlopnin: according to official data, this year, Levitin earned 22 million 657 thousand rubles.

During the period of Levitin's activities, a number of resonant airfoots with hundreds of human victims occurred as Minister of Transport of Russia in Russia. After three in a row in a row of passenger air crash in the Russian sky near Sochi (2006), under the Irkutsk (2006) and Donetsk (2006), as well as in Perm (2008), under Yaroslavl (2011) (all with the mass death of passengers and crew (2011) On board) Levitin headed government commissions to investigate the causes and assistance to victims. The frequency and repeatability of the catastrophe, the controversial conclusions of the investigation commissions caused public criticism to Levitin, as a result of which he received a nickname "Minister of Catastrophe" in the press.

Awards

• Jubilee medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1978)
• III degree (February 15, 2012)
• Order "For Merit to Fatherland" IV degree (September 20, 2009)
• Order of Honor (Armenia, October 17)
• Medal "For Development of Railways" (January 9, 2008) - For a great contribution to the development of railway transport
• Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow I degree (February 22, 2012)
• Order of the Rev. Sergius of Radonezh I degree (July 18, 2014) - To account to the help provided by the Trinity Sergius Lavra

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Notes

1. (Neopr.) . Gazeta.ru (March 1, 2014).
2. "Minister of Catastrophe" became an assistant to the president. Who is Igor Levitin? (Neopr.) . Slon.ru (September 2, 2013).
3. Table Tennis Federation of Russia (Neopr.) .
4. Levitin entered the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation (Neopr.) .
5. Politics: Igor Levitin. Dossier
6. Igor Levitin - Minister and President
7. Founded together, the newspaper Kommersant, No. 43 (2882), 11.03.2004
8. Public Council for Railway Reform (Neopr.) .
9. Meeting on the development of transport engineering (Neopr.) .
10. About the section of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Neopr.) .
11. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2008 No. 746
12. Sheremetyevo vs "Sheremetyevo", Elena Sevryukova, completely secret number 8/243 from 08/2009
13. Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 10, 2008 No. 1282-p (Neopr.) .
14. Declaration and Property of the Minister of Transport Igor Levitin
15. Levitin, Sobyanin, Shantsev and Shvetsov - candidates for the mayor of Moscow. "RIA News"
16. The Ministry of Transport has created a commission for checking the activities of the aircraft (Neopr.) .
17. 2010 became for the Yaroslavl "Year of New Objects" (Neopr.) .
18. Everyone is to blame, Levitin is a well done. Country. Articles www.newsinfo.ru.
19. (Neopr.) .
20. Igor Levitin: We have reduced four times the device (Neopr.) .
21. Russia terminated an agreement with Ukraine about the work of the Kerch cross (Neopr.) .
22. Between Moscow and Kiev are rapid express (Neopr.) .
23. Russia and the EU signed a dialogue document in the field of transport (Neopr.) .
24. Russia is in a hurry with navigation (Neopr.) .
25. Igor Levitin against the construction of the railway canvas to Primorsk (Neopr.) .
26. The freight turnover of Russian transport increased by 3% this year (Neopr.) .
27. Vnesheconombank has become a strategic partner of the Ministry of Transport (Neopr.) .
28. I. Levitin and D. Perben signed a memorandum of intent (Neopr.) .
29. The first "Slavic Express" departs from Moscow (Neopr.) .
30. In Kemerovo, the bridge across the Tom River (Neopr.) .
31. Ministry of Transport, Railways, Deutsche Bahn and Siemens signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (Neopr.) .
32. Levitin criticized Rostransnadzor (Neopr.) .
33. Russia - Latvia: Steps to meet (Neopr.) .
34. Kaliningrad and Lithuania regulated shipping (Neopr.) .
35. Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation signed an agreement with the German "Lloyd" (Neopr.) .
36. Airplanes will fly from Russia to Israel (Neopr.) .
37. Railway Transport Development Strategy by 2030: Approaches and Parameters (Neopr.) .
38. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 05.12.2001 (Neopr.) .
39. Moscow region "Kholmogory" were rid of traffic lights (Neopr.) .
40. A new section of the Sochi Pumping (Neopr.) .
41. Five years later, all talk about royalties will end themselves (Neopr.) .
42. Russian unemployed will build roads (Neopr.) .
43. China can take part in the construction of high-speed railway highways on the territory of the Russian Federation (Neopr.) .
44. Igor Levitin and Lee Shenlin agreed on the interaction between departments (Neopr.) .
45. The Ministry of Finance proposed to cancel preferential air transportation for Far Eastern (Neopr.) .
46. FKP "Airports of North" (Neopr.) .

Levitin Igor Evgenievich, 02.21.1952 year of birth, native of the village. Tsebricovo, Velikomihaylovsky district, Odessa region, Ukrainian SSR. By nationality, the Jew. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, a former adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Levitin Igor Evgenievich, Born on February 21, 1952 in the village of Tsebricovo Odessa region (Ukraine). From 1985 to 1994, Igor Levitin worked at the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of the site, and then was appointed Deputy Head of Military Messages. On March 9, 2004, He was appointed head of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation. May 20, 2004 became the Minister of Transport of Russia. On May 12, 2008, Levitin was again appointed to the post of Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation in the Government of Vladimir Putin. Since May 21, 2012, he served as adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.

Relatives. Wife: Levitina Natalya Ivanovna, 05.21.1954 born, housewife. It is the beneficiary of LLC Pub-Press Press, which is part of Dormashinvest.

Daughter: Zvereva Yulia Igorevna, (Dev. Levitina), 05.25.1976 of birth, associate professor of the Department of Sociology and Political Sciences of the Moscow State Humanitarian University named after M. A. Sholokhov. It is also a beneficiary of a number of companies operating in the transport sector.

Brother: Levitin Leonid Evgenievich, 06.06.1959 born, entrepreneur. The media had information that Levitin L.E. He was a beneficiary of a number of companies, including the Transtehcentr, which, in turn, was the founder of the Passenger Service CJSC, providing bed linen of passengers of Russian railways. In 2017, Levitin L.E. Sent a lawsuit on the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation in connection with the dissemination of this information. The court partly satisfied this lawsuit, recognizing the information unreliable.

Awards. Levitin I. E. has state and departmental awards, including the Order "For Services to Fatherland III", as well as the Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (Moscow Patriarchate Award).

Hobbies. Table tennis, football, volleyball. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Table Tennis Federation of Russia. Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation.

Education

• In 1973 he graduated from the Leningrad School of Railway Forces and Military Messages.

• In 1983, the Military Academy of Rear and Transport, having received a specialty "Engineer of the Communications Communications".

Labor activity

• From 1973 to 1976 served in the Odessa Military District at the Transnistrian Railway.

• From 1976 to 1980 he served in the southern group of troops.

• From 1983 to 1985, he served as the military commandant of the railway station and the Urgal station on Bama. Participated in the docking "Golden Room".

• From 1985 to 1994, he worked on the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of the site, the head of the military transportation department, and then the Deputy Head of Military Messages.

From 1996 to 2004, he worked at Severstatrans CJSC.

• Since 1998, Deputy General Director of Severstaltrans. He oversaw the topic of transport engineering, rail transportation and the work of seaports.

• On March 9, 2004, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation.

• From May 20, 2004 - Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

• On May 12, 2008, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation was appointed by November 2008 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aeroflot OJSC.

• From May 22, 2012 to September 2, 2013 - Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, from September 2, 2013 - his assistant.

It is included in the Board of Directors of the United Aircraft Corporation Open Joint-Stock Company (OAO OJSC).

On October 9, 2010, he entered the list of four candidates for the post of mayor of Moscow, proposed by the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, United Russia party.

President of the Table Tennis Federation of Russia.

Member of the Board of Directors of JSC "Russian Railways"

He entered the Public Council under the Government Commission on Railway Reform.

The press received a steady nickname "Minister of Catastrophe".

Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation since May 2012. Former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, held this post since May 2004 to May 2012. Prior to that, since March 2004, he served as Minister of Transport and Communications of Russia. By the time of appointment, the government did not have experience in public service. Colonel stock. Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Teacher of the Moscow State Open Pedagogical Institute.
Igor Evgenievich Levitin was born on February 21, 1952 in the Odessa region. From 1970 to 1973, he served in the Armed Forces in the Odessa Military District and in the Southern Group of Troops in Budapest (Hungary).
In 1973, Levitin graduated from the Leningrad School of Railway Forces and Military Messages, in 1983 - the Military Academy of Rear and Transport, having received a specialty "Engineer of the Communication Trading". In 1983, he became a military commandant of the railway station of the Baikal Amur highway, then deputy head of the Moscow Railway Military Communications.
In April 1994, Levitin came to work at the Financial and Industrial Railway Transport Company, in 1995 he became Her Vice President. According to a number of media, in 1995-1996, Levitin was the head of the Transport Department of Phoenix-Trans CJSC. In 1996, he began working at Northstaltrans CJSC (he oversaw rail transport and transport engineering), in 1998 he took the post of deputy general director of the company. As a representative of ZAO Severstaltrans, Levitin was elected to the Board of Directors of JSC "Tuapse Sea Trade Port".
In March 2004, Levitin was appointed the head of the Ministry of Transport and Communications established during the administrative reform of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the government of Mikhail Fradkov (the previously existing Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation was abolished, and his head Leonid Reiman became Deputy Levitin). From the entire Cabinet of Ministers, it was the appointment of Levitin media that was called the most unexpected, emphasizing that by the time of destination he did not have the experience of civil service.
The increase in Levitin, according to a number of media, was associated with its work in the public council under the Government Commission on Railway Reform. In addition, the media noted that Severstaltrans, where Levitin worked, became one of the first and largest private firms created during the MPS reform for competition with Russian Railways OJSC. Other publications argued that Alexey Mordashov was facilitated by the appointment of Levitin - the owner of Severstal. According to the third version, Levitin became not a "man Mordashev" from Vladimir Putin, and earlier was the "man Putin" at Mordashev.
In May 2004, the Fradkov Prime Minister announced the reconstruction of the Ministry of Information Technologies and the Communications, which was headed by Reiman, and Levitin became the head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. According to the source of the Vedomosti in the Department of Government, Levitin, who did not have the experience of managing departments and a poorly acquaintance with the industry, could not cope with the Ministry of Transport Communications.
In 2006, Levitin, as the Minister of Transport of Russia, headed government commissions to investigate the reasons and assist the victims in the plane crash near Sochi, under Irkutsk and near Donetsk.
In September 2007, the Government of Fradkov was resigned, and Levitin retained the post of Minister of Transport in the New Cabinet, which was headed by Victor Zubkov.
In March 2008, Dmitry Medvedev defeated the presidential election in the presidential election (his candidacy was nominated in December 2007 near the country's political parties, including the United Russia, and supported by President Putin). On May 7, 2008, Medvedev joined the position of President of Russia. In accordance with the country's Constitution, on the same day the government has multiplied its authority, after which the country's new president signed a decree "On the addition of powers by the Government of the Russian Federation", entrusted to members of the Cabinet, including Levitin, continue to act in the future before the formation of the new government of Russia. At the same time Medvedev offered the State Duma to approve Putin Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. On May 8, 2008, the State Duma Putin was approved by the Prime Minister.
On May 12, 2008, Putin made appointment to the Government of the Russian Federation. In the new office, Levitin retained the post of Minister of Transport.
In August-September 2008, Levitin appeared in reports on the creation of a new Russian avialence. An impetus to its creation served as a crisis in the AIRUNION unification, when the arrears in paying the fuel of the airlines in it led to massive delays of flights. After the meeting of Levitin with Prime Minister Putin in September 2008, it was announced that the AIRUNION Alliance "reanimate, including new shareholders in it." The formation of a new national air carrier was charged with the state corporation "Rostechnology". The main responsible for the crisis of the Arunance AIRUNION The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation called the head of Rosaviation Evgeny Bachurin, who, in turn, made a statement about the deep crisis of the industry and criticized the activities of the Ministry of Levitin. After the meeting in the Ministry of Transport, a fundamental decision on the resignation of Bachurina was adopted, but subsequently the source of the newspaper publication in the Ministry of Transport refuted this information. In response to this, Bachurin filed a complaint against the Ministry of Transportation of the Ministry of Transport, accusing him in pressure and threats so that he left his post. The results of the appeal were not reported. In early October, it became known that Bachurin resigned "in connection with the transition to another job."
On September 14, 2008, another plane crash occurred in Russia: passenger "Boeing 737" crashed in Perm, on board which there were 88 people (they all died). The government commission, created on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation in connection with the catastrophe, was headed by Levitin. On October 30 of the same year, the Minister announced that the lack of interaction between the crew and the disadvantages of the entire system of its preparation for flights led to the disposal of the aircraft. Subsequently, the investigation confirmed that the captain of the ship was guilty of the aircraft, but the lawyers of relatives of the dead passengers were unhappy with such a decision in a criminal case. In their opinion, there was no "the entire spectrum of officials, those who allowed the vessel to fly".
On October 28, 2008, the Board of Directors of OJSC Aeroflot elected Levitin his chairman. In this post, he replaced the former assistant to President Putin Viktor Ivanova, who stopped holding the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Airline after the transition to the post of head of the Federal Service for Drug Control (FSKN).
In October 2010, Levitin was included in the list of candidates for the mayor of Moscow, proposed by President Medvedev, "United Russia" party after he resigned Yuri Luzhkov. However, the decision of the head of state on October 15, the Moscow City Duma was proposed for the approval, the Vice-Premiere of Sergey Sobyanin was proposed.
In April 2010, the data of the declarations of members of the Russian government were announced. Levitin, according to published information, in 2009 earned more than 21.59 million rubles. Based on this information, the magazine "Power" took it to the number of officials, who, "the salary is clearly less than half of the income" (sources of income in the declaration did not disclose). It was reported that in the share ownership (1/3) of the head of the Ministry of Transport there are two land plots, a country house with economic buildings, an apartment with a total area of \u200b\u200b118.4 square meters and one machine-place (common with his wife, together with which they own two Mercedes cars -Benz).
At the end of March 2011, President Medvedev demanded the release of senior officials from the Board of Directors of State Companies, working in competition. On June 29 of the same year, Levitin came out of the Board of Directors of Aeroflot.
After Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election in March 2012, at the beginning of May of the same year, the Government of the Russian Federation was headed by Dmitry Medvedev. On May 21, 2012, it became known that the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers Levitin did not enter: instead of him, the Ministry of Transport was headed by the Director of the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of the Government of Russia Maxim Sokolov. On May 22, 2012, a decree was published on the appointment of Levitina Assistant President Putin.
Levitin - Colonel stock. Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Teacher of the Moscow State Open Pedagogical University. In January 2008, Decree of Putin's President "For a great contribution to the development of railway transport", Levitin was awarded the medal "For the Development of Railways", and in September 2010, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill presented Levitin the church Order of Rev. Seraphim Sarovsky II degree - for participation Minister in the recreation of the holy-commissioned Tolgsky women's monastery.
Levitin is married, he has a daughter.

Russian statesman. Assistant to the President of Russia since September 2013. Secretary of the State Council of Russia since 2012. Valid State Adviser of Russia First Class. Advisor to the President of Russia, 2012-2013. Transport Minister of Russia (2004-2012). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Federation Table Tennis of Russia. Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation. Candidate of political sciences. Associate Professor of the Moscow State Open Pedagogical University.

Igor Levitin was born on February 21, 1952 in the village of Tsebricovo, Ukraine. In childhood, for ten years, she was engaged in table tennis in the Sports School of Odessa under the leadership of Coach Felix Ossetian. I achieved significant success in this sport, more than once becoming a prize-winner of urban and regional championships.

Having reached the age of majority, went to undergo urgent service in the army, at the end of which decided to become a military. To this end, in 1973 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Higher Command School of Railway Forces and Mikhail Frunze Military Messages. Having received a diploma of education until 1976 served in railway troops in the Odessa Military District. From 1976 to 1980, a military service was held at the location of the southern group of troops in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

In 1983, Levitin received another education in the specialty "Engineer of Communications" at the Military Academy of Tar and Transport. After that, for two years, he was a military commandant in the territory of the railway plot Urgall and at the station with the same name on the Bama. Participated in the docking "Golden Room".

From 1985 to 1994, Levitin has served in the military communications authorities at the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of the site, and then took the post of deputy head of military communications.

At the age of forty-two years, Igor Levitin quit the Armed Forces in the rank of colonel and went to work at the Financial and Industrial Railway Transport Company, where in 1995 he took the post of vice president. In 1996, Severstatrans came to the closed joint-stock company, which was created by businessman Alexei Mordashov as one of the first private companies for competition with Russian Railways OJSC. Actively engaged in scientific work in the field of routing of goods.

In 2003, Levitin met by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting at the Kolomna heat-friendly plant, where he took part as a representative of the factory owner: the company "Severstaltrans".

In March 2004, Igor Evgenievich was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication in the office of Mikhail Fradkov. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Transport and Communication is divided into the Ministry of Transport itself and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications.

Vladimir Putin described Levitin as a good railway and transport worker and put the primary task in this post: to radically reform the staff of the United States, reducing it from 2300 full-time units to 600. The released frames were planned to be sent to newly educated subordinate institutions.

In December 2007, Igor Levitin and his Israeli colleague Shaulu Mofazu managed to prevent the escalation of the conflict between the two countries caused by disagreements on the provision of a KAL license to the Israeli airline for the implementation of regular freight flights from Israel to Moscow. The reason was the deviation of the charter of the Israeli airline from the course over the territory of Russia, because of which the question arose about the complete termination of flights. However, agencies managed to reach an agreement on the streamlining of transportation and introduction from December a single route for several companies, including El-Al and Transaero

At the end of October 2008, Levitin was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aeroflot Open Joint Stock Company: one of the largest Russian air carriers. In this post, he replaced the former assistant to President Putin, Viktor Ivanova. In parallel, he entered the board of directors of OJSC United Aircraft Corporation.

Under the control of Levitin, an approach to the implementation of the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Transport System in terms of modernization of airfields was changed: the funds were used to be distributed in many airports, which led to an increase in the period of work. According to the example of roads, a transition was performed to a regulatory deadline for the concentration of funds on one of the objects. In 2010, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was possible to stop the reduction of civil airfields.

From March to June 2012, Igor Evgenievich held the position of temporarily acting by the head of the Maritime College of the Russian Federation. In the same year, he entered the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports. Since 2012, Igor Evgenievich Levitin is held by the Secretary of the State Council of Russia.

In the period from May 22, 2012, for the year he was an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and September 2, 2013 became his assistant.

Igor Evgenievich from September 25, 2013 became the Deputy Chairman of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

Levitin entered the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation on October 17, 2013. The decision of the Olympic Assembly in May 2014 was elected vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations Olympic Committee of Russia. In October 2014, Igor Levitin entered the Supervisory Board for the World Cup in 2018.

At the initiative of Levitin since 2015, World Table Tennis Day is celebrated in Russia. The first event was held on April 6, 2015 at the State Universal Store, where the president's assistant played several parties.

In June 2018, Igor Evgenievich Levitin was a newly approved by the post of assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.