Mariya Gaydar

Maria Gaidar is a representative of young Russian politicians in the wing of the non-systemic opposition, a well-known key figure in many opposition political actions. Former member of the political council of the Union of Legal Forces party and founder of the Social Inquiry Fund for Social Assistance and Population Support.

Since 2012, in parallel with politics, he has been engaged in journalism and is the host of the Echo of Moscow radio station. Since July 17, 2015, she became a member of the team of the Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili, having received the post of vice-governor of this region of Ukraine. Since 2017, he has been a freelance advisor to the President of Ukraine.

Maria Yegorovna Gaidar was born on October 21, 1982 in Moscow in the family of the famous statesman and political figure, high-ranking official Yegor Gaidar, who played a major role in the economic reform of Russia after the collapse of the USSR. On the paternal side, Maria is the great-granddaughter of Soviet writers Arkady Gaidar and Pavel Bazhov.

Masha was brought up by her mother and stepfather, since 3 years after the birth of the child, her parents divorced. The eldest of the children of Yegor Gaidar and Irina Smirnova, the son of Peter, remained to live with his grandmother Ariadna and grandfather Timur, who doted in their grandson. Mother Irina, a doctor by profession, left Moscow with her daughter for Bolivia, where the girl spent her childhood and adolescence.

The family chose this country for a reason. The stepfather, who was engaged in painting, was invited to work there. During the transition period that reigned in the early 90s in Russia, this proposal sounded tempting. But in the new place, art was not in demand, so Irina and her daughter Maria had to open a small business selling homemade baked goods.

In Bolivia, the future politician studied at a local school, showing an interest in foreign languages. From the age of 8, Maria bore her mother's surname - Smirnova, according to her, it was easier for a girl and her mother to move to another continent.

In 1996, the girl returned to Moscow and completed her studies in high school at the capital's gymnasium No. 1252 with in-depth study of the Spanish language. Maria decided to establish contact with her father in 1997, after returning to her homeland. The daughter of Yegor Gaidar received her higher education at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. The girl became one of the best students of the Faculty of Economics, which allowed her to graduate from the Academy with honors, then entered graduate school at the Institute for Economics in Transition, whose director was her father.

A few years later, she again changed her surname to Gaidar, which allowed her to advance in her political career. During these years, Maria became close to her father, her development was influenced by the worldview of Yegor Gaidar.

According to the girl, the economist remained “silvery” all his life, he earned only by lectures that he read in the country's universities. His apartment was a typical professor's house with an extensive library. The father was demanding of Mary no less than of his sons, and he wanted to see his daughter as a person.

Maria Gaidar's political career started in 2005. Then a young and ambitious girl, despite her age, became the coordinator of the Democratic Alternative youth movement, which positions herself as a tool for solving real problems.

Under Maria's leadership, numerous actions and pickets were held in Moscow against the liquidation of vocational schools and corruption in universities. Also, participants in the movement "YES!" actively fought for freedom of the media. During that period, Gaidar was the main figure in such political actions and was even detained by the police for shouting slogans and behavior at demonstrations.

In the same 2005, Maria decided to start conquering political heights and wanted to get into the world of big politics. The girl becomes a member of the Union of Legal Forces party led by Yegor Gaidar, and a year later she is a member of the SPS presidium. After the failure of the Union of Right Forces in the Duma elections in 2007, the party was disbanded, but this did not prevent the girl from continuing her protest political activities.

In November 2007, Gaidar once again stood out against the background of the opposition movement. Then at the "March of Dissent", organized by Boris Nemtsov, the young politician made a loud speech against the "Putin regime", for which she was traditionally detained by the police.

In 2009, Maria Gaidar left the front ranks of opposition figures, having received an offer to become an adviser to the governor of the Kirov region, Nikita Belykh. The position of the vice-governor of the region caused a stir in the media, Maria received a lot of criticism in her address for moving to the "ranks of power".

In her new position, Gaidar dealt with health problems and social issues. Maria's achievements as advisor to the governor were the development of a support system for young professionals moving to the countryside, programs to improve living conditions in nursing homes and the development of outpatient surgery.

On January 20, 2011, the first rumors appeared that the politician was involved in a fatal accident. According to the official version, a 13-year-old girl was hit to death by a bus; a criminal case was opened against the bus driver. Eyewitnesses claim that they saw how the child was hit not by a bus, but by a gray jeep.

The testimonies of witnesses differ from the official information in details: where the girl was found, what time the accident happened.

Kirov residents were not satisfied with the official statement. The city was looking for a light jeep for a week, and the police started talking about a bus that no one had seen. The traffic police did not share the road accident scheme with the press, and the investigators admitted that the interrogation of the bus driver was tough. The residents of the city became confident that a high-ranking official was involved in the crime. Suspicion fell on Maria Gaidar, the owner of a similar gray jeep.

In 2011, Maria Gaidar, unexpectedly for everyone, decided to resign from the post of vice governor and went to study at Harvard University. The citizens' suspicions only intensified. Against the background of the administration's silence about the accident, Maria's escape from the country became for them a confirmation of the official's guilt.

Returning a year later to Moscow, the politician on a voluntary basis became an adviser to the vice-mayor of Moscow on social policy issues, paying special attention to the development of healthcare in the capital. In 2013, Gaidar decides to leave the capital's mayor's office with the intention of devoting himself to the development of the Social Inquiry fund she created.

On July 17, 2015, the ex-head of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, who at that time was the head of the Odessa region, appointed Maria Gaidar to the post of personal adviser. Having become the vice-governor of the Odessa region, Maria Gaidar promised to accept Ukrainian citizenship, assuring the citizens of Odessa that the Russian people are not only the government of the Russian Federation, but first of all they are people who hopefully believe in the bright future of Ukraine.

According to Saakashvili, Russian opposition politician Maria Gaidar, who has found shelter in Ukraine, has been appointed responsible for the social sphere in the Odessa region. Maria was appointed to this position thanks to the leadership qualities that she has shown over the past years as part of the opposition struggle in Russia. Saakashvili believed that Gaidar would become a worthy member of the governor's team and would be able to make a special contribution to the fundamental changes in the “new Odessa”.

As Maria later recalled in an interview, working in the team of the ex-president of Georgia was not easy. The girl was immediately involved in the implementation of many projects, regularly communicated with the international press, European politicians and public figures.

Maria Gaidar accepted Ukrainian citizenship, but she still had to leave the service and remain a freelance advisor. The Civil Service Law prohibited persons with dual citizenship from working as officials.

According to rumors, the main reason for Maria's resignation was not the new legislation, but the discontent of the townspeople that Gaidar's work does not bring visible results.

Maria's resignation gave rise to rumors that she had returned to Russia. According to some media reports, the woman settled in Moscow, in her own apartment, and does not leave the house. Gaidar did not comment on rumors about the place of permanent residence.

In September 2016, Maria renounced Russian citizenship. Gaidar motivated the refusal by the fact that he lives and works in Odessa and does not plan to return to Russia.

In March 2017, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree appointing Maria as a freelance advisor. Gaidar started reforming rural medicine, including the introduction of telemedicine. In parallel with politics, Gaidar planned to engage in scientific and expert work, write a doctoral dissertation.

The personal life of Maria Gaidar is not as bright and remarkable as the scandalous political career. The first time a politician married at the age of 19, a manager of a large corporation in the country. But, since Maria carefully protects the family from prying eyes and cameras, neither the name, nor the photo, nor the political positions of Gaidar's first husband are known.

The first marriage of the Russian opposition politician did not last long - after 3 years, a divorce took place, initiated by Maria's husband, who allegedly could not stand his wife's opposition activities.

After Gaidar's political biography attracted the attention of the press, scandalous news about her personal life began to appear regularly on the yellow pages.

In 2006, Maria was credited with a stormy romance with opposition leader Alexei Navalny, with whom Gaidar worked together at that time. Public figures have denied dating rumors. The man was already living in a legal marriage.

According to unofficial information, in 2009 Gaidar married a second time, but there is no information about Maria's husband, since the politician categorically refuses to disclose the secrets of his personal life. It is only known that the husband received his higher education in Israel.

In 2016, rumors appeared in the media that Maria was pregnant with Saakashvili. Journalists assured readers that the governor mocked the adviser, and Gaidar even fled to Russia. Maria did not react to the rumors, and the fictitious pregnancy turned out to be a "duck".

Gaidar sincerely fell in love with Ukraine and Ukrainians, noting their great emotionality and attachment to everything that is native. Maria felt Odessa as her hometown and even gave her pet cat the nickname Deribas. According to Yegor Gaidar's daughter, after Saakashvili's policy failed and the ex-governor left the country, all oppositionists began to call her with words of consolation. And this is despite the claims that these people had earlier made to Gaidar herself.

This behavior of her colleagues shocked Maria, because earlier, after a series of failures in political activity in Russia, she felt the negative that continued to pour from the pages of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for a long time even after her departure from the country.

In the summer of 2018, Maria announced her resignation from her post at the Odessa Regional Council. In the port city, Gaidar represented the interests of her new patron, Petro Poroshenko.

Experts linked Maria's resignation with the expectation of a new round in the political game of the Ukrainian special services. The factor that Odessa is gradually leaving the capital's influence also played a role. The politician felt the change in the state of affairs in the region and decided to secure her rear in advance. Now Maria has taken a break from political activity, her plans for 2019 are not known.

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