Nikita Belykh

Nikita Belykh is a politician, journalist, former governor of the Kirov region, who, according to online ratings, is one of the most popular political bloggers in the Russian Federation. Nikita Yuryevich Belykh was born on June 13, 1975, in the historical city of Perm, which is famous for theaters and cultural monuments. For example, there is the House of Gribushin, portrayed by Boris Pasternak in the novel "Doctor Zhivago".

Nikita grew up with his older brother Alexander (who is now the prosecutor of the Perm Territory) in a typical Soviet, exemplary family. The childhood of the future politician was not rich in any events. It is known that his grandfather participated in the Great Patriotic War and, despite being wounded, managed to prove himself courageously on the battlefield, for which he received numerous awards.

The Governor's mother, Zinaida Dmitrievna, is a chemist by profession, known for her scientific achievements. The woman became the author of more than a hundred scientific papers and made an undeniable contribution to education and pedagogy. Nikita's father, Yuri Alekseevich, is a candidate of technical sciences, who previously worked as the chief metallurgist at the Sverdlov plant.

The future politician studied perfectly at school No. 9 named after Pushkin with a physical and mathematical bias. After receiving a certificate with a gold medal, the young man continued his studies, his choice fell on the Perm State University. Unfortunately, the Belykh family lost their main breadwinner when Nikita turned 16, so the guy did not leave for the capital, but stayed to help his mother: to provide for the family, Nikita worked as a loader.

It is noteworthy that Belykh entered two faculties at once - economic and legal, but the latter, due to the heavy workload, had to be left. Then Nikita entered graduate school and trained in the UK. Having become a certified specialist, Nikita Yuryevich chose the creative profession of a journalist, and then started doing business. So, in 1993, Belykh became the founder of the Fin-East company, and since 1998 he held the post of vice president of the Perm financial and productive group.

It is known from the biography of Nikita Yuryevich Belykh that in 1998 the guy became a member of the New Force movement, which was organized by the politician Sergei Kiriyenko. Three years later, the young man received a party membership card for the Union of Right Forces and became a deputy of the regional Legislative Assembly.

The Union of Right Forces is an opposition liberal political party that existed in the Russian Federation until 2008. The block was founded by Kiriyenko, as well as Boris Nemtsov and Irina Khakamada. In the spring of 2004, Nikita Belykh became vice-governor of the Perm region, after Yuri Trutnev took over as minister of natural resources.

In 2005, Nikita Yuryevich held the post of chairman of the Union of Right Forces - more than half of the delegates voted for Belykh. A few days later, Nikita Yuryevich resigned from the post of deputy governor. In the autumn of the same year, before the elections to the Moscow City Duma, Belykh supported the idea of ​​uniting the Union of Right Forces with the Yabloko Democratic Party.

In December 2006, the young man was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory on the list of the Union of Right Forces, and a year later Belykh resigned and was immediately re-elected. On September 26, 2008, Nikita Yuryevich left the post of chairman of the Union of Right Forces and left the party, and his place was taken by Leonid Yakovlevich Gozman. Belykh's departure was due to the fact that the politician did not want to see himself in the Kremlin's project, at least, Nikita Yuryevich's Live Journal testified to this.

In the winter of 2008, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev introduced Nikita Belykh to the list for consideration by the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Region for the post of governor. In this regard, the politician stepped down from the post of deputy of the Perm Territory and moved away from the united democratic movement "Solidarity". On December 18, 2008, Nikita Belykh was empowered with the powers of governor, 86% of the delegates voted for the politician. In January 2009, the inauguration took place at the Kirov Regional Drama Theater named after S. M. Kirov.

Among other things, Nikita Yuryevich took part in the weekly analytical program "The Governor's Diary" on the radio station "Echo of Moscow". Every Monday, from 15:33 to 16:00 Moscow time, Belykh answered pressing questions about the Kirov region.

On January 15, 2010 Nikita Belykh reported on the results of the first year of his work as the governor of the Kirov region, publishing reports. It is also known that in the winter of 2013 a search was carried out in the politician's office, and then Nikita Yuryevich was interrogated as a witness.

The fact is that in 2010 the Urzhum distillery sold 25.5% of the shares to the Sistema Globus holding at a price lower than usual, in connection with which a criminal case was initiated. In 2014, Nikita Yuryevich's governor's powers came to an end, Vladimir Putin appointed Belykh as interim governor of the Kirov region, until the upcoming elections. On September 14, Nikita Yuryevich was nominated from the United Russia party and was re-elected for a second term.

According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Nikita Yuryevich was caught red-handed in the Lotte Plaza restaurant in the center of Moscow. The representative of the IC, Vladimir Markin, said that the governor of the Kirov region received a bribe in the amount of € 100 thousand (according to other sources - € 150 thousand), because of which a criminal case was opened.

The bribe-giver, having previously applied to the relevant authorities, was a German citizen Yuri Zudheimer, who is a member of the board of directors of Novovyatsk Ski Factory. On charges of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale, Nikita Yuryevich was arrested by the Basmanny Court for a period of 60 days, and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin removed the governor from office for obvious reasons. Igor Vasiliev took the place of Nikita Yurievich.

However, it should be noted that Belykh's lawyers are confident in the innocence of their client. According to investigator Ruslan Mukhachev, during interrogation Nikita Yuryevich stated that the funds received were intended for the needs of the city of Kirov. In turn, lawyer Sergei Teterin believes that Nikita Yuryevich did not take money in his hands, but, in any case, the funds were sponsorship for the city fund of the Kirov region.

Vadim Prokhorov also said that the marking agent for the skin was found on the hands of Nikita Yuryevich, because the ex-governor shook hands with the bribe-giver as a sign of greeting.

On February 1, 2018, the Presnensky Court of Moscow found Nikita Belykh guilty of accepting bribes. He was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony and 48.2 million rubles. fine.

The personal life of the ex-governor of the Kirov region is not a secret. According to unconfirmed information, Nikita Belykh was married, three sons were born in the marriage. At the moment, the elder is studying abroad, while the younger ones live in Perm.

Public interest was also fueled by journalistic gossip about the relationship between Nikita Belykh and the Rodopolis soloist Yekaterina Reutova. But according to some reports, Catherine was married to Ruslan Shishkin. Also, the media became aware of the relationship between the politician and Ekaterina Reifert, a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University.

In 2017, according to the news of the Interfax news agency, Nikita Belykh was hospitalized until the end of September due to poor health: the ex-governor experienced a hypertensive crisis.

It also became known that the Investigative Committee has completed the investigation of the criminal case against Nikita Yuryevich, but the verdict of the court is still unknown, so it remains to be seen whether the politician will be released.

2015 - badge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia "For Contribution to International Cooperation" 2012 - Medal "For Merit in the All-Russian Population Census 2010" 2011 - Commemorative Badge "For Merit" of the Federal Service for Drug Control

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